Salt Lake City, UT—The United Natural Products Alliance has submitted comments to the FDA Office of Dietary Supplement Programs (ODSP) regarding NAC, according to a press release. The comments were submitted in response to a Constituent Update titled FDA Requests Information Relevant to the Use of NAC as a Dietary...
London, England—The U.K.’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) is set to release a list of cannabinoid (CBD) products permitted for sale to consumers, according to a press release from the Association for the Cannabinoid Industry. For more than 18 months, FSA has been evaluating the safety of CBD products in line...
ADM has published a report on key trends and insights driving dietary supplement consumers. Some key numbers: The total global supplements market revenue was $76b in 2021, with an anticipated CAGR of 2.4% during 2021-2026. The report, “The Dietary Supplement Consumer of Tomorrow,” drew data from multiple sources to showcase...
Nashville, TN—Ancient Nutrition has entered a scientific research partnership with Rodale Institute, according to a press release. Beginning in 2022, Ancient Nutrition will dedicate 1% of annual revenue and begin the first stage of a 14-year project to objectively study methods to revolutionize environmental regeneration and healthy food production through...
Washington, D.C.—Daniel Fabricant, Ph.D., President and CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA), will appear on the CBS show “The Doctors” on February 7, 2022, according to a press release. Dr. Fabricant will discuss the unintended consequences of legislation pending in California that would place age restrictions on nutritional supplements.
JAMA has released a report titled “Trends in Use of Melatonin Supplements Among U.S. Adults, 1999-2018,” created using data from 55,021 adults from 10 NHANES cycles. A major finding: not only is usage increasing, but so is dosage. The researchers introduce the paper by saying: Exogenous supplementation of melatonin, one...
Switzerland—New guidance from Switzerland’s government advises older consumers to take a vitamin D supplement daily. The leaflet explains that vitamin D isn’t provided in a sufficient quantity via food, but is synthesized by the body through sun exposure—but that the formation of vitamin D through the skin is reduced by...
FTC has ordered more than 20 marketers to immediately stop making baseless claims that their products and ‘therapies’ can treat or prevent COVID-19, according to a press release. In the cease-and-desist demands, FTC noted that violators could be hit with monetary penalties under the COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act passed by...
Vitamin D supplementation may reduce autoimmune disease incidence, according to a study published in BMJ. The study was part of VITAL (Vitamin D and Omega-3 trial), a five-year-long nationwide, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, which included 25,871 participants. Participants were randomized into four groups: vitamin D treatment; vitamin D placebo; omega-3...
Rockville, MD—The Global Retailer and Manufacturer Alliance (GRMA) and AOAC International have signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a strategic partnership to help advance shared goals surrounding consumer product safety standards, according to a press release. AOAC is an association of government, industry, and academic leaders in analytical science, with...
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