Arlington Heights, IL—Carlson Laboratories is offering free red aprons to retailers to help raise awareness about women’s heart health. The donations are part of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Campaign and National Wear Red Day (February 3). In a press statement, Kirsten Carlson, vice president of marketing,...
Washington, D.C.—The 15th Annual Natural Products Day (hosted by the Natural Products Association [NPA]) is slated to be held on Tuesday, March 27. The intention of this lobbying event is to facilitate meetings between industry members and senators, representatives and their staff. The NPA will prearrange such meetings. The...
Above: NHF delegate Scott Tips finally gets a chance to speak the following day after Codex Chairwoman ignores several NHF requests to take the floor on the issue of saturated fats. The Conspiracy of Silence is not just limited to the political arena. At the 33rd session of the...
Boston, MA—A new study of a branded brain function supplement (FOCUSfactor from Factor Nutrition Labs) showed the possibility of improved memory, concentration and focus for subjects taking the supplement after six weeks. Some 96 healthy, adults between the ages of 18 and 65 were enrolled in the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled...
Jarrow Formulas of Los Angeles, CA issued a press release airing its disappointment that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had not yet sufficiently responded to its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request. The 128-point FOIA request was filed September 8, 2011 in connection with the New Dietary...
Washington, D.C.—Pizza is a vegetable, right? According to Congress, it should be. Congress’ proposed changes to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-mandated school lunch programs have some people questioning whether the government has our children’s or our corporations’ best interests in mind. As stated in the White House’s fact...
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...
Washington, D.C.—In a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), U.S. Senator and Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) urged inquiry into whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is effectively implementing dietary supplement safety legislation passed in 2006. That bipartisan piece of legislation, authored by Durbin, was...
Elmwood Park, NJ—After an investigation that began in 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has come down hard on some defendants that made weight-loss claims for the herb, hoodia. FTC claims the group claimed its ingredient could treat obesity (an unsubstantiated health claim), suppress appetite, reduce caloric intake and more;...
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