Archives for June 2, 2014

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Dr Corey Hilmas joins NPA as senior VP of scientific and regulatory affairs

By Stephen Daniells

Corey Hilmas, MD, PhD, is the latest high profile recruit to the Natural Products Association, bringing ‘an unprecedented scientific perspective and regulatory expertise’ following two years as the FDA chief of dietary supplement regulation implementation.

DuPont hopes win on Swiss probiotic claim will help unlock EFSA process

By Hank Schultz and Shane Starling

DuPont has won official approval for probiotic-based gut health claims based on its strains in Switzerland after working with a local retailer.  The company hopes the latest victory will help unlock the process of approving probiotic health claims for...

The color of success? See-through, SPINS says

By Maggie Hennessy

The consumer desire for transparency may have originated in the food and beverage market, but it’s becoming an increasingly key part of doing business for makers of dietary supplement and functional food, according to market research firm SPINS, which...

Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe 2014

Keeping it clean: 3 botanical chiefs pull adulteration weeds

By Shane STARLING

Botanical adulteration, like doping in sports, is a problem that can be controlled but never totally resolved, but what is being done about it? Here the world’s biggest botanical players debate their attacks on the problem.