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Nutritional ingredients maker Humanetics says it has signed an agreement with supplement manufacturer NBTY to sell the Humanetics weight loss ingredient 7-Keto. The new weight loss product will be available from NBTY's Vitamin World chain.
Probiotic foods maker Lifeway Foods this week reported net income for 2002 rose 39 per cent on the previous year to $1.7 million, driven by a 14 per cent increase in sales.
In a bid to limit the contamination of food crops by pharmaceutical plants the US Department of Agriculture has issued a new guidance to tighten the rules covering the permittance process for companies to plant and produce plant-made pharmaceuticals...
A supplement company has questioned the FDA's recent proposals to further regulate dietary supplements, suggesting that the agency should concentrate on the pharmaceuticals industry rather than the 'relatively safe' supplement sector.
Editors of the leading Journal of the American Medical Association have published an editorial urging new legislation to regulate dietary supplements.
With legislators across the world currently discussing the issue of food allergens and labelling, scientists are busy in the labs investigating solutions to this increasing health problem. But new research released this week could bring real hope to...