Press Releases

Radicle Science and CRN Announce First-ever Trailblazing Woman Award Honoree, Dr. Yasmeen Nkrumah-Elie

OCTOBER 10, 2024 — Today, at the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s (CRN) annual meeting, CONVERGENCE ‘24, Radicle Science and CRN proudly announced Dr. Yasmeen Nkrumah-Elie, Ph.D., global director for external research at ChromaDex, as the winner of the inaugural Trailblazing Woman Award.

CRN Announces Lineup for Inaugural Innovation Exchange at Annual CONVERGENCE ‘24 Meeting

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 – CRN today announced the topics selected for its very first Innovation Exchange event. The event was developed to showcase new research discoveries, technologies, and ingredients in the context of CRN’s annual industry gathering, which provides a unique intimacy of scale and collegiality of community among attendees focused closely on dietary supplements.

CRN Responds to JAMA Botanical Use Survey: Widespread Use of Herbal Supplements Confirms Their Safety, Despite Alarmist Headlines

AUGUST 6, 2024 – In response to an “original investigation” that appeared in JAMA Open Network (“Estimated Exposure to 6 Potentially Hepatotoxic Botanicals in US Adults”), and subsequent news reporting, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, described the article as further confirmation of the wide range of safety of six herbal supplement ingredients