Green coffee bean extract gains GRAS
Texas-based Applied Food Sciences has obtained self-affirmed GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) status for its GCA-branded green coffee bean extract ingredient.
Archives for February 25, 2011
FDA rejects homotaurine NDI bid; finds it is not an amino acid
The Food and Drug Administration has rejected Canadian biotech firm Ovos’s bid to win NDI status for its homotaurine brain health ingredient because the agency says the nutrient found in certain seaweeds is not an amino acid.
Complaint on Healthspan supplements claims not upheld: ASA
Claim-related complaints about product adverts and brand names of UK mail order supplements firm Healthspan have not been upheld by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA), as the catalogue contains a disclaimer stating they are not intended to treat,...
GOED names expanded board of directors
The Global Organization for EPA and DHA (GOED) has announced its second board expansion within a year with EPAX’s Baldur Hjaltason (pictured) moving from vice-chair to chair to replace Croda’s David Shannon, while DSM Nutritional Products’ Amanda Ruess...
Probiotic product pipeline looks unaffected by claims furore
The market for probiotic-containing products looks to be uncowed by the recent crackdown on claims by the Federal Trade Commission, with a new Ganeden product launching in Walmart stores.
UK man gets six months for selling illegal herbal supplements
A UK man has been handed a six months suspended prison sentence and 200 hours of community service for selling illegal herbal supplements.
Antioxidants could combat mesothelioma cancer: Study
Antioxidants could prove a powerful new weapon in the fight against the rare form of cancer malignant mesothelioma, according to new research from the Thomas Jefferson Hospital’s Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia.