No culture shock in DSM 'behavioural change'
12-Oct-2009 - DSM Nutritional Products’ Quality for Life program turned one recently. Shane Starling joined the company...
Industry calls Cochrane vitamin B review 'misleading'
12-Oct-2009 - The Health Food Manufacturers’ Association (HFMA) and the International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA)...
Life under the Food Supplements Directive
29-Sep-2009 - The reality of the recently finalised Food Supplements Directive (FSD) positive list for vitamins and...
Irish fight food supplements media bashing
18-Sep-2009 - The Irish Health Trade Association (IHTA) has begun a mainstream media campaign to promote the...
Industry hits back at anti-supplements professor
14-Sep-2009 - The UK Health Food Manufacturers' Association (HFMA) has defended its members against a UK professor...
Australia adopts mandatory folic acid fortification
11-Sep-2009 - Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has announced that as of Sunday, Australian bread makers...
UK professor says supplements are a waste of time
10-Sep-2009 - The likes of vitamin A and vitamin C are a waste of money for most...
Nutrition division stars as DSM H1 profits plunge
04-Aug-2009 - Dutch life sciences giant, DSM, is feeling the effects of the recession with profits sliding...
Flagging UK supplements market boosted by over-65s and women
16-Jun-2009 - Falling demand and a negative profile mark today's €466 million UK vitamins and...
Beauty foods and drinks: In good taste?
11-Jun-2009 - Chocolates, jams and juices sporting beauty claims were showcased by market researchers Mintel at the...
EFSA: Boron-enriched yeast not safe in supplements
22-May-2009 - The European Food safety Authority (EFSA) says it cannot adjudicate on the safety of boron-enriched...
‘You are not number one’, ASA tells Healthspan
22-Apr-2009 - The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told Healthspan, a Guernsey-based distributor of food supplements...
Chinese to boost vitamin B2 output by 4000+ tonnes
21-Apr-2009 - Two Chinese operations are set to significantly increase the global supply of vitamin...
Mandelson can protect UK high-dose supplements: CHC
13-Feb-2009 - An influential food supplements lobby group says UK government Business Minister, Peter Mandelson, could yet...
Recession-proof BioGaia doubles 2008 profits
13-Feb-2009 - Swedish probiotics specialist, BioGaia, has turned in an impressive set of financial results...
EFSA defends independence against ‘toxic toothpaste’ attack
29-Jan-2009 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has responded to criticism from a pan-European trade group...
EU VMS maximum levels draw closer
28-Jan-2009 - A meeting held yesterday in Dublin has confirmed European Commission/European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) scientific...
EC registers vitamin upper limit concerns
21-Jan-2009 - The Irish Association of Health Stores (IAHS) has come away from a European Parliament Petitions...
EC shifting against high-dose vitamins and minerals: HFMA
22-Dec-2008 - The UK-based Health Food Manufacturers Association (HFMA) has warned the European Commission may severely...
China and Canada found guilty of citric acid dumping
18-Nov-2008 - Ongoing US Department of Commerce investigations have found Chinese and Canadian companies are dumping...
Vitamins E and C not OK for CVD
12-Nov-2008 - Vitamin E and C do not prevent cardiovascular disease, according to a new study...
Weekly comment
Beijing Olympic Games clean-up a dirty business
10-Nov-2008 - This year’s Beijing Olympic Games may have been good for China’s public image but...
Who is behind the Scandinavian vitamins email scare campaign?
31-Oct-2008 - European Union food law reform campaigners such as the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH)...
Nutrition division healthy amid mixed DSM Q3 results
27-Oct-2008 - DSM has turned in a healthy third quarter, with its nutrition division seemingly unaffected by...
EFSA draft opinion flags need for more nanotech research
20-Oct-2008 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a draft opinion that there are broad...
