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Poland Bound Ready for an excellent week! Seeing old friends and long time clients & attending WorldFood Poland - The Leading Food & Beverage Event in Central-Eastern Europe #travelingman #nutraceuticals #Vitafoods #beyondbrands #innovation #SupplySide

AMAZON and the NEW RULES? Amazon recently announced new rules to address the torrent of adulterated, counterfeit, and misbranded products that regularly trade on their platform. On one hand - Good for Amazon - they are doing something It only took years of repetitive public demonstrations of their quality failings (Thank you Jim Emme & Now Foods) But is this the right solution? NSF/ANSI 173 is a good standard but NSF has had its share of issues. Who remembers ABH 859 - they were NSF Certified!!! Does NSF have the bandwidth to handle the potential deluge of testing that they will theoretically need to provide? What about the many other excellent laboratories out there (Elan Sudberg I am thinking about you) and some of the disasters that dry lab... Some Editorial... Despite the massive growth in this channel, I for one believe that the industry is better without Amazon. Amazon has lowered the bar and commoditized everything they touch & they have certainly become the leading market for knock off and adulterated dietary supplement products. I would go even further to say that they do nothing to build markets and only serve to extract value and reduce quality in the ecosystems that they have infested. Yes it is convenient, but this has come at a terrible price. Share your thoughts!!! #Amazon #Supplements #NPA #NaturalProductsAssociation #BeyondBrands #Quality #Adulteration #NOWFoods #AlchemistLabs #CRN #AHPA

Another Expo West in the books... Time to fly home after a fabulous week seeing old friends, making new ones, learning what's new, and being generally blown away by the enthusiasm and positive energy that has kept me engaged in this amazing industry for 35 years! #BeyondBrands #expowest2024 #vitamins #innovation #regenerative

Today I did not work, and it was so much better!!! Today I took the day off with my son and went skiing. Henrick will be 12 soon, and I am taking a two-week business trip starting next week. Spending time with family is why we do what we do yet we forget all too often. Don't hesitate or the moments will be gone! Today we built a memory that will last forever. We shared an experience that brings us closer. Soon Henrick will be a teenager and I will become radioactive Hopefully today slows that process and makes it less severe when it inevitably happens. #Family #fatherandson #inspiration #notworking #mentalhealth #beyondbrands #innovationnutritionconsulting #healthy

Erik Goldman recently authored an incredibly important article on fraud in scientific literature on nutritional, botanical and nutraceutical ingredients. Erik is bold, fearless, and demonstrates incredible integrity serving our community with this cleareyed look at one of the most important engines of growth in the 180 billion dollar global nutraceutical industry. This is essential reading for any consumer or user of scientific literature. Now we, the consumers of this essential science, must demand better of the journals we read, and scientists who publish in these journals. Scientific fraud is a corrosive poison that can potentially undo all of our good work and destroy any consumer trust in or segment. If we do not "cleanse our system" of these toxic lies, the consequences will be profound and massively negative. Huge congrats and thanks to Erik Goldman and Nutraceuticals World for taking on this potentially explosive and divisive issue. To me this is a "no-brainer" and our industry need to activate fast to address this problem https://lnkd.in/e3triqbC #FRAUD #Nutraceuticals #Science #FDA #FTC #CRN #NPA #AHPA #AmericanBotanicalCouncil #PeerReview #Publishing #Botanicals #ClinicallyProven #BeyondBrands #InnovationNutritionConsulting #Integrity

An important paper by Mark J. Tallon, LLM MA PhD & Douglas Kalman PhD RD The regulatory systems in Europe and the US are significantly challenged due to balkanization. This is further compounded by the emergence of substances that bridge the domains of Pharma and Nutra, and the popularization scheduled substances in the US that are now revealed to have therapeutic potential. EFSA and DSHEA are both under threat both are in need of improvement. Presently in the US state laws are being proposed that will undermine the entire regulatory scheme while in Europe, individual nation states are implementing restrictions that erode the one market principle. Mark and Douglas do a masterful job framing the big issues https://lnkd.in/eygJUYHR Perhaps as societies we can do better https://lnkd.in/eygJUYHR

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Join me in Bangkok on Sept 22 Lets explore what is new (and old) in delivery systems and dosage forms as well as trends in ingredients and categories and how these come together to create new opportunities to delight consumers! #BeyondBrands #InnovationNutritionConsulting #Vitafoods #VitafoodsAsia #FDA #FTC #FSMA #DSHEA #GMP