Archives for December 17, 2007

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Supplements could benefits from Major League Baseball report

By  Clarisse Douaud

A new report investigating the use of performance-enhancing substances in Major League Baseball (MLB) could help the dietary supplement industry, whose products are often blamed for misleading athletes into consuming banned substances.

EFSA budget swells amid increasing industry innovation

By  Laura Crowley

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) agreed at last week's management board meeting that next year's budget, set by the European Union, is sufficient to align to the growing legislative demands without losing focus elsewhere.

India presents new opportunities for supplement firms

By  Alex McNally

Institut Rosell-Lallemand has teamed up with Ranbaxy and Aristo Pharmaceuticals to distribute supplements based on a probiotic bacteria, which will see it become available in the massive Indian market for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Weekly comment

Time for antioxidants v2.0

'Antioxidants' crop up every where, from beverage cans to cereal packets. But industry must wake up to over use of the antioxidant tag before the term loses meaning for consumers.