Archives for December 1, 2011

NJ supplement companies hit with $1 million fines, owners get 'stiff' prison sentence

The owner of two New Jersey-based dietary supplement companies guilty of criminal contempt of court relating to GMP violations has been sentenced to prison for 40 months.

Probiotic ice cream shows oral health potential: Study

Eating ice cream containing probiotic strains may reduce levels of the bacteria in the mouth responsible for tooth decay, says a new study from India.

Dispatches from FiE

Solbar glad new owners can not only count soy beans, but grow them

Israeli soy player Solbar was acquired by the US farmers co-op, CHS last month, an acquisition the company welcomes for more than just financial reasons after some difficult years.

PhytoTrade Africa gets cash injection to fund US market research into baobab

PhytoTrade Africa has secured a $100,000 cash injection from the USAID Southern Africa Trade Hub to help develop a US market strategy for baobab – the African superfruit packing an unparalleled nutritional punch.

NDI draft guidance comments

NPA to FDA: Ditch product-specific notifications and accept our grandfathered lists … and NDI guidance could be salvaged

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) draft guidance on new dietary ingredients (NDIs) can be salvaged, but only if the agency is willing to substantially rewrite the offending document, the Natural Products Association (NPA) has argued.

Consumers want back-to-basics omega-3s

Omega-3 consumers are showing a back-to-basics preference, which is favouring natural products, according to research conducted by Finnish market research firm Invenire Market Intelligence.