“You mean to tell me that the way we have been doing it the last 60-plus years has been wrong?” That conversation with my father still echoes in my mind today. He and my grandfather had been very successful, raised close to 40 crops before I came home from college,...
Virtual—ACI-CRN’s 9th Annual Legal, Regulatory & Compliance Forum on Dietary Supplements was a three-day information extravaganza. It opened with comments from event Co-Chairs Scott Bass, Partner & Head, Global Life Sciences, Sidley Austin LLP, and Steve Mister, President & CEO of Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), focused largely on DSHEA...
Parsippany, NJ—DSM announced a new partnership with Mile High Labs (MHL). According to a press release, the two companies will work together to develop unique hemp-derived cannabinoid solutions. “There is a strong consumer pull in the CBD space for high-quality, health-benefit driven solutions, but as yet the market is still...
Washington, D.C.—Legislators in the New York State Assembly have decided against passing a bill to age-restrict access to supplements. As WholeFoods Magazine previously reported, the bill passed the Senate on June 7; it then moved to the Assembly, where lawmakers had until June 10 to vote and pass the bill.
Everyone made changes during COVID-19, many of which will fall away as it becomes safe to leave the house and interact again—but not all changes are on their way out. NielsenIQ has compiled a list of COVID-19 changes that are here to stay. The company examined millions of brick-and-mortar and...
Albany, NY—The New York State Senate has passed a bill restricting the sale of certain supplements. The unofficial vote count was 58-5, according to the Senate’s Twitter. The bill restricts sale of over-the-counter diet pills and supplements for weight loss or muscle building to people under the age of 18.
Washington, D.C.—Four industry associations have submitted a request for an increase in funding for the FDA Office of Dietary Supplements Programs (ODSP) for fiscal year 2022. The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), and United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) requested a...
Chicago, IL—Investment bank and financial advisory firm Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) announced the sale of Starwest Botanicals to Incline Equity Partners. Prior to the acquisition, Starwest was one of the largest independently owned, vertically integrated, value-add processors and suppliers of organic botanicals, herbs, and spices in the U.S.,...
Columbus, OH—The Mid-American Health Organization (MAHO), a regional trade association serving the retail and supply members in the natural products industry, announced that the 45th annual “Summer Splash” Convention & MAHO Expo will take place in person July 23-25, 2021. MAHO shared that its Board of Directors and staff have...
Washington, D.C.—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has filed a Citizen Petition requesting that FDA allow N-acetyl-L-Cysteine (NAC) to continue to be marketed as a dietary supplement. CRN filed this petition following a letter to the agency in December 2020, and following several meetings with FDA leadership, during which CRN...
