Regulatory
NEM brand eggshell membrane receives FSSAI pre-market approval in India
December 8th 2021Stratum Nutrition and its Indian partner, Zenova Bionutrition Pvt. Ltd., were granted pre-market approval of its NEM brand partially hydrolyzed chicken eggshell membrane powder from the Food Safety Standards Authority of India
New consortium to advocate for novel food ingredient approval for allulose in EU and UK
December 6th 2021Cosun Beet Company, Ingredion Inc., Matsutani Chemical Industry, and Samyang Corp. have formed a new consortium designed to help bring allulose to the European Union and United Kingdom, and support its nutritional labeling as a carbohydrate.
BGG and Algae Health Science earn organic certification for astaxanthin ingredient
October 22nd 2021The National Organic Program, managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, granted organic certification to BGG World and its subsidiary Algae Health Sciences for its astaxanthin supercritical CO2 oleoresin ingredient, AstaZine.
Utah-based dietary supplement manufacturer now under consent decree from district court
October 21st 2021The consent decree prohibits the defendants from manufacturing or distributing dietary supplements until they hire a labeling expert, pull violative labeling, and receive written permission from FDA to resume operations.
MitoBurn from NNB Nutrition now self-affirmed GRAS
September 17th 2021NNB Nutrition’s MitoBurn, a non-protein amino acid metabolite of the branched-chain amino acid L-valine, is now self-affirmed GRAS as a powdered food ingredient in sports drinks and in grain-based bars, nutrition bars, and instant-powdered nutritional beverages.