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MAY 10, 2023—CRN today submitted a Citizen Petition to the FDA calling for the agency to reconsider its interpretation of the Drug Preclusion Clause, which, the trade association contends, has been, and will likely continue to be, misapplied to dietary supplement ingredients the agency has previously acknowledged as lawfully marketed, which threatens future innovation in the supplement marketplace. 
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MAY 4, 2023—CRN today announced announced the addition of 11 new companies to its membership. Companies joining as voting members include Alternative Laboratories, LLC; BioHarvest Sciences, Inc.; Doctor’s Best and Vit-Best Nutrition; Innobio USA, Inc., Megalabs USA; and Nuritas. In addition, several firms joined as associate members: ArchiMed, DF Guardian Consulting; STC Safety Training & Compliance, LLC; and William Hood and Company. 
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APRIL 25, 2023—Methodology of analysis flawed, confuses adult and pediatric products, CRN says.
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APRIL 18, 2023, Washington, D.C. —Today, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) announced the findings of a jointly-commissioned Ipsos survey, which explored people’s understanding of how their flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) are used and how they should work, specifically regarding the purchase of dietary supplements.
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The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, responded to a recent study published in the American Journal for Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) that looked at the levels of certain nutrients in some dietary supplements often taken or marketed to pregnant women
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WASHINGTON, DC—Any reorganization structure for human foods proposed by FDA must include dietary supplements and the new deputy commissioner must be accountable for supplement regulation...
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Marketing and communications professionals in the wellness space—don't miss CRN's premier event,“WellComms: Ignite!,” May 4 and 5 in Washington, D.C. 
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The CRN Foundation’s recent Health Care Cost Savings report, Supplement to Savings (“S2S”), identified up to $106.6 million in net savings if lutein and zeaxanthin are used by the at-risk target populations most susceptible to AMD.
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The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, today announced longtime healthcare communications strategist Jeff Ventura has joined the organization as the vice president of communications, reporting to CRN President & CEO Steve Mister.
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CRN today submitted comments to FDA on its proposed rule updating the “healthy” implied nutrient content claim. CRN’s comments to FDA emphasized the value of including dietary supplements and functional foods in the final rule and urged the agency to reconsider its “food groups-only” approach.
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