ICQA Musing
The 9th International CoQ10 Conference has concluded. I have to begin by saying I have never been prouder of this category than I am right now. The Conference was expertly…
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June 26, 2018
Responsibility in Manufacturing, Contract Manufacturing Qualifying and Review Audit
Continuing our plan to detail the regulatory and fundamental quality responsibilities that all brand manufacturers (especially online-only brands) need to embrace, this piece offers a short discussion about another responsibility/accountability…
June 19, 2018
Online Only Brands Cannot Abdicate Regulatory Responsibilities – focus on SOPs
In the articles about the emerging Retail Super-highway and ‘Amazon effect on supplements’, Trust Transparency partner Scott Steinford and myself have written about the regulatory and fundamental quality responsibilities that…
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June 12, 2018
New Regulatory Sheriff in Town
There was a day when the only main regulatory concern for the dietary supplement industry was the FDA. Mel Gibson, many years ago, warned and protected us from the prying…
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June 5, 2018
Musings from Vitafoods Europe 2018
I’m pretty sure that’s 14 or perhaps even 15 Vitafoods Europe in the books for me. In those attendances over 18 years, the world has become noticeably different, as have…
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May 29, 2018
Finding the Positive in Negative News
Pol·ly·an·na ˌpälēˈanə/ noun an excessively cheerful or optimistic person. Scott, the co-Managing Partner of Industry Transparency Center, considers me a Pollyanna, and that’s probably a decent quality to have as…
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May 22, 2018
Trust Transparency Outside the Traditional Supply Chain
Business faith and trust these days is so fragile. A couple weeks ago, a PR Week article reported on marketers surveyed by the Chief Marketing Officer Council which underscores just…
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May 15, 2018
Survey – Who takes supplements
A recent article entitled “Older Americans Are Hooked on Vitamins Despite Scarce Evidence They Work” was recently written by Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News and later picked up by…
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May 8, 2018
DNA Testing – Panacea or Pandora’s Box
The health industry has long had a fascination and deserved excitement towards personalized medicine. I have personally been in wonderment as I have admired many presentations by Dr. Jeffrey Bland…
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May 1, 2018
A Must-Read FDA Warning Letter That Truly Inspires
There’s both good and bad news in examining the current state of FDA warning letters. The number of warning letters from the FDA to the Dietary Supplement industry in 2018…
April 24, 2018