US market knocks Sensient results
Slacker US sales across all sectors hit third quarter results for US Sensient Technologies with the colour and flavours company this week reporting a slide in operating income.
Archives for October 19, 2003
Mistletoe: tradition not backed by science
A meta-analysis of trials on the use of mistletoe extract to treat cancer failed to show efficacy, report UK researchers in the International Journal of Cancer.
Internet marketers selling aristolochic acid
The Chinese herbal aristolochic acid, banned in several countries for causing kidney failure and cancer, is readily available from websites, according to a US researcher, revealing the growing threat to the supplement industry from the Internet.
Collagen hydrolysate takes stage at congress
The use of collagen hydrolysate for osteoarthritis patients warrants further study, said experts meeting at last week's World Congress on Osteoarthritis in Berlin, especially given the predicted rise in joint disease over coming years.
UK industry goes to court over food supplement directive
Trade associations in the UK are taking legal action in an attempt to hold off the EU food supplements directive, which threatens to damage one of the biggest and most diverse natural products markets in Europe.
Pronova expands to meet surging popularity of omega-3
Norwegian firm Pronova Biocare is investing more than €6 million in production facilities to meet the rapid growth in the market for marine omega-3 fatty acids over the last year.
FDA iron supplement packaging rule overturned
A court has overturned a Food and Drug Administration rule as of the October 17, 2003 requiring manufacturers of dietary supplements and drug products that contain 30 milligrams or more of iron per dosage unit to use unit-dose packaging.
Chromium picolinate may provide relief for PCOS sufferers
Daily supplementation with 1,000 mcg of chromium as chromium picolinate could be used as a new nutritional therapy for polycystic ovarian syndrome, according to results of a new pilot study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
CAP: securing the future
With the European Union soon to represent 450 million consumers, which common agricultural policy will best serve an enlarged Europe? "A single CAP that serves a single, united Europe," said the leading crusader of CAP reform EU agriculture...