Washington, D.C.–The Natural Products Association (NPA), will host an interactive webinar next month that is aimed at providing insight, guidance, and educational support for the dietary supplement industry regarding Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs). The event, titled “GMP’s – Understanding and Mastering the Specification Requirements,” will take place on Wednesday, September...
On August 24, 2022, Kaiser Health News (KHN) reported that Lori McClintock, the wife of U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock of Northern California, died at the age of 61 late in 2021 "after ingesting a plant that is generally considered safe and is used as an herbal remedy for a variety of...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) is calling the passage of the California bill AB-1341: Dietary supplements for weight loss and over-the-counter diet pills "a slap in the face to public health and consumer choice." As WholeFoods Magazine has reported, AB-1341 restricts access to dietary supplements. In certain situations, NPA reported, it...
Note: This article was originally published by the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service (OMNS). To subscribe to OMNS, visit http://orthomolecular.org/subscribe.html, and access the OMNS archives as http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/index.shtml. The Harvard-led Vitamin D and Omega 3 trial (VITAL), recently published findings showing a meaningful (22%) and statistically significant (p = 0.05, Hazard ratio...
WholeFoods Magazine invited companies in the natural products industry to showcase how they are going above and beyond with their environmental and social sustainability efforts. Read on for the latest efforts from companies throughout the supply chain (listed in alphabetical order), and get a glimpse at their goals for a...
Washington, D.C.—The results of an ancillary study of the Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL) reported in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that vitamin D3 supplementation did not result in a significantly lower risk of fractures than placebo among generally healthy midlife and older adults who were not...
Brisbane, Australia—Urology researchers at the Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, investigated the branded dietary supplement ingredient Urox with a self-funded, independent Mechanism of Action study published in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. The study looked at the efficacy of Urox in reversing retinyl acetate (RA)-induced overactive bladder (OAB) in rats. According to a...
Washington, D.C.—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) released a statement from Steve Mister, President & CEO of the association, regarding progress being made toward passage of federal legislation to enact a product registry for dietary supplements. "I want to reassure you that we continue to advocate for advancing this legislation and honor...
KeHE named best employer for women KeHE Distributors was named one of America’s Best Employers For Women in Forbes’ annual ranking. Forbes teamed up with market research company Statista to survey 50,000 Americans—30,000 women and 20,000 men from different companies with at least 1,000 employees. Respondents were asked to rate their organization on...
NJ Labs reports on FDA warning letters NJ Labs reported FDA warning letters that will be issued to companies that have failed to validate that their water systems consistently produced water suitable for its intended use. Water system suitability could pull the plug on the production of food, beverage, cosmetic, nutraceutical,...
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