“We talk about the industry as a $39–$40 billion a year industry by sales. The annual sales only tell a piece of that puzzle. There’s also the jobs that are on the line, the local taxes, the payroll taxes, the secondary jobs that get crated because we build a facility and we have 200 people in a facility making vitamins every day. They’ve got to go somewhere to have lunch, they got to go somewhere t full up their car with gas.”

—CRN’s Steve Mister in “The Tan Sheet”, “All Economies Are Local in CRN Tool With Analysis Of Supplement Industry Impact”

 

“We are very pleased with the results of our opposition and to see that SB 1599 did not move beyond this point...It would have created an unfair tax on dietary supplements, products that many Puerto Ricans rely on as an important component of their health and wellness regimens, as well as added redundant regulation to an already well-regulated product category.”

—CRN’s Mike Greene in Nutritional Outlook, “Puerto Rico Bill to Raise Taxes on Dietary Supplements Defeated”

Whole Foods Magazine and Nutraceuticals World also covered the news

 

“This program is unique in the dietary supplement industry, and in fact, among many industries...I am proud of our companies’ commitment and encouraged by their ongoing support of this effort, and feel gratified that the program has been embrace by the industry.”

—CRN’s Steve Mister in NutraIngredients.com “‘Impactful meaningful self-regulation: CRN & NAD celebrate 10 years of advertising program”

 

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