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CRN has 'very constructive' meeting with FDA on NDI issue

  • Jan. 18, 2012
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    Are retailers culpable if they sell supplements found to be adulterated?

    Supplement sellers are being increasingly questioned—and even sued, as the recently settled J.C. Romero lawsuit against Vitamin Shoppe, GNC and others illustrates—when products are found or even suspected to be adulterated....More
  • Jan. 16, 2012
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    PR stunt or a legit way to explore link between fast food and kids' health? 1

    Scott Ehrlich, who is president of a group focused on disease prevention, plans to eat nothing but kids' fast food meals for 28 days because he wants to see if this food really is so harmful that it warrants the curtailing of its marketing to children. Does this make sense to you?...More
  • Jan. 13, 2012
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    Why 'spiking' doesn't belong in the natural industry

    Economic adulteration—or cutting an ingredient with cheap, worthless filler—amounts to fraud and can, in some cases, endanger consumers. Here's why we're against the practice....More
  • Jan. 11, 2012
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    DMAA, the beast with many heads 1

    DMAA has been all over headlines in recent months and everyone's starting to take sides. Let's take a look at USPlabs, GNC, NSF, FDA, CRN-UK and WADA and see where they stand....More