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The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has urged the European commissioner for health and food safety to practice caution when making ‘adjustments’ to health claim and botanical rules.
Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe, Geneva
Energy shots are a big market in the US, but the potential in Europe is yet to be realized, says America’s Naturals.
Japan
Eight out of 10 residents of Fukushima prefecture are comfortable buying local produce four years after the nuclear accident in 2011, according to a survey by local consumer groups.
Let’s get this out of the way: The size of the US supplement industry is roughly $36.7 billion. The $11.8 billion estimate that TABS Group CEO Kurt Jetta announced last week is way off target, as were his attacks on Nutrition Business Journal.
Amway has passed another milestone in its massive manufacturing expansion with the formal opening of its $42 million manufacturing and R&D in Buena Park, CA. The center is part of the company’s $375 million manufacturing expansion program.
Consumption of a green tea extract has been suggested to reduce rates of cancer in certain indiviuals while reducing levels of the cancer biomarker prostate-specific antigen (PSA), say researchers.
Type 2 diabetes continues to stalk the US population. It’s a public health crisis that has created market opportunities, and one of the companies rushing to fill that breach is Glucose Health, Inc. which has launched a supplement of the same name.
In response to the Nutrition Business Journal's rebuttal of the TABS Group's size of the US dietary supplement market, Dr Kurt Jetta, Founder of TABS Group, made the following statements:
The Irish government has invested €5.2m to capitalise on the country's untapped marine biodiversity.
While many foods already contain naturally occurring nanostructures that are perfectly safe to consume, the potential to develop new nanoscale proteins for foods may carry unexplored risks that must be dealt with on a ‘case by case’ approach, say...
Three US consumers have filed a class action lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories, claiming its Similac Advance Organic infant formula contains 26 ingredients not permitted in organic food.
Leading Halal supplement brand NoorVitamins is aiming to be a serious part of the wider dietary supplements industry, with a focus on quality and transparency driving their value proposition, the company’s President and CEO tells NutraIngredients-USA.