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Welch returns to ODSP as deputy director

By Hank Schultz

Cara Welch, PhD has been named deputy director of the Office of Dietary Supplements. Welch replaces Bob Durkin, who recently left FDA for a private law practice.

Florida start-up CareMundi brings US supplements to Brazilian buyers

Florida start-up CareMundi brings US supplements to Brazilian buyers

By Adi Menayang

In the dietary supplement world, Brazil is notorious as being a tough market to get into. But there is demand for US-made products in the country, and one-year old start-up CareMundi, an online sales platform, is providing a bridge for US supplement makers...

Innovation reforming supply of botanical ingredients

Special Edition: Innovation in Dietary Supplements

Innovation reforming supply of botanical ingredients

By Hank Schultz

Innovation doesn’t always concern new products on the shelf. In the past few years organizations active within the dietary supplement industry supply chain have brought forth new ideas that are transforming how botanical products are sourced, and how...

CRN launches site to warn consumers about SARMs

CRN launches site to warn consumers about SARMs

By Hank Schultz

The Council for Responsible Nutrition has launched an initiative to help educate consumers on the dangers of SARMs—illegal ingredients that have been appearing in sports nutrition products.

Forum participants: Innovators finding new paths to market

Forum participants: Innovators finding new paths to market

By Hank Schultz

Innovation is happening at all levels of the dietary supplement industry and is carving out new paths to market, driven by the application of advanced statistical techniques, participants in a NutraIngredients-USA panel said.

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Endocannabinoid claims, climate change, adulteration progress: What to look for in 2018

By Mark Blumenthal, founder and excutive director, American Botanical Council

Editor's note: Climate change, enthusiasm about the endocannabinoid system and the emergence of a Mexican blood sugar control ingredient are among the things that will characterize 2018 in the botanical industy, according to ABC founder Mark Blumenthal.

AHPA looks back at the herbal industry in 2017

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AHPA looks back at the herbal industry in 2017

By Michael McGuffin, president, American Herbal Products Association

The herbal industry continued to evolve in 2017 to meet the steadily increasing demand for high quality botanical ingredients in an array of consumer goods from teas and health supplements to personal care products and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

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ODIs, kratom, CBD, SSCI and more: NPA reviews ‘exciting’ 2017

By Daniel Fabricant, PhD, CEO & President, Natural Products Association

This year wasn’t a time to take in a play or go about things leisurely, outside of the beltway there may appear to be gridlock due to congress but a new Administration set the tone early in 2017, putting forth some great opportunities for the natural...

The North American nutritional markets for omega-3s stabilized during 2017. Image: © Getty Images / redstallion

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The Year in Omega-3s

By Adam Ismail, Executive Director, GOED

Optimism and uncertainty seemed to define the omega-3 universe in 2017, which may seem strange since these two attributes are seemingly at opposite ends of an emotional spectrum. However, when an industry has gone through the type of turbulence the omega-3...

Letter to FDA seeks clarity on agency’s resources, enforcement aims

Letter to FDA seeks clarity on agency’s resources, enforcement aims

By Hank Schultz

Three members of Congress have sent a letter to the US Food and Drug Administration requesting specifics on how enforcement funds are allocated. The three lawmakers are among those the Council for Responsible Nutrition has worked closely with on regulatory...

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New Year and a New Shot at Responsibility

By Steve Mister, president & CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)

One of the year’s highlights for me was getting to see Hamilton in New York City. (And by the way, it really was terrific—everything that I expected and more!) One of the many things that stayed with me from the show was the question “Who tells your story?”...

CRN extends funding of NAD program

CRN extends funding of NAD program

By Hank Schultz

The funding arm of the Council for Responsible Nutrition has renewed its support for the NAD dietary supplement advertising review program for an additional three years.

Repeat offender gets $3.7 million FTC fine over disease claims

Repeat offender gets $3.7 million FTC fine over disease claims

By Hank Schultz

A dietary supplement company that has received a previous warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration has agreed to a $3.7 million fine to settle a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Maine for making over the top disease...

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