CRN Daily Supplement

Did you know there are almost 400,000 vascular plants on earth (that we know of), not including algae or fungus? Of those 400,000 there are about 2,000 "Herbs of Commerce" traded. Do you know how many of these the lab you use are capable of testing? Labs with fully flexible scope designations such as Alkemist Labs, an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Accredited Laboratory, with capabilities to test all plants are rare. Learn more in this CRN Associate Member Spotlight edition.

It's here! The new “CRN Connect” mobile app is now available to help you stay up-to-date on CRN news and engaged in your committees—a top tip for making the most of your membership. Developed to provide an easy way to keep track of committee meetings, resources, and CRN/industry events, the app also features a newsfeed with filtered committee updates, member-to-member messaging, and discussion forums. 

Participating in CRN committees and working groups is a primary way for you, as a CRN member, to shape the dietary supplement industry. Active participation contributes to your company's success by allowing you to be "surrounded by other people who are faced with the same challenges you are and are as committed as you are to providing solutions, to driving the narrative and not just sitting on the sidelines," Scott Ravech, CEO of Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes, as well as a CRN officer and board member, Membership Committee member and new member mentor advises.

CRN envisions a world in which nutritional products are universally trusted, accessible and accepted as essential for a healthy world.

CRN’s Andrea Wong, Ph.D., senior vice president, scientific & regulatory affairs made clear to consumers the value of multivitamins in a widely-quoted response to Monday's British Medical Journal study calling into question the real benefits of taking these products. Plus, get ready for CRN's new mobile app—coming in December.

Investing in the future of science-based nutrition policymaking, each year CRN awards a small group of select graduate students from Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy with funding to attend CRN's annual science workshop, SCIENCE in Session.

The idea that a company must either focus on its environmental footprint, how it treats its employees and packages products, or focus relentlessly on the bottom line and can't focus on both is no longer the case, Zachary Karabell, author, columnist and investor, observed.

Companies that need capital in these times, but face senior lenders either too busy or too risk-averse in this environment, can find financing via non-bank options and avoid issuing equity at potentially lower valuations. 

A good healthspan is not just freedom from morbidity and mortality, it is that joie de vivre (“joy of living”) that should accompany every day of the lifespan, according to a CRN-International (CRN-I) conference report recently published in the European Journal of Nutrition. The report, “Measuring Health Promotion: Translating Science into Policy,” comprises expert perspectives from CRN-I's 2019 Symposium, taking a deep dive into health promotion and health literacy, appropriate nutritional study design and the role the human microbiome plays in promoting health and alleviating disease.

Join us October 13–16 for CRN’s annual industry-wide events for dietary supplement professionals, presented online in 2020 to keep you safe and expand our reach. Following SCIENCE In Session—two half-days of deeper dives into timely scientific topics taking place Oct. 13–14—CRN will present NOW, NEW, NEXT Oct. 14–16, with updates on the association's initiatives including its annual Consumer Survey, as well as an address from FDA leadership.