Is the Romanian botanical decree a step toward or away from harmonisation?
Romania has a new law on botanicals – but the jury is out on whether this will help or hinder the case for a pan-EU list.
Archives for June 2, 2015
Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe, Geneva
Offering consumers information is essential for hemp juice success, says Sana
Telling a story is important for any brand – even more so when trying to market hemp juice and overcome pre-conceptions about cannabis, according to Sana Hemp Juice.
Probiota Americas
NYAG affair will have implications for probiotics suppliers, exec says
According to one prominent executive, for the probiotics industry, the fallout from the NYAG affair should be fairly straightforward: Make sure you know how to do what you’re supposed to do in the first place. Identify and count, it’s as simple as that.
Israeli start-up has novel approach for grasshopper shakes
Israeli insect start-up, Steak TzarTzar, aims to target the Western sports nutrition market with its grasshopper protein powder - competitively priced thanks to grasshopper sales in Africa.
Emerging markets drive global health & wellness growth (but one size does not fit all)
38 ‘developed’ nations delivered 54% of functional food and supplement and other health & wellness (HW) product sales in 2014, but these same nations will account for only 14% of growth between now and 2019.
NY and IN AG urge FDA to ‘overhaul’ supplement regulations
The Attorneys General for New York and Indiana have urged the US Food and Drug Administration to immediately enhance its oversight of dietary supplements by reforming current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs).