Silver Spring, MD—The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) is offering a free webinar on COVID-19 on Mar 26, 2020, from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT, and also has posted answers to FAQs regarding the impact of COVID-19 on food and dietary supplements on its website. AHPA notes that it...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced on March 18 that it has asked Governors of all 50 U.S. states to deem health food stores selling nutritional supplements “essential businesses” and to allow small businesses to request Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance. The letter sent by NPA can be viewed here.
Pittsburgh, PA—GNC Holdings Inc. reported to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) that it does not expect to be able to generate enough revenue to meet payment demands for two impending debt obligations, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times. The Times quotes the filing: “…management has concluded there is substantial doubt...
Spring, TX—Trust Transparency Center (TTC), under its recently formed Ingredient Transparency Center, announced the formation of the Collagen Stewardship Alliance (CSA). TTC explained in a press release that the CSA will "steward the global collagen category, bring transparency to source/origin, mitigate marketplace confusion, identify and promote product quality parameters, engage...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) is calling on the New York state legislature to reject a proposal that would prohibit the sale of nutritional supplements like protein powder. The legislation targets lipotropics, according to a press release from NPA, which are found in healthy and recommended foods, including lean...
Washington, D.C.—The 5th annual Dietary Supplements Regulatory Summit (DSRS), which was scheduled to take place at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 27, has been postponed due to the outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19. The one-day summit is an educational industry event specifically designed for manufacturers, marketers and...
Silver Spring, MD—FDA is reopening the comment period for last year’s CBD hearing. The hearing was intended to obtain scientific data and information about the safety, manufacturing, product quality, marketing, labeling, and sale of products containing cannabis or cannabis-derived compounds; the docket for public comment was supposed to close on...
Church & Dwight has launched vitafusion GOODNESS, a new supplement line available exclusively to natural food and vitamin retailers. vitafusion GOODNESS supplements are free from artificial flavors, synthetic (FD&C) dyes, artificial sweeteners, high-fructose corn syrup, and are gluten and dairy-free. The line of natural fruit-flavored supplements includes: Organic Women’s Multi,...
Life Extension has partnered with Insilico Medicine, Inc., to formulate GEROPROTECT Stem Cell, a dietary supplement that helps maintain youthful, healthy stem cell function. GEROPROTECT Stem Cell encourages balanced stem cell differentiation and self-renewal with nutrients that promote healthy stem cell function, cellular protein regulation, DNA health, AMPK signaling, and...
Silver Spring, MD—The FDA and FTC issued warning letters to seven companies for selling fraudulent COVID-19 products, according to a press announcement from FDA. The warning letters are the first to be issued by FDA for unapproved products intended to prevent or treat the coronavirus. FDA, the release says, is...
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