Chief Executives

The Vitamin Shoppe joins UNPA as an Executive Member

20-Apr-2016 By Stephen Daniells

Citing a joint commitment to consumer trust, the Vitamin Shoppe has joined the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), an international association of forward-looking companies.

Dispatches from SupplySide West

NDI draft guidance release is ‘curious timing’: BI chief

17-Oct-2011 By Stephen Daniells

The timing of the release of the new dietary ingredient (NDI) draft guidance is “curious” given pressing economic/resource issues and “far more serious issues that FDA should be looking at”, says the chief executive of BI Nutraceuticals.

NPA selects Mark LeDoux as ComPLI Committee Chairman

29-Sep-2011

The Natural Products Association (NPA) has named Mark LeDoux as its new chairman of NPA’s Committee for Product and Label Integrity (ComPLI).

Industry welcomes Food Safety Bill

23-Dec-2010

Industry groups have welcomed the passage of the Food Safety Bill, highlighting lobbying efforts and Congressional support that kept potential burdens out of the amended legislation.

Dispatches from SupplySide West

Price drives ongoing illegal irradiation practices

09-Nov-2010 By Shane Starling

Irradiation has risen in importance as it has become specifically outlawed in new Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regulations. But the practice continues due to its ability to cheaply remove contaminants from raw materials.

Full GMP compliance arrives – but are SMEs ready?

24-Jun-2010 By Shane Starling

Small to medium enterprises (SMEs – less than 20 staff) were given two years longer to comply with GMPs than the biggest dietary supplements manufacturers, but it is feared many have yet to get their systems and documentation in order and would struggle...

Special edition: DSHEA turns 15

Too many trade groups spoil the lobbying broth?

17-Dec-2009 By Shane Starling

In the third part of this DSHEA special, George Pontiakos, the president and chief executive officer of California-based, BI Nutraceuticals, tells Shane Starling why the dietary supplements industry suffers under the lack of a unified voice.

NPA: We need more cops, not laws

03-Dec-2009 By Shane Starling

Responding to a call from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for greater regulation of the dietary supplements industry, trade groups have defended the legal status quo – fingering a lack of policing for a rise in contamination problems from...

Numico receives bid for Unicity

27-Feb-2003

Las Vegas company Gateway Distributors has made an unsolicited bid
for Unicity, the supplement business owned by Dutch food group
Royal Numico.

Hauser sells contract research division

29-Aug-2002

California-based nutritional supplements supplier Hauser has sold
its Shuster Laboratories division to Specialized Technology
Resources, a private company, for around $7.7 million (€7.81m) in
cash.