Responsibility in Establishing and Maintaining FDA Audit Readiness

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…

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Musings from SSE 2019

Destination: Secaucus, New Jersey.  Timing: early April. While not the most exciting or luxurious of destinations – it’s a great place to do some health ingredient business. SupplySide East, for the…

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The Confusing State of States’ Sales Tax

Confusion has been the consistent word whenever we speak of regulations and how they are interpreted and applied to the ecommerce retailer. Usually we are discussing the FDA or FTC…

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Community Counts

Humans are social animals. For optimal performance, we need to be engaged, excited, and surrounded by like-minded folk. In order to thrive, we generally need consistent interaction. That’s where community…

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A Purr-fect Visit to Global Pet Expo

Many of our readers have recently returned from the annual mega-event, Natural Products Expo West 2019. All of us who attended have the same notion of “I survived.” Expo West…

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Let Collaboration Fuel your Narrative

Industry Transparency Center is participating in New Hope Network’s Inside the Bottle program for the second year in a row for a reason.The Inside the Bottle initiative unites companies from…

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A rose by any other name – The Amazon CBD Story

The CBD and hemp conversation is extremely confusing right now, and perhaps nowhere more so than in a dialogue with e-tailing giant Amazon. Amazon has taken an apparently clear position…

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Musings from HI Europe

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend and participate at Health ingredients Europe, (HIE) in Frankfurt, an event put on by UBM. In Europe, this event alternates…

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Prebiotic Interest Continues to Build

The past few weeks have continued the Global Prebiotic Association’s momentum building from SupplySide West success to strong presence at Health Ingredients Europe last week in Frankfurt. Notable on the…

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