Washington, D.C.—The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee has released a discussion draft of its legislation to reauthorize FDA user fees for drugs, biologics, and medical devices—and the legislation includes the Durbin-Braun premarket approval concept. The Natural Products Association (NPA) is cautioning that this would be damaging to...
London, England—Following two years of cooperation between the UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI), the UK’s CBD sector trade body, the FSA has released a public list of cannabidiol (CBD) products permitted for sale to consumers. According to a press release from ACI,...
Washington, D.C.—The Organic Trade Association (OTA)’s Laura Batcha presented testimony before the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research, during a hearing titled “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Horticulture and Urban Agriculture.” Batcha—OTA’s Executive Director and CEO—outlined key organic industry priorities for the next farm bill,...
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Agriculture has published the Origin of Livestock final rule for organic dairy, according to a USDA press release. The changes are intended to promote a fairer and more competitive market for organic dairy producers, by making sure that certified USDA organic dairy products are produced...
Austin, TX—The American Botanical Council (ABC) has announced the winners of several of its awards. The winners announced so far: The Varro E. Tyler Commercial Investment in Phytomedicinal Research Award: Max Zeller Söhne AG The Steven Foster Botanical Conservation and Sustainability Award: United Plant Savers Norman R. Farnsworth Excellence in...
WholeFoods Magazine and Nutrasource have kicked off a 4-part webinar series titled NutraViews, covering women’s issues across the natural products industry—starting off with Lack of Female Representation in Research, covering precisely what the title implies. Why is this a major issue? Maggie Jaqua, Content Director for WholeFoods Magazine, gave some...
The Naturally Informed event Immunity: Mastering the Market featured—among other things—deep-dives on single ingredients. One top ingredient: carotenoids. Karin Hermoni, Ph.D., Head of Product at Lycored, gave the presentation “Skin Immunity,” in which she explained: “Carotenoids are natural plant components. They build up, like a reservoir of goodness, to be...
Beloit, WI—Proactive health solutions are sought by people across all generations, according to Kerry. Kerry’s new eBook, Functional Health Benefits for Every Generation, highlights growing proactivity around nutrition and the expansion in markets for products targeting specific life stages and other demographic categories. Demand is particularly high for functional benefits...
Marcq-en-Baroeul, France, and East Brunswick, NJ—A poster presented at the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Nutrients (IECN), which took place March 25, 2022, detailed research showing that MenaQ7 Vitamin K2 as MK-7 countered induced oxidative stress in vascular smooth muscle cells, ultimately lowering oxidative stress while increasing ATP production. IECN...
Cocoa extract supplements may reduce cardiovascular death by 27%, according to the results of the COSMOS Trial, which looked at cocoa extract supplementation and multivitamin supplementation. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, was performed in total on 21,442 U.S. adults, including 12,666 women aged...
