The Food and Drug Law Institute will publish Dietary Supplement Regulation: A Comprehensive Guide, written by Scott Bass, a partner at Sidley Austin in Washington, D.C., and chief counsel for the Natural Products Association. John Stossel (host of Fox Business Network's Stossel Show) interviewed attorney Jonathan Emord about FDA’s...
USA—A well-intended mandate in New York City has set off a chain reaction that will affect vitamin E prices in 2012. In 2006, New York City made headlines when it adopted the first major municipal ban on trans-fats in restaurant cooking. Many businesses made the switch from hydrogenated soy bean...
No one likes to be kept waiting, especially a customer. Checking-out is an experience just as important as a customer entering your store; you want to make great first and last impressions so your customers keep coming back. Whole Food Supermarkets uses an incredibly efficient system of queue management in...
Mission Viejo, CA—Aged garlic is well-known as a heart health aid; but now, a group of researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, has found that aged garlic and other ingredients benefit bone health, too. Some 60 individuals at intermediate risk for atherosclerosis were given a placebo or a...
Rapid City, SD—A new study indicates that water that has been altered with the addition of a patented micelle catalyst (Willard Water, manufactured by CAW Industries) may enhance nutrient assimilation. The three-month study aimed to measure the impact of two branded water drop-ins (Willard Water Dark XXX and Willard...
Durban, South Africa—The year in environmental news has involved numerous high-profile natural disasters, the politicization of climate change in the United States and a focus on investing in green energy and sustainability within many domestic economies.The backdrop to these developments has been slow progress in talks to create an...
Robinson Pharma Inc. of Santa Ana, CA made a major donation to Vitamin Angels. The firm will underwrite vitamin A therapy for 40,000 children in 2012. WILD Flavors GmbH, based in Zug, Switzerland completed its acquisition of some assets of Kalamazoo, MI-based A.M. Todd Ingredients. E.I.D.-Parry (India) Limited has...
Las Vegas, NV—Three raw materials suppliers were named the winners of the SupplySide West 2011 Scientific Excellence Awards. The tradeshow was held October 10–14, here. The recipients were selected based on their ingredients’ “science/research methods, scientific breakthrough, innovation and appeal for the manufacturing community.” • Oligonol from Maypro is one...
New York, NY—A bioavailable form of vitamin B5 (Pantesin, a form of pantethine, developed by Kyowa Hakko USA) may help reduce cholesterol levels within the body and help prevent cardiovascular diseases according to research. Published in Nutrition Research Journal, the experiment yielded positive results for those who included pantethine in...
Bioscience company Chr. Hansen completed new research on a branded probiotic strain (L. casei 431, Lactobacillus paracase) and whether it benefits immunity against influenza following vaccination. The trial period lasted for six weeks, and two weeks into the experiment, scientists administered an influenza vaccination to monitor its effects with or...
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