Even well into this year, the COVID-19 pandemic has created and keeps creating scheduling and rescheduling challenges for the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The first cancellations were made earlier in 2020 for two meetings in China: the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) and the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR),...
It started with a phone call from a doctor—or rather, the expectation of one. “Within a month of the start of the COVID crisis,” said David Williams, EVP of Business Development at Cornerstone Consulting, “we had to go to Costco, and I was waiting for an important phone call from...
There are many industries that continue to be impacted by COVID-19; some will be changed or possibly eliminated for good. B2B trade events, conferences and trade shows, which contributed $101 billion to the nation's gross domestic product in 2019, were the primary source of face-to-face business for many. In March...
Los Angeles, CA—Social distancing could be preventing vital microbe exposure, according to the International Probiotics Association (IPA). “We are living in strange times,” said Jessica ter Haar, Ph.D., Scientific Director of IPA. “We try to prevent transmission of the virus, but end up avoiding all contact to be safe. At...
Chicago, IL—Vitamin D deficiency may raise the risk of getting COVID-19, according to a retrospective study performed by researchers at the University of Chicago. "Vitamin D is important to the function of the immune system and vitamin D supplements have previously been shown to lower the risk of viral respiratory...
Silver Spring, MD—FDA has rejected Oleandrin as a supplement on the grounds that it has been studied as a drug, according to a letter from FDA. Phoenix Biotechnology Inc. submitted Oleandrin as a dietary supplement ingredient on June 2. The extract comes from the Nerium oleander plant, which is highly...
Silver Spring, MD—FDA has sent a warning letter to SilveryGuy, a website which encourages the use of colloidal silver for health benefits and pushes the sale thereof through Amazon Associate links, for making COVID-19 claims regarding a product the website was promoting. The warning letter explains that, as an Amazon...
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Washington, D.C.—President Trump and Mike Lindell, the creator of MyPillow, participated in a meeting regarding the use of oleandrin as a potential therapeutic for coronavirus, according to CNN. The American Botanical Council (ABC) has released a statement explaining that oleander, Nerium oleander, is a white- or pink-flowering bush grown as...
Twenty-one days after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the United States, the WholeFoods Magazine staff posted an article titled Impact of Coronavirus on Supplement Industry “Very, Very Serious.” Little did we know how prophetic the message would become. On the date the article was posted, February 11, 2020,...
