NPA asks Congress to support access to vitamins for low-Income families
US trade group the Natural Products Association (NPA) has commended the US House of Representatives for urging the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to investigate expanding access to vitamins for low-income…
ECJ rules against EU states setting maximum levels for vitamins
A ruling this month by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) means that it will be harder in future for individual EU states to impose their own low maximum limits…
Let’s show the future can be written a different way
he world’s biggest biotech companies are manouvering to extend their domination of the global food supply chain. It’s time to show that the future can be written a different way,…
Washington Post reports raise doubts about organic standards in the US
Two recent Washington Post reports by Peter Whoriskey have raised doubts about organic standards in the US.
UK alt-med charities under threat from “despicable attack”
An investigation into UK-based charities that promote complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) could dramatically reduce access to natural health approaches, CAM bodies have warned.
Time to abandon “artificial contract between food and medicine” – ANH founder
An “artificial contract” between food and medicine that has formed the basis of much European Union (EU) regulation of natural health products should be abandoned, says the founder of Alliance…
FDA threatens criminal prosecution against supplement makers over cancer claims
The US Food and Drug Administration today posted warning letters addressed to 14 US-based companies illegally selling more than 65 products that it says fraudulently claim to prevent, diagnose, treat…
Regulatory scientific definition for manuka honey hailed as “major milestone”
A new scientific definition to authenticate manuka honey, which sits at the heart of a new initiative aimed at clamping down on product fraud, has been hailed as a "major…
Regulatory scientific definition for manuka honey hailed as "major milestone"
A new scientific definition to authenticate manuka honey, which sits at the heart of a new initiative aimed at clamping down on product fraud, has been hailed as a "major…
Upcoming ISO guidelines could “legitimize greenwashing”
The forthcoming global guidelines for natural and organic cosmetics – ISO 16128 – are not fit for purpose according to industry experts, speaking at the recent Natural & Organic Products…