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CRN Announces Agenda for The Workshop: CRN’s Day of Science 2016

Washington, D.C., July 12, 2016—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, today announced the agenda for The Workshop: CRN’s Day of Science, taking place Oct.
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CRN Welcomes Four New Members

Washington, D.C., July 11, 2016—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, today announced the addition of four new member companies to its membership roster.
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CRN Names UL to Develop and Administer Dietary Supplement Product Registry

Washington, D.C., July 5, 2016—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, today announced it has retained UL, a global independent safety science company, to develop and administer the dietary supple
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Registration Now Open for The Workshop and The Conference: Oct. 26–29, 2016—Annual Events to be Held at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, California

Washington, D.C., July 5, 2016—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, today announced that registration is now open for CRN’s annual events, The Workshop: CRN’s Day of Science and Th
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CRN Thanks Massachusetts State Legislators for Refusing to Limit Consumer Access to Supplements—Ongoing dialogue by CRN, others, helps stop forward movement of Massachusetts House Bill 3471

Washington, D.C., July 1, 2016—The Council for Responsible Nutrition, the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, thanks legislators in Massachusetts for recognizing how Massachusetts House Bill (HB) 3471 would have negatively impacted consumers
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CRN & NAD Celebrate Ten Years

2006–2016: Encompassing ten years of monitoring, reviewing and challenging dietary supplement advertisements, the program is funded through a series of grants from CRNF, and executed by the NAD.
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CRN Stops Onerous Puerto Rico Bill in Its Tracks

Washington, D.C., June 27, 2016—The Council for Responsible Nutrition, the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, welcomed the dismissal of Puerto Rico Senate Bill (SB) 1599, which would have amended the Puerto Rico Pharmacy Law, defining natur
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CRN’s Annual ‘Day on the Hill’ Brings Together Top Dietary Supplement Industry Executives, Members of Congress

Washington, D.C., June 10, 2016—More than sixty dietary supplement industry executives representing forty member companies of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, met with members of Congress t
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Healthy Products Support Healthy Economy: Dietary Supplement Industry Contributes $122 Billion, Over 750,000 Jobs to U.S. Economy 

Washington, D.C., June 8, 2016—More than two-thirds of American adults take dietary supplements each year, and according to a new economic impact report released today, the dietary supplement industry contributes $121.6 billion to the U.S.
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CRN Urges Cautious Interpretation of Non-Peer Reviewed Study on Folate and Autism

Washington, D.C., May 13, 2016—In response to a conference paper1 titled “Maternal Plasma Folate, Vitamin B12 Levels and Multivitamin Supplement during Pregnancy and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Boston Birth Cohort,” presented today at the 2016 International Me
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