ChromaDex wins US government contract for scientific services
Phytochemical reference standards and contract testing services company ChromaDex has won a five-year contract to supply federal agencies with scientific services.
Archives for March 4, 2010
Industry welcomes FDA claims crackdown
By issuing warning letters to 17 companies including Nestle and Pom Wonderful, the Food and Drug Administration yesterday demonstrated it had both the motivation and the muscle to remove misleading nutrition and health claims from the market, a move...
Weight loss supplement ad deemed irresponsible
A London based company has been told by voluntary watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), to withdraw a magazine advert for a weight loss supplement as it was deemed to be irresponsible and did not provide supporting evidence for its claims.
Red clover may counter depressive symptoms in older women
Post-menopausal women taking supplements of a red clover extract may experience fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety, says a new randomised trial from Austria.
‘We are in full compliance’: Sued omega-3 suppliers
Texan omega-3 supplier Omega Protein Corporation says its offerings meet international regulatory requirements, including the strict contaminants rules set out in California’s Proposition 65.
Special comment
In defence of omega-3
The best way to survive a shark attack is to fight back, so say survivors. Events this week suggest the sharks may be beginning to circle the good ship omega-3, and now is the time for industry and academia to start fighting back.
EFSA health claim opinion
Meal replacements win first EFSA weight management claim approval
Significant effects, study products that matched those on-market and biologically plausible mechanisms were cited by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) as the major reasons why meal replacements won a rare article 13.1 positive opinion last week.