Press Releases

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 – CRN today announced the topics selected for its very first Innovation Exchange event. The event was developed to showcase new research discoveries, technologies, and ingredients in the context of CRN’s annual industry gathering, which provides a unique intimacy of scale and collegiality of community among attendees focused closely on dietary supplements.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 – CRN is pleased to announce the launch of “Responsible. It’s Our Middle Name,” a four-month celebration of self-regulation in the dietary supplement industry to recognize the association’s longstanding work in this area.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 – Radicle Science and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) are pleased to announce the five finalists for the first ever Trailblazing Woman Award.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 – CRN presents AI innovator and Founder & Chief AI Officer of the AI Leadership Institute Noelle Russell as a keynote speaker. Plus, FDA’s Welch on DSHEA and Deputy Commissioner Jones of Human Foods. Room block closes Sept. 17.

AUGUST 27, 2024 – CRN will present its anticipated scientific symposium, “Science in Session” Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, as part of its annual CONVERGENCE.

AUGUST 21, 2024 – CRN files reply brief with U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit calling for a preliminary injunction to halt enforcement of the state’s new age-restriction law on certain dietary supplements.

AUGUST 8, 2024 – CRN will kick off its CONVERGENCE ‘24 conference program with a keynote address from Jim Jones, FDA's deputy commissioner for Human Foods. AI and the changing worldwide political landscape among other topics on can’t-miss agenda for Salt Lake City event Oct. 9–11.

AUGUST 6, 2024 – In response to an “original investigation” that appeared in JAMA Open Network (“Estimated Exposure to 6 Potentially Hepatotoxic Botanicals in US Adults”), and subsequent news reporting, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, described the article as further confirmation of the wide range of safety of six herbal supplement ingredients

JULY 11, 2024 – CRN extends its gratitude to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and three other national associations for their strong support in CRN’s ongoing legal battle to protect First Amendment rights. The four organizations filed an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief today in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, supporting CRN's challenge against New York’s General Business Law § 391-oo, which restricts the sale of certain dietary supplements based on their labeling and marketing.

JULY 8, 2024 – CRN announced that it has filed its appellate brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit challenging a New York federal district court’s denial of CRN’s request for a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the recent New York State law that imposes age restrictions on the sale of certain dietary supplements.