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Tropicana Faces "Natural" Lawsuit; Removes Brazilian Oranges
The marketing of Tropicana orange juice as "100% Pure and Natural" has Tropicana Products Inc. facing a federal lawsuit.
Virginia Dare Names QA Manager
Kevin Nicolson is the company's new quality assurance manager.
American Oil Chemists’ Society Appoints CEO
Patrick Donnelly is the new CEO.
Kemin Earns Food Safety System Certification in Europe
The certification goes to Kemin's facility in Herentals, Belgium.
Symrise Selects Prinova as North American Botanicals Distributor
Prinova will distribute ingredients from Kaden Biochemicals-a Symrise company-for the North American market.
Fluxome Part of EU Effort to Quicken Product Development with Software
It says such tools could help companies screen new product ideas.
NIST Recruiting for Latest Quality-Assurance Laboratory Exercise
Participating companies can find out how accurately their own labs can measure the concentrations of active or marker compounds in a material.
NPA Announces 2012 Award Winners
Honorees include developers of natural certification standards, academic leaders, and community developers.
Cerilliant Offers Ginkgo and Green Tea Reference Standards
The company says its standards catalog offers reliable testing for sensitive phytochemicals.
CRN Begins New Year with Six New Members
New members are voting members Chr. Hansen, Cyvex Nutrition, InterHealth Nutraceuticals, Nature’s Gifts International, and Neptune Technologies & Bioressources, and associate member Dicentra Inc.
University Resveratrol Researcher Fabricated Scientific Data
As a result, the University of Connecticut has alerted 11 scientific journals that studies they published may have included fabricated data.
Nutraceuticals International’s Maca, Cat’s Claw Ingredients Certified Kosher
Maca OSS and Cat’s Claw OSS have been kosher certified by Earth Kosher.
Acai Internet Firm to Pay $1.5 Million in FTC Settlement
Two individuals and five related companies are implicated in the charges.
New Food Chemicals Codex Will Include Probiotics, Steviol Glycosides
The U.S. Pharmacopoeia (USP; Rockville, MD) has opened a public comment period for its newly proposed Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), to be published in August 2012.
Sabinsa Names VP of Scientific Affairs
Anurag Pande, PhD, has been named vice president of scientific affairs for Sabinsa Corp.
Naturex Acquires Fruit and Vegetable Concentrates Company
The company acquired Poland-based Pektowin before the end of 2011.
NPA Searches for New Executive Director
Former CEO and executive director John Gay has left the organization.
Danisco Introduces Stabilizer System for Fruit-Inclusion Water Ice Cream
The company's CREMODAN FruitPro 10 supports even distribution of fruit chunks in water ice cream mixes.
FDA Sends Warning Letter for Drug Claims Made During Trade Show
In December, FDA sent a warning letter to Nenningers Naturals LLC for making unauthorized drug claims about its Triple Flu Defense product-both online and during an industry trade show.
Health Canada Approves 10 More Ingredients for Natural Health Products
Previously, the ingredients were only available by prescription.
First Retailer Gets NSF Certified for Sport Certification
NSF scientists tested The Vitamin Shoppe’s True Athlete products for over 165 athletic banned substances.
Jim Emme Named NOW Foods President
Emme replaces Al Powers as the company’s president.
Folic Acid Fortification Not Linked to Infant Allergy Development
Yale researchers investigate a link between prenatal folic acid intake and asthma development in babies.
Scientific Journal Nature Offering Free-Access Copies on Traditional Asian Medicine
The supplement covers topics such as regulations, patents, and “clinical trial barriers” regarding this segment of herbal medicine.
GMP Labs Is NSF Certified for Sport
The NSF Certified for Sport program minimizes the risks of banned substances in dietary supplement and sports nutrition products.
EU Approves Cargill’s ARA as Novel Food for Infants
The company’s ARA already bears FDA GRAS affirmation in the United States.
FDA Slams Firms with Second Warning Letters for Failing to Adequately Explain Corrective Actions
One warning letter is a bad thing. But two warning letters?
Life Extension Customizes Wholesale Websites for Practitioners
The healthcare practitioner sets the product pricing and shipping costs and can direct patients to the website where they place orders and Life Extension fulfills them.
U.S.-China Health Products Association Welcomes New Member
K-Max, a manufacturer and packager of dietary supplements based in Pomona, CA, has joined USCHPA.
Senators Hatch, Harkin Urge FDA to Rewrite NDI Draft Guidance
The principle authors of DSHEA say that the draft guidance contradicts what they wrote in DSHEA.