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MARCH 6, 2024 – CRN will host a four-hour virtual toxicology workshop entitled Litigation, AI, Safety and Beyond: A Toxicologist's Focus on Supplements on Wednesday, April 10, at 12 p.m. EST.
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MARCH 4, 2024 – CRN will host its annual conference, CONVERGENCE ’24, in Salt Lake City on Wednesday–Friday, October 9–11, at the Grand America Hotel. The gathering will commence with its Science in Session symposium and WellComms workshop on Wednesday, followed by the main conference targeting the entire C-suite of industry stakeholders beginning that evening and continuing on October 10 and 11.
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FEBRUARY 14, 2024 – CRN announced new Voluntary Guidelines for Industry that will assure online customers have access to the same product information available to shoppers purchasing the same items in store locations.
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FEBRUARY 5, 2024 – CRN announced the outcomes of elections for its 2024 Board of Directors, along with two new Officers and new appointments to its Executive Committee.
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JANUARY 29, 2024 – Five of the major trade associations representing the dietary supplements industry today announced their unified support of the re-establishment of the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus. The caucus’ request for registration as a Congressional Member Organization for the 118th Congress was led by co-chairs Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) and Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-CA).
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JANUARY 23, 2024 – CRN has released its updated economic impact study (EIS) which provides a comprehensive analysis of the fiscal benefit the supplement industry contributes to the U.S. economy. The report reveals the industry’s positive impact on jobs, wages, taxes and other financial contributions in all 50 states, and in Congressional districts.
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JANUARY 17, 2024 – The CRN Foundation announced today the relaunch of its Vitamin D & Me!® website as an educational site for consumers to learn about the broad importance of vitamin D in health and wellness, transitioning from its original purpose as a source of information on vitamin D in relationship to COVID-19 and immune health. The website was launched in May 2021 during the height of the COVID pandemic as a public education site on the nutrient, providing research, news, and health information.
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January 16, 2024 — On January 11, 2024, the GAO released a report titled “Prenatal Supplements: Amounts of Some Key Nutrients Differed from Product Labels.” The report details that a laboratory, contracted by GAO, analyzed 12 prenatal supplements for specific nutrient levels. The investigation asserts that 11 out of 12 supplements deviated from their labeled amounts for at least one nutrient (folic acid, iodine, iron, vitamin A, C, or E), potentially leading to overconsumption or under consumption of the labeled nutrients.
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JANUARY 12, 2024— CRN is issuing a warning to consumers against purchasing and using any products containing tianeptine. These products are often falsely marketed as dietary supplements and can pose significant health risks. 
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JANUARY 9, 2024 – The Council for Responsible Nutrition, in partnership with NSF, will host a two-day virtual training entitled GMP Inspections: “What to Do When the FDA Comes Knocking.” The series begins on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at 1 p.m. EST, with the first part focusing on an overview of the GMP inspection process and how to prepare for it, followed by the second part entitled “What to Expect During and After the GMP Inspection,” on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 1 p.m. EST.
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