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August 2010
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Fusion
Formulations - The GMP-certified
leader in contract manufacturing
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August
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How do you know which
contract manufacturer
is right for you?
Here are some points to
keep in mind during your
search.
1. Reputation-
Does the company have
a good standing
within
the industry? Can they
provide references?
Reputations are
earned and say
a lot about a company.
Ask around and see what you
can learn about potential
manufacturers.
2. Compatibility
- Do the
facilities, equipment,
processes,
services,
quality and certifications
meet your needs?
Does their corporate
philosophy match yours?
3. GMP
Certification -
The NNFA GMP Certification
Program
is
designed to verify
compliance of
member suppliers of
dietary supplements
with a standardized
set of good
manufacturing practices
(GMPs). This program
ensures
that all elements
of the manufacturing
process are
reviewed and that
processes are sufficiently
controlled
so products meet
their purported
quality.
4. Capacity - Does
the manufacturer
have the capacity
to
meet your sales
demands?
5. Commitment - How
valued is your business?
Will you and your
products be a priority?
6. Communication - Does
the manufacturer
have an
infrastructure that
allows them to provide accurate,
comprehensive and
timely information?
Does your
point of contact
stay in touch with
you and understand
your goals?
7. Cost - Cost
is, of course, very
important. But do
not base
your decision solely
on cost. A less-expensive
manufacturer
might mean a smaller staff, and
less people to work
on
your project.
Quality and quality
control should
be the
highest priorities.
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| NPA Comments
on 2010 USDA
Dietary Guidelines
Advisory
Committee Report
Natural
Products Association
The Natural
Products
Association
submitted
formal
comments
to the U.S.
Department
of Agriculture
regarding
its 2010
USDA Dietary
Guidelines
Advisory
Committee
(DGAC) Report.
NPA was
concerned
with
the too-short
comments
period allotted
to the issue,
and the
report's
statements
about multivitamin
and
multimineral
use.
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How Dietary Supplements
Reduce Health Care
Costs
Mark
Hyman, MD (July 10,
2010)
Spending
just pennies
a day
on healthcare
can reduce
our
expenditures
by $24
billion
over five
years. New
research
from
the Lewin
Group has
shown
that spending
pennies
a
day
on a few
key nutritional
supplements
can dramatically
reduce
sickness
and chronic
disease
-- and
greatly
decrease
healthcare
expenditures
as a result.
(i) How
did they
come
to
this conclusion?
And why
haven't
we heard
about
it?
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Frost & Sullivan Confirm
Omega-3 Boom
Nutritional Outlook
Magazine
In a new
report on omega-3's,
market research
firm Frost
& Sullivan
(San Antonio,
TX) confirms
that the fatty
acids will drive
consumer demand
in the coming
years.
Frost & Sullivan's
report, "Strategic
Analysis of
the European
Marine and
Algae Oil Omega-3
Ingredients
Market," finds
that the
market earned
revenues of
$323 million
in 2008
and estimates
this to reach
$525 million
in 2013.
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August
26 - 28
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Products
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14 - 15
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Products
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Important
links
Natural
Products
Insider
A
print, online and
email
resource
for
marketers, manufacturers and
formulators of dietary supplements,
healthy foods and cosmeceuticals.
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Natural
Products
Association
Represents
more
than
10,000 retailers, manufacturers,
wholesalers and distributors
of natural products, including
foods, dietary supplements,
and health/beauty aids.
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Botanical
Council
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independent, nonprofit research
and education organization dedicated
to providing accurate and reliable
information for consumers, healthcare
practitioners, researchers,
educators, industry and the
media.
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Center
The
leading global online information
resource for professionals
in the Nutraceutical, nutritional,
dietary supplement, cosmetic,
and food industries.
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July 2010
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Fusion
Formulations - The GMP-certified
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July
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TEN CLUES YOUR
CONTRACT MANUFACTURER
ISN'T CUTTING IT .
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by Greg
St. Clair
1. They
think GMP stands for "Gotta
Make a Profit".
2. Spec
sheets are written on
bar napkins.
3. Facility
tours are available
- with three weeks'
notice.
4. Workers
learned all they know
about friability at
a fast
food restaurant.
5. Quality
is job 9.
6. The
technician asks you
to "stomp your feet"
before
entering the clean room.
7. The
sales rep tells you
they can make the product
at
whatever price
point you want.
8. You
hear someone yell, "We
need more brown powder!".
9. The
in-house lab consists
of a scale.
10. You see a
file cabinet labeled
"FDA Warning Letters".
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| New
Dietary Guidelines Generate
Mixed Opinions
Nutritional
Outlook, published June
21, 2010
The USDA
Center for
Nutrition
Policy and
Promotion
released
a draft
report
for its
2010 Dietary
Guidelines
for Americans, last
week-a report
that will
ultimately
form the
basis for
2010's
Dietary
Guidelines
for Americans.
Within the
report's
language,
dietary
supplements
receive
mixed approval.
While
highlighting
the benefits
of some
dietary
supplements
"...
if needs
cannot be
met through
whole foods,"
the authors
of the
report also
concluded
that "...
a daily
multivitamin/
mineral
supplement
does not
offer health
benefits
to healthy
Americans."
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House, Senate Conference
Rejects Expanded FTC Powers
Victory
for NPA, Industry, Thanks
to Strong
Grassroots,
Lobbying Effort
(June
25, 2010)
In another
victory for
Natural Products
Association
(NPA)
members and
the industry,
early this morning,
conferees on
the Wall
Street Reform
bill (S. 3217)
decided not
to include in
the final
legislation
sweeping new
powers for the
Federal
Trade Commission.
Such additional
authority very
likely
would have
led to advertising
rules on the
industry that
would have
undercut the
protections
of the Dietary
Supplement
Health and Education
Act (DSHEA).
"This has
been one of
the top legislative
priorities for
the NPA for
the last six
months," said
John Gay, NPA's
executive
director and
CEO. "I am proud
of the way our
members responded
to our calls
to write their
senators and
representatives,
and to urge
their customers
to do the same.
I am also
proud of the
hard work put
in by our staff
and
lobby team.
Good grassroots
and good lobbying
are a
powerful
combination."
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| Harvard
researchers conduct a real-world
test of soda taxes
Los Angeles Times
(June 17, 2010)
Another
day, another study on
soda taxes.
But this one isn't based
on mathematical models
or unreliable food frequency
questionnaires. This
time, researchers at
Harvard implemented
a temporary soda tax
in the cafeteria
of the school's
Brigham and Women's
Hospital in Boston.
Then they waited
to see whether actual
people changed
their drinking
habits.
It turns out that
they did. During a
four-week period when
the price of a
20-ounce bottle of
soda went up by 45
cents -
which amounted
to a 35% price increase
- sales fell by 26%.
Meanwhile, sales
of bottled diet soda
rose by 20%.
(The researchers
said they were unable
to change the
prices of fountain
drinks, so those soft
drinks were not
subject to the
tax.)
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Upcoming
Shows & Events
July
2010
July 17
- 20
IFT
Annual Meeting
and
Food Expo
Chicago,
IL
July
18 - 20
Process
Expo
Chicago,
IL
July
20 - 23
NBJ
Summit
Dana
Point, CA
August 2010
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The
Fusion Formulations team is proud
to have earned a GMP "A" rating
and we are continually growing
and expanding our capabilities.
Standard Operating Procedures
are used throughout every aspect
of production to ensure that all
products meet and exceed the
expectations of our customers.
From raw materials to packaged
end products we ensure safe and
consistent quality of your capsules,
tablets, powders and beverages.
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June 2010
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Fusion
Formulations - The GMP-certified
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June
2010
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Fusion
News
Fusion's Good Problem
In
this day and age, it is rare
to see a company touting
growth and the inherent
"good problems" that go
with it.
Fusion stands amongst
the few who can, and we
are not
complaining one bit. Fusion
Formulations is proud of
virtually
reaching tablet capacity
and is looking forward to
plugging
in its shiny new high
speed tablet press set to
start punching
by June 1st to accommodate
the growth. This new
press will
help us run much faster
and more efficiently, and
stay on or
ahead of schedule. Vice
President Russell Grossman
says,
"We will continue to
add to our capabilities
as our customers
and their needs grow
for a quality GMP Manufacturer".
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| NPA
Endorses Harkin-Hatch Bill
Measure preserves,
fully implements DSHEA
WASHINGTON,
DC - (May
25) Today,
the Natural
Products
Association
(NPA) offered
its support
of the
Dietary
Supplement
Full Implementation
and Enforcement
Act of
2010, legislation
that would
provide the
Food and
Drug Administration
(FDA) with
additional
resources
to
enforce
the strong,
existing laws
governing
supplements,
while also
holding FDA
accountable
for their
activities
with
the added
resources.
The bill was
introduced
today by
Senators
Tom Harkin(
D-IA) and
Orrin Hatch
(R-UT).
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Vitamin D: Why You Are Probably
NOT Getting Enough and How That
Makes You Sick
Mark Hyman, MD
Practicing physician
and pioneer in functional
medicine
(May 22, 2010)
What vitamin may we need
in amounts up to 25 times
higher
than the government recommends
for us to be healthy?
What vitamin deficiency
affects 70-80 percent of
the
population, is almost
never diagnosed and has
been
linked to many cancers,
high blood pressure, heart
disease,
diabetes, depression,
fibromyalgia, chronic muscle
pain,
bone loss and autoimmune
diseases like multiple sclerosis?
What vitamin is almost
totally absent from our
food supply?
What vitamin is the hidden
cause of much suffering
that is
easy to treat?
The answer to all of
these questions is vitamin
D. Over the
last 15 years of my practice,
my focus has been to discover
what the body needs to
function optimally. Vitamin
D,
a nutrient (more of a
hormone and gene modulator)
is a
critical, essential ingredient
for health and optimal function.
The problem is that most
of us don't have enough
of it
because we work and live
indoors, use sun block and
can't get enough from
our diet--even in fortified
foods.
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of Potential for Prebiotics-
But Do Customers Know It?
By Nutritional Outlook staff
U.S.
consumers may not be as well-versed
in prebiotics as they
are in probiotics,
but that could
all change with
a little more
effort to
publicize prebiotics'
benefits, say
industry members.
Nutritional
Outlook recently
caught up with
Pashen Black,
Tate & Lyle's
(Decatur, IL)
marketing communications
manager,
for a quick
chat about the
potential of
prebiotics.
Nutritional
Outlook:
What opportunities
for growth do
you see in the
fiber market?
Pashen Black:
There's definitely
an opportunity to
start selling consumers
on some of the benefits
of prebiotics and
help them understand
what those benefits
are. Until now,
there hasn't really
been as much marketing
by companies of
prebiotics as there
has been of probiotics.
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Upcoming Shows
& Events
June
2010
EastPack
New
York, NY
Las Vegas, NV
npainfo.org
June 10
- 12
Natural
MarketPlace
Las Vegas, NV
June 15 - 17
International
Probiotic
Conference
Kosice, Slovakia
July 2010
July 17 - 20
IFT
Annual Meeting
and
Food Expo
Chicago, IL
July 18 - 20
Process
Expo
Chicago, IL
July 20 - 23
NBJ
Summit
Dana Point, CA
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The
Fusion Formulations team is proud to
have earned a GMP "A" rating and we
are continually growing and expanding
our capabilities.
Standard Operating Procedures are used
throughout every aspect of production
to ensure that all products meet and
exceed the
expectations of our customers. From
raw materials to packaged end products
we ensure safe and consistent quality
of your capsules, tablets, powders and
beverages.
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Fusion
Formulations - The GMP-certified
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May
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Fusion
News
We have implemented
a sustainability program!
We
are greatly reducing manufacturing
waste in all forms
through innovative
and viable approaches.
To use, reuse
and disposition is the
hallmark of our program,
which will
result in cumulative
savings of energy, materials,
and
money for the greater
good of the environment
and
for our manufacturing
partners' bottom lines.
"We are committed to reducing
our environmental
impacts and increasing
our personal and public
profile
as an environmentally
and socially aware company,"
said Brad Grossman, CEO
of Fusion Formulations.
"Our
plan encompasses three
major business areas,
the purchase
of our products, use of
our products/facilities
and the control
of our output.
Through our philosophy
of reducing, reusing and
recycling, we here at
Fusion Formulations are
committed
to taking steps towards
our part of a sustainable
future."
Inspired by initiatives
in other industries, Fusion
Formulations
is shifting to more environmentally
sound practices without
compromising our business
plan or the quality of
our unique
and exciting products.
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| NPA
and Business, Trade
Coalition Send Message
to Hill on Financial Reform
and the FTC
Other major trade associations
and business groups
send a unified
message
to Senate leadership
Published
Thursday, April
22, 2010
On
April 22, the
Natural Products
Association (NPA),
representing
the natural products
industry, along
with
over
forty other major
trade associations
and business
groups
from a wide range
of other industries,
sent a letter
to
Senate Majority
leader Reid and
Senate Republican
Leader McConnell
strongly urging
them to oppose
the inclusion
of provisions
that would dramatically
expand the rulemaking
and enforcement
authority of the
Federal Trade
Commission (FTC)
in the financial
reform bill Restoring
American Financial
Stability Act
(S. 3217), currently
pending in the
Senate.
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Just When You Thought
It Was Safe To Go Back In
The Water
Written
by Marc Ullman (Monday,
April 19, 2010)
Now
that Senators Hatch and
Harkin, with more than
a little bit of help from
a strong grass roots
reaction,
have persuaded Senator
McCain to pull back
from his overboard/misguided effort
to eliminate steroids
from
dietary supplements by
effectively requiring
FDA pre-
approval of all supplements, you
might think that there's
time to take a breather for
everyone to congratulate
themselves on a "job well
done". The problem is
that if
you did this, you'd be
very wrong. There are
two issues
pending in Congress
right now that warrant
your
immediate attention.
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| FDA
Plans To Limit Amount
Of Salt Allowed In Processed
Foods For Health Reasons
By Lyndsey Layton, Washington
Post Staff Writer
(Tuesday, April 20, 2010)
The
Food and Drug Administration
is planning an
unprecedented
effort to gradually
reduce the salt
consumed each
day by Americans,
saying that less
sodium in everything
from soup to nuts would
prevent thousands of
deaths from hypertension and
heart disease.
The initiative,
to be launched this
year, would eventually
lead to the first
legal limits on
the amount of salt
allowed
in food products.
The government intends
to work with the
food industry and
health experts to
reduce sodium gradually
over a period of
years to adjust
the American palate
to a less
salty diet, according
to FDA sources,
who spoke on condition
of anonymity because
the initiative had
not been formally
announced.
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WHAT'S
HOT?
Probiotics
The
popularity of these
microorganisms continues
to increase
as consumers learn
more and more about
their benefits to the
digestive system.
NO2
Just as creatine was
when it first hit the
market, NO2 is in
high demand!
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Upcoming Shows &
Events
May 2010
Nutrition & Health
Forum
Palm
Springs, CA
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The
Fusion Formulations team is proud
to have earned a GMP "A" rating and
we are continually growing and expanding
our capabilities.
Standard Operating Procedures are
used throughout every aspect of production
to ensure that all products meet and
exceed the
expectations of our customers. From
raw materials to packaged end products
we ensure safe and consistent quality
of your capsules, tablets, powders
and beverages.
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Fusion
Formulations - The GMP-certified
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April
2010
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Fusion
News
We're Growing!
We
are happy to announce that
Fusion Formulations is growing! Over
the first quarter of 2010,
Fusion Formulations
has grown 364% compared
to the first quarter
of 2009!
We attribute this growth to
our commitment to quality,
customer service and
reasonable pricing. Facility
expansion
is likely considering
expected growth throughout
the year.
This expansion would increase
capacity and enable more
efficiencies. Stay
tuned!
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| Industry
Members Rally in Washington
for 13th Annual Natural Products
Day
Natural
Products Association
WASHINGTON,
D.C. (March 24, 2010)
Natural
products industry
stakeholders from
33 states and the
District of Columbia
gathered on Capitol
Hill for the Natural
Products Association's
(NPA) 13th annual
lobbying event, Natural
Products Day. Nearly
150 NPA members representing
every component of
the natural products
industry educated
members of Congress
and their aides about
the industry
and
the association's
legislative priorities,
all of which promote
consumer access and
awareness of natural
products.
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| World's
largest natural and
organic products tradeshow
sets
record attendance
Natural Products
ExpoWest/SupplyExpo
continues to set
pulse
for industry 30 years later
with 5 percent growth in
industry attendance
BOULDER, Colo. (March
15, 2010)
Natural
Products ExpoWest/SupplyExpo(www.expowest.com,
www.supplyexpo.com),
celebrated its 30th anniversary,
March 11-14, 2010, at the
Anaheim Convention Center
in Calif. The event drew
nearly 56,000 from across
the industry, uniting entrepreneurs
and established natural
products
alumni
indicating a healthy market
outlook for growth.
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| CAM,
Supplement Provisions Survive
in Health Care Reform Bill
2010-03025-AHPA
The
health care reform
bill signed into law
March 23 by President
Barack Obama, the
Patient Protection
and Affordable Care
Act, includes several
provisions that address
complementary and
alternative medicine
(CAM), and one focused
on certain dietary
supplements. These
details, previously
identified by American
Herbal Products Association
(AHPA) President Michael
McGuffin in a Jan.
13, 2010 open letter,
primarily serve to
better incorporate
alternative practitioners
into the U.S. health
care system.
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WHAT'S
HOT?
Vitamin D
We're
learning more about this wonder
vitamin every day.
It
is quite possibly
the
"nutrient of
the decade"!
L-Arginine
Complexes
Used
to help boost workout results,
we're told they are flying off
the shelves!
Coconut
Water
Touted
as a
"natural sports drink",
coconut water is said
to contain essential electrolytes
and a
ton of potassium.
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Upcoming
Shows
April 2010
April
26-28
SupplySide
East
Secaucus,
NJ
May 2010
May 11-13
Nutrition &
Health Forum
Palm Springs, CA
May
18-20
Vitafoods
Geneva
Palespo,
Switzerland
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