Washington, D.C.—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has filed a Citizen Petition requesting that FDA allow N-acetyl-L-Cysteine (NAC) to continue to be marketed as a dietary supplement. CRN filed this petition following a letter to the agency in December 2020, and following several meetings with FDA leadership, during which CRN...
Virtual—On June 15-17, 2021, IPA World Congress + Probiota Americas 2021 Digital Summit will take place virtually with a focus on prebiotics, probiotics, and microbiome modulation for better human health. Topics to be covered over the three-day event include: The potential of artificial intelligence and microbial intelligence The latest developments...
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) 9th Annual Botanical Congress covered relationships, problems and solutions, and struggles and how they were overcome—or why they're still ongoing. Our four major takeaways: Industry is working with FDA—and FDA is working with the industry The Congress opened with Cara Welch, Ph.D., Acting Director,...
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Marshals, at the request of FDA, have seized more than 207,000 units of dietary supplements and bulk dietary ingredients that are or contain kratom, including over 34,000kg of bulk kratom. Altogether, the seized supplements are worth approximately $1.3 million. The supplements in question were manufactured by Atofil, LLC,...
Reston, VA—Body Complete Rx (BCRX) is launching its plant-based, vegan weight management supplements at The Vitamin Shoppe on August 1, according to a press release. BCRX’s TRIM line will launch in over 700 retail locations nationwide, which the company says makes it the first Black female-owned brand to launch in the...
London, England—Nature’s Bounty has launched a new marketing campaign for the U.K. and Ireland, developed by creative agency Initials, according to a press release. Initials was asked to redefine Nature’s Bounty’s positioning to align with the company’s founding purpose of accessible nutrition from nature. The new campaign, “We’ve got this,”...
Virtual—If you’ve been keeping up with the coverage on the #NaturallyInformed event Nutri-Beauty: Mastering the Market, you know that we’ve covered the science; you know what consumers want. How do products get into consumers’ hands? The event covered that, too. It starts with a good product—so really, it starts with...
Secaucus, NJ—Lycored’s Lumenato can help preserve the collagen network and help protect skin from damage, according to a pre-clinical study published in PLoS One 2021. Lumenato—a blend of natural tomato nutrients—was specifically shown to prevent the loss of type III collagen, which typically decreases in response to issues including inflammatory...
Spoonshot has released its report on 2022 trends, launched with a webinar presented by Kishan Vasani, Co-Founder and CEO, and Ranjana Sundaresan, Lead Research Analyst. Vasani detailed how Spoonshot’s AI—Food Brain—works, including a discussion of its sources and methodology. It has proven accurate, in the past: “In 2019, Spoonshot made...
Washington, D.C.—Three U.S. Senators have introduced a bill to update regulations in order to ensure equal and safe access to hemp-derived CBD products, according to a press release from Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR). “CBD products are legally being used and produced across the nation. Yet because the FDA has failed...
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