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A recently released study sponsored by the United Soybean Board has found that nearly two-thirds of healthcare professionals viewed biotechnology as a positive method for food production (61%). One in three study participants were aware of specific h… Read More »

The dietary supplement industry has continued to discount the omega-3 meta-analysis, published online by the Archives of Internal Medicine earlier this week. Adding to comments from the Council for Responsible Nutrition and the Natural Products Association, the Salt Lake City, UT-based Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s (GOED) issued its own take-aways. Read More »

A meta-analysis published online late yesterday by the Archives of Internal Medicine has been panned as “limited” and “inaccurate” by… Read More »

Antioxidants are featured in a diversity of consumer packaged goods—from granola bars to vitamin shakes to detox skin care. According to a just-released report from Packaged Facts, "Antioxidant Products in the U.S.: Foods, Beverages, Supplements, and Personal Care," this reflects a metatrend whereby the link between dietary supplements and actual diets is becoming ever stronger. Read More »

A recent Dateline NBC segment concerning dietary supplements focused on the practice of fraudulent analytical testing practices known as "dry labbing," in which lab results pertaining to the potency and identity of ingredients as labeled are suspected of having been deliberately manipulated or fabricated. Read More »

An agreement was approved and entered into the California Superior Court on February 1 between 30 member companies of the Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3 (GOED), Salt Lake City, UT, and the Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation giving these companies operating certainty around Proposition 65 limits for dioxins, furans, PCBs and dioxin-like PCBs in products with EPA and DHA omega 3s. Read More »

Marc Ullman, Legal Advisory Council Chairman of the Natural Products Foundation (NPF), Washington, D.C., met with Richard Cleland of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on December 19, 2011, to present documentation regarding 22 non-compliant dietary supplement advertisers. Read More »

The nonprofit organization American Botanical Council (ABC) has filed public comments with FDA in response to publication of its Draft Guidance on New Dietary Ingredients (NDIs) in July 2011. Read More »

The Natural Products Association (NPA), Washington, D.C., has submitted extensive comments to FDA in response to the agency’s draft guidance on New Dietary Ingredients (NDIs). Read More »

The non-profit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has called on FDA to require a warning label on dietary supplements containing St. John’s wort, saying these products may interfere with birth control, antidepressants, blood thinners and other prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Read More »

Three leading non-profit organizations—the American Botanical Council (ABC), the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) and the University of Mississippi's National Center for Natural Products Research (NCNPR)—have initiated a large-scale program to educate members of the herbal and dietary supplement industry about ingredient and product adulteration. Read More »

Global sales of natural and organic beauty products are projected to reach $9 billion this year, according to a new report from U.K.-based Organic Monitor. Read More »

The Natural Products Association (NPA), Washington, D.C., responded to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal about the benefits of vitamins, calling it “irresponsible” and “inaccurate.” Read More »