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CRN’s Steve Mister on NDI enforcement: 'That needs to change'

18-Apr-2024 By Danielle Masterson

SupplySide East just wrapped up, and attendees were buzzing about a number of issues ranging from restrictive laws to NDI guidance to DSHEA. NutraIngredients-USA caught up with CRN’s President and CEO Steve Mister Wednesday in Secaucus, NJ to discuss...

CRN’s Mister on fighting NY’s restrictive law: ‘We will see legitimate products being restricted’

11-Apr-2024 By Stephen Daniells

Industry challenges to a highly restrictive law in New York State continue, with the judge presiding over the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s efforts setting a briefing schedule around the association’s motion for a preliminary injunction.

‘We’re racing the clock’: CRN files emergency motion to stop NY State age-restriction law

05-Apr-2024 By Stephen Daniells

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has filed an emergency motion seeking to prevent enforcement of a new law passed in 2023 that will age restrict the sale of certain dietary supplements.

CRN-International identifies global nutrient gaps, with focus on brain health ingredients

14-Dec-2023 By Danielle Masterson

The event earlier this year brought together experts from around the world to shed light on the critical issues surrounding global nutrition challenges and policy efforts.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Andrea Wong, PhD, SVP of scientific and regulatory affairs, CRN

22-Nov-2023 By Danielle Masterson

Andrea Wong, PhD, senior vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs at the Council for Responsible Nutrition, responds to emerging issues and is a major advocate for science-based nutrition.

FDA delays response to CRN petition on the drug preclusion clause

03-Nov-2023 By Stephen Daniells

For the second time in two months, the US Food and Drug Administration has declined to respond to a Citizen Petition, citing “competing agency priorities”.

CRN’s Mister on FDA reorg, FTC petition, and state of the market

02-Nov-2023 By Stephen Daniells

Recent statements and conversations with senior officials at the FDA have revealed “an apparent knowledge gap within the upper echelons of the Agency” regarding the regulation of dietary supplements, says Steve Mister, President and CEO of the Council...

Immunity plus: The latest trend in dietary supplements

12-Oct-2023 By Danielle Masterson

While stacking functional ingredients with multiple health benefits is a win-win for consumers and brands, the combination can make tracking the immune support category tricky.

Califf and Mister talk: Top 6 takeaways

10-Oct-2023 By Danielle Masterson

Making several references to sports, Califf talked transparency, innovation, MPLs, CBD and more. But did he drop the ball or knock it out of the park?

CRN’s Andrea Wong examines evolution of research, trends and access to nutrition

09-Oct-2023 By Danielle Masterson

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) held its annual conference in Dana Point, CA, from October 3-6.

Attorney breaks down Dr Robert Califf’s comments at CRN conference

05-Oct-2023 By Danielle Masterson

On Wednesday Steve Mister, President & CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), had a fireside chat with FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf at CRN’s annual conference.

CRN urges FDA to put resources behind enforcing supplement master file framework

14-Aug-2023 By Stephen Daniells

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has written to the US Food & Drug Administration urging the agency to put resources behind any dietary supplement master file framework, or rethink prioritizing a master files guidance.

FDA proposes relocation of Office of Dietary Supplement Programs, industry reacts

06-Jul-2023 By Asia Sherman

The dietary supplement industry is expressing concern over a proposed update to a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reorganization that would relocate the current Office of Dietary Supplement Programs (ODSP) to a new office under its “Risk Management...

HSA, FSA for supplements: ‘We are about to get the legislation introduced,’ says CRN’s Mister

05-Jul-2023 By Stephen Daniells

The ability for consumers to use pre-tax dollars for healthcare related expenses to purchase dietary supplements may be edging closer as legislation is about to be introduced in Congress to expand eligibility of dietary supplements in HSA and FSA accounts.

ACI-CRN Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum: ‘The whiplash with everything going on this year can be a little disorienting'

05-Jul-2023 By Asia Sherman

The need for certainty and preparedness emerged as crosscutting priorities among the general counsels, regulatory experts and research scientists gathered last week in New York City for the 11th Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on Dietary...

CRN’s citizen petition makes case for dietary supplements, drugs to coexist

11-May-2023 By Danielle Masterson

“This is about certainty for supplement companies and access and certainty for consumers.”

CRN: NDI guidance is 'doable'

24-Apr-2023 By Danielle Masterson

NutraIngredients-USA caught up with CRN’s Steve Mister at SupplySide East to discuss new research, top priorities for the year and what they hope to see from FDA this year.

CRN: State-led restrictive bills could drive young people to the ‘dark corners of the internet’

27-Mar-2023 By Stephen Daniells

Multiple states have introduced bills that attempt to restrict access to weight management and sports nutrition supplements over the past couple of years, but such bills lock down legitimate retailer and could force young people to look elsewhere…

New York seeks to restrict weight management supplements again

21-Mar-2023 By Danielle Masterson

The Empire State is the latest to introduce legislation aimed at restricting access to weight management supplements, joining Maryland, California, New York, Colorado and elsewhere.

FDA commissioners calls for supplements listing, wider regulatory changes

01-Mar-2023 By Stephen Daniells

Robert Califf, MD, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, has stated his hope for an “an improved framework to appropriately regulate dietary supplements”, including product listing.

Steve Mister on proposed FDA reorg, MPL, CBD, and CRN at 50

02-Feb-2023 By Stephen Daniells

The first month of 2023 is over, and already there’s some big developments (or non-developments in the case of CBD) for the US dietary supplements industry. We caught up with Steve Mister, president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition, to...

CRN highlights coronary artery disease prevention, savings in new report

31-Jan-2023 By Danielle Masterson

The Supplement to Savings report has exposed over $17 billion in unrealized savings if specific dietary supplements are used by those prone to CAD.

Guest Article: ‘Responsible’ has been our middle name for 50 years

21-Dec-2022 By Steve Mister, President & CEO, Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)

As the year’s end approaches, I find even more reason than usual to contemplate the state of things. December is always a time for reflection--the end of one year, the end of the 117th Congress, and most state legislative sessions. It’s also a time for...

CRN’s Mister: The precautionary principle is making a resurgence

17-Oct-2022 By Stephen Daniells

The global dietary supplements industry must be aware of renewed use of the precautionary principle by regulators around the world, and combined with negative media creates a “constellation of factors is a recipe for concern”, CRN’s Steve Mister said...

7 key takeaways from the CRN-ACI Legal, Regulatory & Compliance Summit

05-Jul-2022 By Stephen Daniells

NDIs, drug preclusions, the CBD stalemate, actions at the State level, and an impending supply chain nightmare around plastics were just some of the highlights from a recent conference in New York City.

CRN’s Mister on NAC: ‘This isn’t a one ingredient issue’

14-Mar-2022 By Stephen Daniells

As the uncertainty around the regulatory status of NAC (N-acetyl cysteine) continues, it is important the industry doesn’t lose this for the precedent it sets for other potential ingredients, said CRN’s Steve Mister.

Optimizing the immune system with vitamin D

17-Jan-2022 By Danielle Masterson

The sunshine vitamin reigns supreme as more studies suggest D is essential to immune health.

CRN's Mister addresses members, lays out goals for next term

15-Oct-2020 By Danielle Masterson

This week, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) held their virtual conference “Science in Session: New, Now, Next.”

CRN supplement survey shows ‘intensified focus on ingredients to support overall health, wellness & immunity’

30-Sep-2020 By Stephen Daniells

About 75% of Americans continue to use dietary supplements, with more and more consumers reporting that immune health is a key consideration for their usage, according to the 2020 CRN Consumer Survey.

Hemp-CBD dietary supplement bill introduced in the House

04-Sep-2020 By Stephen Daniells

Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) have introduced the Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act of 2020 to allow hemp and hemp derived CBD to be legally marketed in dietary supplements.

Is FDA open to entertaining an NDI for CBD products?

30-Jul-2020 By Stephen Daniells

The US Food and Drug Administration may be willing to sit down with a company about a possible NDI submission for full-spectrum hemp extracts, says Steve Mister, president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN).

CRN welcomes 12 new member companies

23-Jul-2020 By Stephen Daniells

Ancient Nutrition, Charlotte’s Web, and McCormick & Company are among 12 new members announced this week by the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN).

Coronavirus: Spotlight on the biotin supply chain

15-Apr-2020 By Danielle Masterson

China accounts for about 80% of the global biotin supply, making it the largest biotin production country in the world. While supply chain dependency on China is a well-known fact for the United States, the crippling impact of the coronavirus in recent...

CRN announces new hires and staff promotions

16-Jan-2020 By Danielle Masterson

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a dietary supplement and functional foods trade association, announced two new hires and several staff promotions.

Senate confirms Dr. Stephen Hahn as new FDA commissioner

13-Dec-2019 By Danielle Masterson

The cancer specialist from Houston takes the helm amidst a full-blown vaping crisis.

Lawmakers ask IRS to expand health savings accounts to include nutritional supplements

25-Nov-2019 By Danielle Masterson

The bipartisan effort is picking up steam as more senators join the cost-reducing effort.

Dietary supplement use more popular than ever: CRN study

30-Sep-2019 By Danielle Masterson

The widespread use of dietary supplements among adults of all ages is on the rise.

New bill introduced in senate and house for SNAP eligibility of multivitamins

06-Jun-2019 By Adi Menayang

A new SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act was introduced in both the Senate and House this week, reviving the cause after language from a similar act was dropped in the Farm Bill that passed last year.

Consumer advocacy group presses FDA to take enforcement against smoking-cessation drugs sold as supplements

25-Apr-2019 By Adi Menayang

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) sent a letter to the FDA yesterday, asking the agency to take enforcement action against 15 companies selling products as dietary supplements to help smokers quit.

CRN offers quick tips to brands about new Supplement Facts labels

22-Apr-2019 By Adi Menayang

While the FDA issued alerts and marketing materials for consumers to understand mandated changes to how Nutrition Facts panels will look, no such effort was done for changes in the Supplement Facts panel, so one trade group took the lead.

NEWS IN BRIEF

CRN announces new chairman, board of directors for 2019

14-Jan-2019 By Adi Menayang

Trade association The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and its members have elected a new chair of the association’s board of directors: David Campbell, vice president of North America regulatory affairs and policy at RB Health.

NEWS IN BRIEF

Four companies join CRN as voting members

28-Sep-2018

Four new companies joined The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a trade group representing the dietary supplement and functional food industry, as voting members.

CRN announces 11 new members

16-Aug-2018 By Mary Ellen Shoup

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has added eleven new companies to its membership network.

Notes from Nutrition 2018 in Boston

Does the micronutrient disparity in the US deserve more attention?

13-Jun-2018 By Adi Menayang

From a list of about a dozen shortfall nutrients, US government health agencies recognize only a handful as a public health concern. Some researchers and trade groups argue that this shouldn’t be the case.

NEWS IN BRIEF

CRN announces five staff promotions

23-Feb-2018

Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a dietary supplement and functional foods trade association, announced five staff promotions.

CRN moves to derail state bill that attacks weight loss, muscle building supplements

24-Oct-2017 By Hank Schultz

CRN moves to derail state bill that attacks weight loss, muscle building supplements

Precedent setting: The development and legacy of the GOED monograph

20-Feb-2017 By Stephen Daniells

The early 2000s were a time of health claims success and growing consumer awareness around the benefits of omega-3s, but concerns over quality in the sector spurred stakeholders to work together to create quality standards for the industry. The result...

To prep for April public launch, Supplement OWL site gets a few tweaks

15-Feb-2017 By Adi Menayang

The Supplement Online Wellness Library (OWL) website has been updated to include easier data input instructions, streamlining the data population process for the first industry-wide registry of finished products.

Jim Hyde elected chair of CRN’s Board of Directors

31-Jan-2017

Jim Hyde, vice president and general manager at Balchem Human Nutrition and Pharma, has been elected chair of the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s Board of Directors, and will hold the chairman post through 2018, succeeding Harvey Kamil, vice chairman...

Supplement OWL product registry ready to accept product labels

02-Nov-2016 By Stephen Daniells

The much anticipated Supplement OWL (Online Wellness Library) – a product label database – is moving into the second phase of beta-testing and is now accepting product labels from dietary supplement finished product manufacturers and marketers.