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JULY 24, 2023—CRN will host its anticipated annual events, “Science in Session” and “Now New Next” at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, in Dana Point, California, Oct. 3–6. Early bird registartion with special pricing is avaialble through Aug. 4.
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JULY 20, 2023 — Bill proposes to make dietary supplements eligible expenses in FSA/HSA accounts, allowing consumers to use tax-preferred health savings to purchase wellness products
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JULY 7, 2023—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading association representing the dietary supplement and functional food industry, sounded alarm today over recently-released details of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) previously-announced restructuring of the agency’s Human Foods program.
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JULY 7, 2023—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Chuck Tacl, senior vice president, sales and business development, for Mason Vitamins as chairperson of CRN’s Retail Relations Forum (RRF).
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JUNE 21, 2023—CRN the leading trade association representing the dietary supplement and functional food industry, is pleased to announce that Emily Lewantowicz has joined the organization as a legal and government affairs assistant, working collaboratively with both the Legal and Government Relations departments. 
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JUNE 1, 2023—CRN the leading association representing the dietary supplement and functional food industry, issued the following statement expressing its disappointment with New York General Assembly’s passage of Assembly Bill 5610-D. The legislation will restrict sales of safe and beneficial sports nutrition and weight management products to consumers under the age of eighteen: 
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MAY 25, 2023—CRN the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, today responded to the latest results from the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS). New findings from an ancillary study known as COSMOS-Web—conducted by Columbia University, in collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School)—were published today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 
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MAY 10, 2023—CRN today submitted a Citizen Petition to the FDA calling for the agency to reconsider its interpretation of the Drug Preclusion Clause, which, the trade association contends, has been, and will likely continue to be, misapplied to dietary supplement ingredients the agency has previously acknowledged as lawfully marketed, which threatens future innovation in the supplement marketplace. 
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MAY 4, 2023—CRN today announced announced the addition of 11 new companies to its membership. Companies joining as voting members include Alternative Laboratories, LLC; BioHarvest Sciences, Inc.; Doctor’s Best and Vit-Best Nutrition; Innobio USA, Inc., Megalabs USA; and Nuritas. In addition, several firms joined as associate members: ArchiMed, DF Guardian Consulting; STC Safety Training & Compliance, LLC; and William Hood and Company. 
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APRIL 25, 2023—Methodology of analysis flawed, confuses adult and pediatric products, CRN says.
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