The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a dietary supplement and functional foods trade association, announced two new hires and several staff promotions.
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.
Nutraceutical ingredients manufacturer BI is now a member of the Natural Health Product (NHP) Research Alliance, a collaborative group launched by the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, which focuses on creating new verification standards.
The American Herbal Products Association has developed a set of free assessment tools for use with AHPA's recently released Good Agricultural and Collection Practices and Good Manufacturing Practices for Botanical Materials (GACP-GMP).
A business school plan developed into AlternaScript, a business that the founders say is built on using efficacious dosages of branded ingredients backed by clinical data, including a new weight loss product featuring a PLT ingredient.
Gemini Pharmaceuticals has announced its participation as the handler in the verification of a client’s product to the standard established by the Non-GMO Project.
Concerns about quality standards in the dietary supplements industry are not due to analytical testing, but due to poor supply chain management, says Frank Jaksch, CEO and co-founder of ChromaDex.
The Natural Products Association has officially launched the Supplement Safety and Compliance Initiative (SSCI), with some of the largest retailers of natural products and supplements involved.
Gisele Atkinson has joined the Council for Responsible Nutrition as the vice president, quality and technical affairs, a new position in the association’s science and regulatory department.
The Natural Products Association will change some bylaws as a result of its current legal issues, CEO Dan Fabricant told reporters in a conference call yesterday. Fabricant said he is confident the two lawsuits the group is involved in will resolved in...
Twinlab Consolidated Holdings has acquired the book of business of contract manufacturer Nutricap Labs in a deal that will solidify the plan to maintain the company’s in-house manufacturing capacity, Twinlab CEO Tom Tolworthy said.
Contamination concerns mean most athletic and sporting federations advise against them despite near-ubiquitous use among top athletes and sportspeople. Busted doped athletes continue to finger them. But sports nutrition products are in a better place...
Dry labbing and lab shopping are problems that persist in the dietary supplements industry, according to Frank Jaksch, CEO of ChromaDex. It is still all too easy for a company to get the results it wants, he said at a recent conference.
Blauvelt, NY-based supply partner RFI Ingredients LLC is the latest company to join the swelling ranks of the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), with the company joining as an executive member in Colorado.
A key new hire has enabled consulting firm Ingredient Identity to signficantly ramp up its capabilities. In line with that development, the company has formed four new divisions to better present the new capabilities to its customers, said Jim Lassiter,...
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Herbalife moved again to respond to criticisms of its business model by renaming a category of participants in its multi level marketing organization from “distributor” to “member.”
NOW Foods has accelerated plans to extend its manufacturing capabilities and has opened a 165,000 square foot manufacturing and distribution center in Sparks, Nevada, fueled by high demand for its products.
Yakult has brushed aside claims by a number of former employees that its Argentinian business was dissolved as a result of poor management in recent years.
Neptune Technologies and Bioressources has announced a plan to recover from an explosion and fire at its processing plant in Sherbrooke, Quebec that put a halt to production of the company’s krill oil products.
Sabinsa Corporation’s Utah facility has been International Food Standard (IFS) certified following an audit by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), as the company continues its commitment to quality.
Bayer HealthCare, the German- based subsidiary of Bayer AG, has given a $50,000 grant to support the Women’s International Leadership (WIL) Program at International House, New York.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found no deficiencies or areas where corrective action notices following a cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices) inspection of its facility in Utah.
Forty-year-old nutraceutical specialist Stauber Performance Ingredients has been acquired by New York investment firm in a move the company hopes will help it “expand capabilities”.
The international weight management market was worth a whopping US$ 7.3 billion last year, and is expected to grow by up to 8 per cent for the next five years, according to Leatherhead.
NutraIngredients-USA presents a round up of movements in the nutra sector, including appointments at Cyvex, Robinson Pharma, and National Enzyme Company.
AkzoNobel’s National Starch business has acquired Penford’s Australian specialty starch business in order to shorten its supply chain for specialty corn starches in the region - despite National Starch being up for sale.
Medicinal tea producer, Traditional Medicinals claims to be the first US-based manufacturer to obtain the new FairWild certification which sets international social, ecological and quality standards for wild-collected plant species with a fair deal guarantees...
Bioriginal director of sales for North America, Michael Chubb, speaks to Shane Starling about the effect the entry of major suppliers like DSM and Cognis are having on the omega-3 segment.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a strategic plan for risk communication that outlines ways in which it will let consumers and health professionals know about the products it regulates.
Decision News Media, publisher of NutraIngredients-USA.com, NutraIngredients.com and 15 other websites serving the international food, nutrition, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, has been acquired by the leading UK business-to-business publisher...
In this NutraIngredients-USA.com round-table discussion, leading figures in the global probiotics industry examine the state of play in the category, and what we should expect in the coming years.
Benecol-owner Raisio has signed a deal with analytical specialist
and fellow Finnish company, Eurofins Scientific Finland, that will
see it take over Raisio's laboratory operations in September.
Integrating social and environmental concerns into business
practices ultimately benefits a firm's bottom line as well as the
environment, according to the CEO of energy bar manufacturer Clif
Bar.
A focus on leadership as opposed to just management within
companies is the key to attaining emotional commitment in
employees, teams and customers that will ultimately lead to
stronger results, according to business strategist Stan...
Freshly-formed Solbar subsidiary NutriCognia targets quality
control for the dairy industry, launching a rapid lactoferrin
glyco-analysis kit that claims to control production process and
product development.
Newly-formed nutritional company Sibu is poised to bring the
benefits of a unique Himalayan fruit to the US, and plans to locate
its worldwide headquarters in South Jordan, Utah.
French grape extracts firm Burgundy has raised its focus on quality
by entering into a long-term agreement with one of its raw material
suppliers, giving it greater control over the production process.
