A branded cranberry extract (PACran from Decas Botanical Synergies) was showed in a clinical trial to help prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women. Results from the study were presented at the most recent PhytoPharm conference in Nuremberg. For six months, A. Vidlar from the University Hospital in Olomouc, Czech...
Rockville, MD—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has developed a new tool where adverse events from dietary supplements can be reported. Available at www.fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/ GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/ucm267384.htm, the new resource is intended to make information about adverse event reports (AERs) easy to find. Available information includes who must report AEs, what is...
Contract manufacturer Paragon Laboratories is celebrating a milestone this year: its 40th anniversary. The manufacturer had modest beginnings back in its founding year, 1971, with a small 2,000-ft2 plant. Victor Kaufman saw the number of supplement marketers sprouting all around California. Drawing from his training in chemistry and business (plus...
Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery, Sebastopol, CA, has unveiled new product packaging, as well as announced that its Goat Milk Yorgurt is now made with organic fruit. The company also updated packaging on its Green Valley Organics line of yogurts, kefirs and sour cream. Kroger company will now carry...
Hispanic shoppers are buying. Today, one in six Americans is Hispanic and, by 2050, one in three will be, according to estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau. Here are some things you may not know. A person of any race may identify him- or herself as Hispanic; White, Black, Asian,...
West Palm Beach, FL-based Lor-Ed Enterprises, LLC (manufacturer of Dr. Neuzil’s Irrigator nasal cleansing spray) gave 250 bottles of its saline-based spray to Operation Homefront-Florida. The sprays will be used in care packages for U.S. troops. Source Naturals of Scotts Valley, CA will offer travel-size blister packs for its...
A close examination of the U.S. beverage industry’s collective efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle reveals many divergent trends. For the third year, advocacy organization As You Sow’s beverage recycling survey graded leading companies on their efforts toward packaging sustainability. The Waste & Opportunity: U.S. Beverage Container Recycling Scorecard and...
RidgeCrest Herbals of Salt Lake City, UT hired Chris Herbert to be its new retail sales manager of the Mid-West and West Coast. He has 12 years of experience in the industry. Naturopathic physician, author and educator Holly Lucille, N.D., R.N., joined the scientific advisory board of EuroPharma of...
Dulven, Netherlands—Market research firm Innova Market Insights says the superfruits craze shows no signs of slowing down, as more companies are using such ingredients in a broad range of foods and drinks. The group, which monitors activity in the market segment, says there were 10% more products launched with superfruit...
Atlanta, GA—Data on outbreaks of foodborne illness occurring in 2008 in the United States have been finalized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and released in a report. Officially titled “Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks—United States, 2008,” and appearing in an edition of CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality...
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