Pozzilli, Italy—Data from the Moli-sani study were presented at ESC Congress 2016 suggesting that a Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of death in those with a history of cardiovascular disease. Researchers from the I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed Institute, located here, look at data collected in the Moli-sani epidemiological study, which involved 25,000...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule on August 24th that extends and clarifies the compliance dates for certain provisions in four of the seven foundational rules for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The changes, which will include “providing more time for manufacturers to meet...
Washington, DC—Following the signing of a new GMO labeling bill by President Obama, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has revised its stance on negative claims of GMOs in meat, poultry and eggs. Negative claims are label claims proclaiming the absence of a substance,...
Dallas, TX-On Wednesday, The American Heart Association (AHA) announced a new recommendation, published in the journal Circulation, in which children aged 2-18 should eat or drink less than six teaspoons of added sugars daily, which is equivalent to about 100 calories or 25 g of sugar. The new recommendation, which...
Atchison, KS—A new study conducted at South Dakota State University suggests that a patented resistant wheat starch (Fibersym RW from MGP, based here) may benefit those with metabolic syndrome. For 26 weeks, 20 people with signs of metabolic syndrome took part in the double-blind, placebo-controlled, cluster crossover trial. Individuals consumed...
Helier, Jersey—New research published in the British Journal of Nutrition offers data suggesting a branded trans-galactooligosaccharide prebiotic complex (B-GOS, Bimuno from Clasado) lessens exercise-induced asthma. Ten adults with exercise-induced asthma and eight without the disease took either 5.5 g/day of the prebiotic or a placebo for three weeks. After a...
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will purchase $20 million worth of cheese and donate it to food banks in an effort to modestly reduce the cheese surplus that is at a 30-year high. According to a report by NPR, the surplus resulted when dairy farmers, responding to record...
Washington, D.C.—On Thursday, the Natural Products Association (NPA) submitted a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an extension of the comment period on the newly revised guidance re-draft for New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) Notifications. The draft guidance, which was released on August 11, currently has a...
New Port Richey, FL—Seventy-five retail stores participated in the Southeast NPA (SENPA)’s education tour this summer. On their multi-city tour, SENPA board members and event sponsors visited stores in or near Atlanta, GA; Columbia, SC; and Asheville, NC. Then, SENPA organized daylong educational seminars in each city. Participants were treated...
Jeff Chilton, president of Nammex Organic Mushroom Extracts, Gibsons, BC, Canada, gave a presentation about beta-glucan research at the International Society of Mushroom Science conference in Amsterdam. NattoPharma ASA, headquartered in Oslo, Norway, announced that Gunilla Traberg joined the company as director of Nordic accounts and EU marketing. In addition,...
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