Evaluating and Improving the Safety of Your Products
How safe are your products? What does safety mean for a dietary supplement? How do you test for safety? While safety is assumed for most dietary
supplements, there are a growing number of products that are being branded as
“unsafe” by the media and governmental agencies alike. Right or wrong, when this happens, it can destroy that product in the market.
Dr. Jay Udani will review the way in which dietary supplement safety is
currently evaluated, and will provide a practical pathway for establishing the
safety of your products, and for the industry as a whole.
Speaker: Jay Udani, M.D., C.P.I., CEO and medical director,
Medicus Research; medical director, Northridge Hospital Integrative Medicine Program; assistant
clinical professor, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
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New Consumer Research:
Capitalizing on the Latest Trends and Insights
The nutritional marketplace is ever-changing. New health, wellness and sustainability initiatives are affecting consumers’
lifestyles as well as creating opportunities for manufacturers and marketers.
Join trend forecaster Steve French as he presents newly gathered data and
insight from NMI’s annual consumer research studies of the U.S. population, now with eight years of trends based on results from more than
400,000 consumers. In addition, new NMI research will be presented across eight
European countries. Focus will include nutritional opportunities as they relate
to functional, fortified, natural and organic products, including analysis of
specific nutritional ingredients, dietary supplements, foods/beverages and
personal care products.
Speaker: Steve French, managing partner, The Natural Marketing
Institute
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The Alliance for a Healthier Generation: Working with Industry to Increase
Children’s Access to Low Calorie & Nutritious Foods & Beverages
The Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association partnered in May
2005 to create a new generation of healthy Americans by addressing the leading
public health threat of childhood obesity. The Alliance for a Healthier
Generation’s overall effort targets four key areas to spark change and
encourage healthier lifestyles for young people: industry, schools, health care
and kids. In 2006, the Alliance reached voluntary agreements with major beverage
and food manufacturers to sell lower calorie and more nutritious products in
schools. This session will provide an overview of the Alliance’s work in these
four key areas, a synopsis of these agreements, and a discussion of the Alliance’s
ongoing efforts in working with the food and beverage industries.
Speaker: Brian Herr, executive director, the Alliance for a
Healthier Generation
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The Role of Bioactive Plant Extracts in Cosmeceutical Products
Diverse factors including UV light, infections, hormonal status, metabolic
diseases, and the natural process of aging contribute to temporary or permanent
pathological changes in the skin. Fortunately, there are many bioactive plants
and plant extracts with the ability to combat these changes. Aloe vera has long
been regarded as “nature’s gift” for burns and wounds, and its soothing
and moisturizing properties have afforded aloe a leading role in many cosmetic
products. Evidence now supports the topical uses of aloe for treatment of burns,
wound healing, inflammation and the role of the immune system in skin health in
cosmetics and cosmeceuticals. There is a whole class of safe and effective
compounds sourced from such plants as turmeric, potato, coconut and black pepper
that may secure skin health topically and internally.
Speakers: Vladimir Badmaev, M.D., Ph.D., vice president,
scientific and medical affairs, Sabinsa Corporation; Ken Jones, chief
science officer, Aloecorp
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