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News in Brief

NOW Foods Inc. changed its corporate name to NOWHealth Group and adopted a new company slogan for itsacronym: Nutrition for Optimal Wellness. ... B.I.N.Sales & Marketing Inc. was named among the top 50best small and medium companies to work for in America by the Society for HumanResource Management. ... Chemical Solutions Ltd. was accredited by NSFInternational for various elemental analyses after an inspection confirmedcompliance with ISO/IEC 17025 general requirements. ... The Epoxy Products andIntermediates (EP&I) business of The Dow Chemical Co. named E.T. Hornas the recipient of its DistributorPerformance Award in North America. ... Fortitechsglobal facilities in Asia, Europe, South America and the United States wererecertified ISO 9001:2000 by National Quality Assurance (NQA). ... LifeExtension launched three products containing 7-Keto,a branded ingredient from Humanetics Corp. thatis a naturally occurring metabolite of DHEA. ... NaturalAlternatives International was recertified by theAustralian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) as GMP (good manufacturingpractice) compliant; the certification included a full audit of the companysnewly expanded 160,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. ... OceanNutrition Canada (ONC) opened a regional office inSydney, Australia; Kevin Krail was appointed as general manager of the newAustralian office. ONC will continue to use Pacific Resources International(PRI), based in Neutral Bay, as its local distributor and to offer product salessupport. ... After an April shareholders meeting, the name of DeutscheGelatine-Fabriken Stoess AG was officially changed to GELITAAG, completing a global identity re-configuring thatbegan in 2002. ... Wisdom Natural Brands relocated its corporateheadquarters into a custom-built 30,000-square-foot facility; contact thecompany at 1203 W. San Pedro St., Gilbert, AZ 85233, (480) 921-1373, (800)899-9908, FAX (480) 966-3805. ... USP willhold its annual meeting in San Diego from Sept. 27 to 30; topics to be coveredinclude dietary supplements, methods validation and excipients. ... BioLogicHealth Solutions Pty Ltd. received a grant from theQueensland Minister for State Development and Innovation, which will allow thecompany to conduct further clinical and safety trials in the United States onits ingredient UroLogic®.... Cargill reached anagreement with the Indiana Soybean Board giving the company exclusive rights tomarket and distribute patent technology for waxes made from soybeans; Cargillwill market the technology through its NatureWax® business.... The Council for Responsible NutritionsOmega-3 Working Group released a white paper (Omega-3 Fatty Acids in HumanHealth: The Role of Eicosapentaenoic, Docosahexaenoic and Alpha-Linolenic Acidsin Heart Health) highlighting the scientific support for omega-3 fatty acids,particularly marine-sourced long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, for hearthealth; a copy can be downloaded online (www.crnusa.org/pdfs/CRNo3wg_whitepaper.pdf). ... EuroPharma signed a licensing and distribution agreement withBlueSpring Wellness to market and sell all currentproducts under the EuroPharma brand; the agreement includes trademarks andaccess to EuroPharmas intellectual property for those products. ... LifelineTherapeutics Inc. announced its Protandim dietarysupplement was picked up for national distribution by General Nutrition Centers(GNC), following the products mention on ABC News PrimetimeLive. ... The U.S. Department of Commerce granted trade faircertification to SoGeCos toorganize the official U.S. pavilions at Cosmoprof Cosmetica in Sao Paulo,Brazil, Sept. 9 to 12, and Cosmoprof Asia in Hong Kong, Nov. 9 to 11. Additionalinformation is available from Elizabeth Bittner of SoGeCos Americas(201-261-4599) or online at www.cosmoprofcosmetica.com.bror www.cosmoprof-asia.com.