Task Force

CRN: Report finding not enough evidence linking multivitamins to cancer prevention shouldn't obscure their benefits

25-Feb-2014 By Hank Schultz

The final report from a government task force finding no preventive effect of multivitamin usage in relation to cancer and cardiovascular disease has been modified in an appropriate way to reflect the tight focus of the review, said the Council for Responsible...

$NPA, CRN: USPSTF’s vitamin D, calcium advice could be harmful to women at risk of fractures$

NPA, CRN: USPSTF’s vitamin D, calcium advice could be harmful to women at risk of fractures

26-Feb-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

Controversial new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) for vitamin D and calcium could create confusion among consumers and ‘compromise their bone health’, say the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the Natural...

Mandatory adverse events reporting for supplements is on the way

15-Nov-2005 By Jess Halliday

Mandatory serious adverse events reporting for dietary supplements
is inevitable and, so long as there are protections in place, will
be good for the industry, according to the three main associations.

The battle for DSHEA

14-Apr-2003

The FDA's Task Force on Consumer Health Information for Better
Nutrition has established a public docket to receive views and
comments on issues such as health claims, from interested
stakeholders.