Recent Certifications & Approvals
June 19, 2012
ESM Technologies, Carthage, MO, a supplier of commercialized eggshell and eggshell membrane wellness ingredients, has announced that products containing their flagship ingredient, NEM (Natural Eggshell Membrane), have been approved and granted licens…
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June 19, 2012
Maypro Industries, Purchase, NY, has announced that Oligonol, manufactured by Japan-based Amino Up Chemical Company and distributed by Maypro Industries, Purchase, NY, has achieved Kosher certification by Kof-K. “We are very happy that Oligonol…
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June 19, 2012
Lonza, Basel, Switzerland, has announced that larch arabinogalactan is now allowed for use in dietary supplements according to an updated monograph from the Australian Government’s Department of Health and Ageing, and Therapeutic Goods Administ…
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June 19, 2012
Indena has been granted the ISO14001 certification for its French production site in Tours, France. The certification guarantees that the plant has an adequate management system to control the environmental impact and to continually improve the envir…
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May 15, 2012
Robertet Flavors, a supplier of natural flavors and flavor-related ingredients, announced that their Piscataway, NJ flavor facility has achieved Safe Quality Food (SQF) 2000 Certification. SQF 2000, administered by the Food Marketing Institute, is an…
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May 15, 2012
IFP, Inc. (Innovative Food Processors) has been granted NSF International Certification for Dietary Supplement Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for their largest plant in Faribault, Minnesota. This marks IFP’s third consecutive certific…
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May 7, 2012
Valensa International, Eustis, FL, has announced that its Parry Organic Spirulina ingredient has been certified under the United States Pharmacopoeia Dietary Ingredient Verification Program, and that Parry Nutraceuticals has earned the authorization…
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May 7, 2012
Star Scientific, Inc., Glen Allen, VA, through its subsidiary, Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Gloucester, MA, has announced that it has received IRB approval of the first human clinical study of the safety and effects of nutritional supplementatio…
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May 7, 2012
Lallemand Probiotics, Montreal, Canada, has received Halal certification from IFANCA, the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America, for their major yeast and bacteria probiotic products. The certification applies to the yeast probiotic Saccharom…
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May 4, 2012
Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., Torrance, CA, has announced the acquisition of self-affirmed GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) status for its exclusive probiotic strain, Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota in the United States. This probiotic strain is fou…
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May 4, 2012
Silliker, Inc., Chicago, IL, the leading international network of accredited food testing laboratories, announced its microbiology laboratory in Lakeland, FL, has been accredited to ISO 17025. ISO 17025, the international standard for testing and cal…
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April 27, 2012
PGP International Inc., Woodland, CA, an ABF Ingredients Company, has been awarded GMP for Sport registration from NSF International, Ann Arbor, MI. A key component of NSF International’s Dietary Supplement Certification Program is GMP for Sp…
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March 29, 2012
Kappa Bioscience, Oslo, Norway, has been granted novel food approval for its vitamin K2 as menaquinone-7 (K2VITAL) in the EU. The Novel Food application was submitted to the German Food Safety Agency. Based on a positive German assessment, all the EU…
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March 26, 2012
NuLiv Science USA, Walnut, CA, has received Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) status for its AstraGin ingrdients. AstraGin is a botanical extract of Panax notoginseng and Astragalus membranaceus roots standardized to contain a minimum of 1.5% total…
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March 19, 2012
Iceland-based Primex has obtained approval from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for an Article 13 health claim relating to its chitosan ingredient and maintenance of normal blood LDL-cholesterol. Based on submitted data, a scientific panel…
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