Interest in personalized nutrition has been climbing steadily since the summer of 2015, according to search queries for the term analyzed by Google Trends, and personalized nutrition brands will have increasing presence at industry trade shows like SupplySide West.

A new education program by GOED will seek to target primary care practitioners, with the focus on educating the people most likely to influence consumer purchases of the omega-3s.

The Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s (GOED) continues to commission key studies to support the quality and efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids, with recent meta-analyses of the health benefits starting to impact policy and regulatory conversations.

Increasing scrutiny on the supply end of the dietary supplement business put the American Herbal Products Association in a position to contribute to the further legitimization of the dietary supplement industry, said the organization’s founder.

As growth in probiotics continues to accelerate, the International Probiotics Association is ramping up its regulatory outreach efforts and working on ultimately producing a comprehensive quality guidebook for the probiotic industry, says IPA’s executive director.

Industry reaction to the new online registry for supplement products has been positive, said Steve Mister, president and CEO of trade association Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) at the SupplySide West 2017 show in Las Vegas last week.

Solvents are an ubiquitous part of the production of herbal extracts. Soon a one-stop resource will be available for stakeholders to see what solvents are used, what their accepted residual levels are and other important information.

FDA’s undertaking to create a master list of ‘old dietary ingredients’ that could be sold legally in dietary supplements without first going through the new dietary ingredient notification process likely will fall flat, despite the agency’s best intentions, according to industry trade groups.

From finalizing an NDI list to making dietary supplements eligible in welfare programs, Dr Daniel Fabricant of the National Products Association shared his take on the state of the dietary supplements industry.