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Register now for free fun at CRN’s Now, New, Next—coming up Oct. 12–14
Register for Now, New, Next by Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5, and add on a group activity at no charge with the code FREETOUR when you check out. Valid activities include pickleball, fitness classes, an “immersion of the West” tour, and desert botanical gardens tour. (The golf outing is not part of this offer.)
Join us at the historic Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix and be part of the conversation on the latest science, challenges our industry is facing now, insights for identifying and optimizing what’s new, and preparing for what’s next.
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Oct. 11—Science in Session presents a full day’s worth of scientific content on “Optimizing Health Through Nutrition—Opportunities and Challenges.”
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Oct. 12–14—Now, New, Next comprises half-days of sessions followed by time for networking and interactive activities with your industry colleagues.
Book accommodations now for best rates. CRN’s room block at the Arizona Biltmore and group rate expires Sept. 9.
Sponsorship opportunities for both Science in Session and Now, New, Next are available to showcase your company.
Video: Mister, Rowe reveal background, impact of award-winning ‘Vitamin D & Me!’ initiative
CRN President & CEO Steve Mister and William Rowe, CEO of Nutrasource spoke with NutraIngredients-USA about the CRN Foundation’s Vitamin D & Me! website’s success in connecting consumers with nutrition research.
Nutrasource partnered with CRN on the website, offering the expertise of Susan Hewlings, Ph.D., their director of scientific affairs, to dissect and assemble research for the website. “She was really a driving force in looking at the journal articles, in looking at news pieces, and putting information together in an unbiased way,” said Rowe.
The big picture: “The amount of research that has been done in this area in the past two and a half years is really striking, and to be able to gather it up and put it in one place demonstrates that these products do have a lot of science behind them,” noted Mister.
In fighting criticism, Vitamin D & Me! “really does help counter this narrative that’s out for the supplements, that the claims are not substantiated, that there is no research behind it, that you can say what you want about the products,” Mister concluded.
Go deeper: Vitamin D & Me! features summaries of key research on vitamin D and COVID-19, interviews with scientific experts—including the full-length interview with Dr. Holick—educational information on what vitamin D means to health status, and vitamin D in the news.
CRN to provide feedback on FDA ‘Supplement Your Knowledge’—share your comments by Aug. 26
CRN is preparing feedback for FDA on its “Supplement Your Knowledge” educational materials for consumers, healthcare professionals, and teachers—as well as the agency’s characterization of dietary supplements in general across its web content.
Why it matters: FDA overemphasizes risk and misses the opportunity to educate the public about how supplements can address know nutrition shortfalls cited in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Journalists and policymakers may access the content in addition to consumers, healthcare professionals, and teachers, making it even more critical for CRN to urge the agency to update its content to provide more accurate, actionable information.
CRN’s feedback will address ways that FDA’s content:
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Does not convey the robust regulatory framework in place that gives the agency authority over dietary supplements
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Overstates the risks of taking supplements
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Misses opportunities to address public health issues
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Could be enhanced by collaboration with the dietary supplement industry through CRN
This feedback follows a June Zoom meeting between CRN staff and Office of Dietary Supplement Programs Director Cara Welch, Ph.D. Dr. Welch recommended CRN provide written feedback to facilitate engaging the appropriate FDA personnel so the agency can provide the most accurate information to support public health.
CRN’s Communications and Media Outreach Committee (CMOC) was briefed on the Supplement Your Knowledge materials in June and invited to provide comments for CRN’s feedback by Aug. 26. Any CRN member can submit feedback to Gretchen Powers.
CRN members can join CMOC and other CRN committees, working groups, and task forces via our self-service portal. Get how-to details in this video. Once signed up, group members receive updates via email and the CRN Connect app.
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