Washington, D.C. — A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pilot study using portable screening devices has revealed the presence of pharmaceutical drugs in products marketed as dietary supplements. The FDA recently concluded a six-month pilot at two international mail facilities (IMFs) where the FDA monitors the import of products...
Washington, DC — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says the agency is closer to issuing guidance on the the word "natural" and also wants to make it easier for consumers to know what is "healthy," possibly through an icon or symbol. In a speech to the National Food...
Indianapolis, IN - Dozens of Indiana businesses that sell products with CBD oil in them can breathe a little easier. The Indiana Tobacco and Alcohol Commission (TAC) and its enforcement agency, the Indiana State Excise Police, have dismissed cases filed against the stores for selling CBD oil. The state will also...
Click to Hear Podcast There is a great deal of excitement over CBD Oil. With good reason. It’s safe and effective for everyday use by consumers and it has properties that can be exploited pharmaceutically. In fact, there is ongoing clinical research using CBD for serious health conditions. In...
The Organic & Natural Health Association (@OrgNatHealth) is committed to research, especially when it’s designed to demonstrate how the supplements we take favorably impact nutrient deficiency. We also believe it’s essential this evidence gets into the hands of our health care practitioners. Why? Moving research outcomes into the practitioner’s office...
Frankfort, KY - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is pushing to legalize hemp as an agricultural commodity. On Monday, the GOP leader and Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles (R-KY) announced their plan to introduce legislation in the U.S. Senate to support Kentucky’s hemp industry. The Hemp Farming...
More consumers are making short stops at Whole Foods Markets that have installed Amazon lockers and many of them are likely to be incremental customers. These short, or “micro” visits, which can be from three to five minutes long, are up by 11% since Amazon closed its purchase of Whole...
Carthage, MO — Stratum Nutrition, an NSF-certified manufacturer of eggshell and eggshell membrane wellness ingredients, announced a first-of-its-kind joint health study published in the journal Clinical Interventions in Aging, evaluating its triple-action joint health ingredient, NEM brand eggshell membrane, in subjects with healthy joints. The results of this peer-reviewed study...
Expanding on its strategy to deliver natural products, Swiss company Givaudan — global leader in the creation of flavors and fragrances — agreed to acquire 40.6% of the shares of plant-based ingredient manufacturer Naturex, for a premium price of $1.6 billion. The valuation is unusually high for the health-care and...
New Brunswick, N.J. — Nutritional ingredient company Natreon was granted U.S. Patent 9,901,596 for 3-hydroxy-dibenzo-α-pyrone (3-OH-DBP), also known as Urolithin B, a natural bioactive present in shilajit, for help with weight management. International patents are pending, the company said. Natreon was also issued a US patent (US 8,894,993) in 2014...
