Content about Dietary supplement

May 25, 2010
Natural Products Association responds to GAO's 'secret shopper' investigation

The Government Accountability Office on Wednesday presented to a congressional panel the results of a...

May 20, 2010
SIDI Working Group releases CoA guideline for dietary supplement makers

The Joint Standardized Information on Dietary Supplement Ingredients Working Group — a coalition of the...

May 13, 2010
Pharmavite announces partnership with AAFP

Pharmavite has aligned with the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Consumer Alliance Program, the company...

May 10, 2010
Nutramax's joint supplements featured in new book

Nutramax Labs last week announced that their premium joint health supplements Cosamin ASU and Cosamin...

May 10, 2010
PetSmart, GNC to make dietary supplements for pets

PetSmart and GNC on Tuesday announced the launch of a unique line of dietary supplements...

March 8, 2010
New WellWise.org Web site focuses on supplements

WellWise.org on Monday launched its Web site around supplements, the science behind them and other...

March 4, 2010
CRN joins American Society for Nutrition

The Council for Responsible Nutrition on Wednesday joined the American Society for Nutrition, a nonprofit...

February 16, 2010
CRN opens international headquarters

The Council for Responsible Nutrition on Tuesday announced the opening of its international headquarters in...

February 3, 2010
CRN responds to Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010

Former presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., together with Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., on Wednesday...

February 1, 2010
NAD recommends Cobalis, Lifes2Good modify supplement ads

The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus last week issued two...

January 20, 2010
NAD supports Quten Research Institute's dietary supplement claims

The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has determined that Quten...

January 18, 2010
Inverness sells vitamins, supplements business

Inverness Medical Innovations on Tuesday announced the sale of its vitamin and nutritional supplements business...

December 13, 2009
Industry coalition reissues advisory against use of dietary supplements as swine flu remedy, cure

If there’s a huckster swindling supplements as the latest cure-all, turns out it’s not a...

November 15, 2009
CRN, NAD extend partnership to review dietary supplement ads

What it means is a stronger dietary supplement industry sans criticism that the industry is...

November 1, 2009
Duane Reade's new look, initiatives come together at its Herald Square store

Improved sight lines, updated and provocative signage, space for a retail clinic operation — all...

October 25, 2009
CRN: Majority of Americans continue dietary supplement regimen despite economic slump

The fact that today’s consumers are not willing to give up their dietary nutrition as...

October 4, 2009
CRN launches collaborative program to educate consumers on dietary supplements

The most significant piece of news to come out of this (outside of the fact...

October 4, 2009
NPA testifies against illegal steroids

Here’s the breakdown: Two government officials representing the Food and Drug Administration and the Drug...

September 20, 2009
NAD: Align advertising claims are supported

News such as this really showcases how far the dietary supplement has come in just...

July 19, 2009
Improvita private-label item gets retailers in hot water

It’s a reminder that retailers are only one step removed from litigations involving one of...

June 21, 2009
Supplement industry experts gather to educate Congress on related issues

It is critical that the dietary supplement industry extol the benefit and value associated with...

January 4, 2009
ECRM VMS 2009

Sales of vitamins across food, drug and mass outlets (minus Walmart) grew by a whopping 8.9% to $2.7 billion for the 52 weeks ended Nov. 30, 2008, according to data from Information Resources Inc. That kind of growth affirms an October 2008 survey released by the Council for Responsible Nutrition that suggested the majority of dietary supplement users didn’t cut back on their supplement regimens, despite the tougher economy. According to the survey, 51% of supplement users indicated that the economy’s ills wouldn’t force them to cut back on their supplement-purchasing habits. Survey results also showed that of the 51% who didn’t plan on cutting back their supplement routine, 13% reported supplements were an essential part of their overall wellness regimen — something they couldn’t do without.

June 18, 2008
Rx Development Series: VMS

Drug Store News in May hosted the first installment of a new program it is calling its Pharmacy Development Series, which focused on the vitamin, mineral and dietary supplement category. Hosted in New York, the event brought key insights to retailers regarding the science that supports the business of dietary supplements — a category that has received mounting consumer interest from a number of fronts, including baby boomers looking to extend their lives through proper nutrition, as well as other cost-conscious, healthcare consumers who believe that a dietary supplement taken today can help significantly lower personal healthcare costs tomorrow. Retailers present included GNC — the lead retailer in the dietary supplement channel — as well as several leading drug and grocery chains, including Longs Drug Stores, Meijer, Rite Aid, Supervalu and Walgreens.

March 2, 2008
Whole Foods develops Premium Body Care standard to guide consumers

Looking to help beauty shoppers navigate the often confusing landscape of natural and organic personal...

January 2, 2008
ECRM Vitamins, Diet & Nutrition 2008

Voraciously defend. Push for government oversight (not more regulation, but better enforcement of existing regulations). Self-regulate. Publicize. Those are four initiatives tackled by the Council for Responsible Nutrition in the past year, in what could be described as a banner year for news in the dietary supplement arena. Long-awaited good manufacturing practices finally were passed, a law requiring serious adverse event reporting associated with dietary supplements was enacted in December and CRN began two key initiatives — the self-policing effort of dietary supplement advertising and a public relations campaign to fortify the reputation of supplements among consumers.

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