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NSF International will soon open a new Shanghai laboratory, NSF (Shanghai) Testing Technology Company, Ltd., to expand testing and certification services in the Asia Pacific region and serve local markets more effectively.

Albion Human Nutrition (Saint Clair Shores, MI) has received its latest patent, this one related to the composition, preparation, administration, and formulation of hypoallergenic metal amino acid chelates and the products containing them.

Natural Medicine Journal has published commentary from CRN about the need for a new paradigm of evidence-based nutrition.

Beijing Gingko Group (Irvine, CA) has made Premium Ingredients International Europe (London) sole distributor of its licorice extracts and derivatives for food, beverage, and cosmetic industries in Europe.

Pterostilbene, which has been called a superior form of resveratrol, is the star of Douglas Laboratories’ new Pterostilbene Supreme dietary supplement, available in January.

Mineral Resources International Inc. (MRI; Ogden, UT), a supplier of all-natural, solar-concentrated minerals and trace elements from Utah’s Great Salt Lake, has launched its new website, www.mineralingredients.com.

But to what end?

Folic acid intake appears strongly associated with scores on a common hearing test.

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA; Silver Spring, MD) says that it has reanalyzed ConsumerLab.com’s November 10 valerian root (Valeriana officinalis) report, which AHPA criticized on November 23.

NBTY Inc. (Ronkonkoma, NY) has named Jeffrey A. Nagel CEO. Nagel succeeds Scott Rudolph, who is staying on as chairman.

BLIS K12, which maker Frutarom USA (North Bergen, NJ) calls the world’s first probiotic for oral health, is seeing success in a range of retail channels, the company reports.

Assessing infant iron deficiency through four to ten months of age.

ChromaDex Corp. (Irvine, CA) has agreed to supply quality-control methods for Kappa Bioscience’s (Oslo, Norway) vitamin K2 menaquinone-7 ingredients, in both raw-material and finished-goods formats.

Following a recent test of 10 resveratrol supplement products in the market, ConsumerLab.com says that while lower-priced supplements passed testing, some higher-priced brands did not.

Introducing Cheryl Forberg and Lisa Lillien.

The ingredient exhibited a positive impact on cycling performance.

The company now offers Isolexx canola isolates and Vitalexx hydrolyzed canola protein.

PepsiCo will control 66% of Russia's Wimm-Bill-Dann.

VivOx, INOLENS, and SyneROX rosemary extracts are now in line with the EU directives.

The European Commission yesterday approved BASF’s acquisition of Cognis, BASF reported.

VersaCAL Clear for calcium phosphate in clear beverages.

ConsumerLab.com has responded to criticisms made last week by the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA; Silver Spring, MD) about ConsumerLab’s recent report on valerian root (Valeriana officinalis), which found that only 22% of valerian root products it tested passed quality tests.

The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act now awaits a signature from president Barack Obama.

Wyoming-based supplements brand VitaPill LLC has launched a new oral product that it says can help protect consumers against mosquito bites.

Chlorella, the single-cell fresh water green algae, is the star of a new topical moisturizing cream from Sun Chlorella USA (Torrance, CA).

Excipients might not always be the star of a dietary supplement product-that role most likely goes to the active ingredient-but make no mistake that excipients are more than just “filler.” And, excipients will need to answer to stricter FDA regulation in the near future, according to David Schoneker, director of global regulatory affairs for Colorcon (Harleysville, PA) and past chairman of the International Pharamceutical Excipients Council (IPEC). Schoneker spoke at a recent webcast sponsored by the Council for Responsible Nutrition and Virgo Publishing.

What’s making the FTC tick these days? Recent consent orders-not to mention POM’s lawsuit-have industry speculating.

There’s a train about to leave the station, and I sure want dietary supplements to be on it. That train is healthcare reform, or at least a substantial rethinking of the approach to healthcare in this country.

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