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Police in China have arrested 96 people for using melamine-tainted milk powder to produce dairy products, Reuters reported today.

Soy specialist Solae (St. Louis) has opened a new food applications center in Shanghai to focus on food, beverage, bakery, confectionery, and meat-product innovation, with a focus on Asian food systems.

Fuji Chemical Industry Co. has shifted its commercial cultivation of astaxanthin source Haematococcus pluvialis from its facility in Hawaii to its Swedish facility.

Indian dietary supplement markets earned revenues of $37.7 billion in 2009 (representing a 16% growth rate), according to a recent report on Indian dietary supplement markets from Frost & Sullivan.

Verdure Sciences (Noblesville, IN) has issued a white paper on its Boswellia serrata research, with a focus on human bioavailability.

Whole-food supplement manufacturer MegaFood (Derry, NH) has joined the EarthSmart Green Rate program, created by the Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH).

The company will distribute Dishman Netherlands D3 ingredients for human food and animal feed.

Radiocarb Genetics Inc. is offering an industry first of foods with reduced radiocarbon levels.

Nutraceuticals International LLC has named Paul Gaglioti to its sales team.

A new pet industry report from Packaged Facts (Rockville, MD) suggests there is much to look forward to.

"Napoleon's Choice" offers all-natural ingredients for a number of pet health problems.

The newly formed Nutrition Industry Association reports that it will be hosting 2011’s annual Spring Forum, an event previously hosted each year by the Drug, Chemical, and Allied Trades Association (DCAT).

DuPont Nutrition & Health and Applied Biosciences has agreed to acquire Danisco for $5.8 billion, with assumption of $500 million of Danisco debt, the companies announced today.

The ingredients delay oxidation to maintain color in paprika and red-colored spice blends.

Fuji Health Science Inc., a producer of astaxanthin, has announced a marketing agreement with India-based organic spirulina provider Sanat Products Ltd.

The American Chemical Society member specializes in intellectual properties relating to chemical, pharmaceutical, and nutrition industries.

Taylor will step in for 60 days until Sharfstein's replacement is announced.

The top insights learned from 2010 dairy nutrition and product research, according to the Dairy Research Institute.

Market research firm Innova Market Insights has shared its predictions for the top-ten emerging trends that will impact new-product activity this year

He will become Maryland's state secretary of health and mental hygiene.

Humanitarian organizations Sight and Live and Vitamin Angels are teaming up to provide vitamin A to children in India deficient in the nutrient.

The Natural Products Association (NPA; Washington, DC) has renamed its annual trade show the Natural Products Association MarketPlace.

The Life…supplemented campaign has renewed its partnership with humanitarian organization Vitamin Angels. For every active participant in an online video stream hosted today by Life…supplemented, the organization will donate $10 (up to $10,000 total) to Vitamin Angels.

The grant will help the company commercialize its AnthoPure technology for developing anthocyanins through fermentation.

A new method for checking content of naturally derived ingredients, along with several new standards for select food ingredients, has been introduced.

The company will now highlight levels of two purity-related compounds in its krill oil ingredients.

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN; Washington, DC) has announced Jim Hamilton, president of DSM Nutritional Products USA Inc. (Parsippany, NJ), as the new chair of the association’s board of directors.

A new mid-volume optical tablet-inspection system is ideal for smaller manufacturers and contract packagers.