Supplement makers are required under good manufacturing practices regulations to qualify their ingredient suppliers, but official guidelines for how have not been released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. An industry group, however, has taken the important step of doing so. The Standardized Information on Dietary Supplement Ingredients...
Lund, Sweden— As part of Europe’s HEALTHGRAIN project, researchers from Finland and Ireland investigated several processing techniques for improving the quality, safety and nutritional profile of oat-based, gluten-free bread. Oats are usually well tolerated by those with wheat intolerances and are an important component in healthy foods because they...
Dallas, TX—A recent warning letter sent to Coats International following a good manufacturing practices inspection underscores several out-of-compliance issues that inspectors are finding at dietary supplement plants. Such observation trends were recently discussed by a staff member from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at an industry tradeshow...
Many older Americans are forced to give up some independence with age because loss of visual acuity limits their ability to drive. Interesting research from the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in North Chicago indicates that zeaxanthin may be able to help. Twenty-five individuals with early age-related macular...
Metabolic syndrome is in the health records of 50 million Americans, according to the American Heart Association. One is considered to have this disease when he or she has a combination of risk factors that include high HDL-cholesterol, elevated blood pressure and insulin resistance as well as being overweight.
Parsippany, NJ—The April issue of Archives of Ophthalmology included some interesting research in which patients with retinitis pigmentosa benefited greatly from lutein and vitamin A supplementation. This inherited disease causes the retina to deteriorate, which leads to blindness. Every day, 225 nonsmoking men and women were given 15,000 IU/d...
Silver Spring, MD—The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) now offers more than 50 modifiable templates for manufacturing standard operating procedures. AHPA’s Good Documentation Practices: A Guide for the Dietary Supplement Industry, which includes 68 pages of step-by-step instructions, is intended to help manufacturers comply with good manufacturing practices’ documentation...
BioPerine, a black pepper ingredient from Sabinsa Corporation of East Windsor, NJ, now has self-affirmed GRAS status. The company also announced that its manufacturing facility in Bangalore, India achieved good manufacturing practices registration through NSF International. EPAX AS, headquartered in Aalesund, Norway, announced the launch of a new Web...
Several new white papers are now available to download on www.wholefoodsmagazine.com/ white-papers: • “How to Avoid and Respond to FDA Warning Letters: Guide for U.S. FDA-Regulated Organizations,” from Veriteq • “Natural Eggshell Membrane (NEM) is a Natural Therapeutic Choice for Joint & Connective Tissue Disorders” and “Eggshell Calcium Found to...
At the end of March, Sabinsa Corporation inaugurated its new corporate headquarters in East Windsor, NJ. The new site boasts a 33,800-ft2 building that will house office and warehouse space. The site will also allot some room for research and development (R&D) staff, which will collaborate with its R&D...
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