Washington, D.C.—The Dietary Supplement Regulatory Summit announced that Frank Yiannas, deputy commissioner for food policy and response at FDA, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker. The summit is hosted by CRN, AHPA, CHPA, NPA, and UNPA. The agenda includes a reflection on DSHEA given by Ricardo Carvajal, the director...
Florida and Nevada—Six people and two companies—Blackstone Labs and Ventech Labs—were charged in a scheme to distribute illegal dietary supplements, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. According to the release, the indictment alleges that the defendants sold hundreds of thousands of illegal products, including anabolic steroids,...
Austin, TX—The American Botanical Council (ABC) has awarded its 2018 James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award to Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs: 50 Years of Research, Volumes I and II, according to a press release. The Duke Award is given to books annually that significantly contribute to medicinal plant related...
Bloomingdale, IL-- NOW has been awarded The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For, as well as honored for employee wellness programs, according to a press release. The National Association for Business Resources (NABR) chose NOW as one of the nation’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Large Business category. The...
Silver Spring, MD—Eleven members were elected to serve three-year terms on the American Herbal Products Association’s board of trustees, according to a press release. The election occurred during the Annual Member Meeting on March 6 in Anaheim, CA. The new members include Alessandra Storzini of Indena, Brandon Beatty of Bluebird...
An overarching trend in the dietary supplement category? Plant-based. This won’t come as a surprise, if you’ve been following the trends at all: as health and environmental research comes out, with all of it pointing towards the importance of plants, demand is rising. And it’s rising in unexpected places. This...
Austin, TX—Euromed, a global botanical manufacturer based in Spain, adopted milk thistle through The American Botanical Council (ABC) Adopt-an-Herb botanical education and research program, according to a press release. The release states that the adoption of milk thistle supports ABC’s HerbMedPro databse, which is an interactive online educational resource that...
Austin, TX—The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) announced the publication of a new Laboratory Guidance Document (LGD) on Grape Seed Extract (GSE). It is the 50th peer-reviewed publication from the program. The latest ABC/HerbalGram herb market report for 2017 found that GSE was not among the 40 top-selling botanical...
Spring, TX—Trust Transparency Center released the results of a survey of 200 dietitians, which found that the majority regularly take dietary supplements, according to a press release. The release notes that these results align with the majority of Americans, and reinforce that supplements have a place in a healthy diet.
Austin, TX--The American Botanical Council (ABC) announced in a press release the recipients of its annual ABC Mark Blumenthal Herbal Community Builder Award: Linnea and Larry Wardwell. The award is named after the founder and executive director of ABC, Mark Blumenthal. It is given to individuals who have created a...
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