The Benninger Blog - John Benninger

Dr. Mindy Goldstein to address REACH regulation in free webinar on July 23

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:18:11 PDT

We are very please to offer a free live webinar July 23 at 2pm eastern time addressing REACH and what it means for companies that bring their ingredients and finished products into the European Union. Mindy Goldstein, Ph.D., most recently Executive Director R&D for The Estee Lauder Companies, will be our presenter. Mindy has served on our SupplySide scientific advisory board ...

FDA, UCLA, NMI, Datamonitor, Mintel, NBTY, dozens more to speak at SupplySide West

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:59:53 PDT

About half of the SupplySide West education program is set (we're adding to it each day), and the lineup is our best yet. So far we have speakers from FDA, NBTY, UCLA School of Medicine, Natural Marketing Institute, Healthfocus, Sloan Trends, Euromonitor, Mintel, American Botanical Council, The Hartman Group, CRN, AHPA, Ullman Shapiro Ullman, Burdock Group, Frost & Sullivan, UNPA, ...

Is the upswing in anti-supplement, anti-DSHEA media coverage a coincidence?

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:09:56 PDT

In a word...NO. The current wave of media that is calling for revisions to DSHEA and bashing dietary supplements has all of the markings of a well-funded, well-coordinated campaign. The same themes and phrases appear in stories from completely distinct outlets. Journalists all over the map repeat the same concepts as if they all attended the same conference about why ...

FDA introduces "Transparency Blog" to gather public input online

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:17:51 PDT

The FDA has introduced what it is calling the "FDA Transparency Blog" in an effort to improve its communication with the public. The blog went live on June 2 and will include a different question each week. The questions to be posed can be found in the FDA's June 3 Federal Register notice (click here). There is also a public ...

Free Market Reports on Supplement, Cosmeceutical, Food & Beverage Industries

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:32:38 PDT

We just posted 3 free market reports on the SupplySide West website that you can download. Just visit www.supplysideshow.com/west and choose the reports that you want. They cover market trends, science and other hot topics in the dietary supplement, food & beverage and cosmeceutical industries. Check them out and please let us know what you think!

Supplements blamed for failed drug test, global warming, N. Korea nukes, housing crisis

Tue, 26 May 2009 15:09:30 PDT

Okay, maybe that is a little over the top, but come on. How many athletes get to blame a failed test on an unnamed ingredient in an unnamed supplement from an unnamed store before we call BS. The latest case involves University of Kentucky football player Jeremy Jarmon. His story is that he bought a supplement to help him drop ...

FDA CFSAN Director slams supplements and DSHEA in public commentary

Fri, 22 May 2009 13:13:19 PDT

In a May 18 podcast and public commentary, FDA's CFSAN Director, Dr. Stephen Sundlof, took several jabs at the supplement industry and DSHEA. Using the Hydroxycut situation as the starting point, Sundlof explained that dietary supplements are regulated differently than prescription or over-the-counter drugs. (Of course they are also regulated differently than cosmetics, medical devices, vaccines, blood products, and every ...