Author name: Natural Health Products NZ

Ensuring micronutrient adequacy for vulnerable groups around the world: the role of food supplement, written by Professor David Richardson, Scientific Advisor to CRN UK; and Bioactive Food Components: Changing the Scientific Basis for Intake Recommendation written by Dr David Heber, University of California, USA, and Dr Andrew Shao from the IADSA Scientific Group…

NZTE’s China Business Training includes both Scheduled Training – delivered in a two day programme consisting of four half day modules – and Custom Training – delivered according to company specific sector or issue. Cost per person is only $50 and courses are being run in February…

Indonesia’s not yet on the radar for many Kiwi exporters but it should be says NZTE’s Trade
Commissioner for the country, Fiona Acheson. “It’s not easy, but nor is it harder than China or India…

An update on the following can be downloaded from the NPNZ website – Adoption of the list of permitted health claims; Botanical Claims; EFSA Guidance; Ombudsman complaint admissible; A Review of the Consequences of Implementation of the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation; and a copy of the ERNA Report…

The US Centre for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has submitted a petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require cautionary statements on the labels of dietary supplements containing St. John’s Wort in the USA…

Rhadegund Life Sciences (RLS, www.rls.co.nz) has just joined Natural Products NZ. The company was established in 2011 by George Slim to apply his more than 25 years’ experience in the science system to building New Zealand’s innovative industries. George has worked in academia, the CRI sector and government and has particular expertise in managing collaborative research to deliver commercial results as well as in strategy setting, relationship management and policy understanding…