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Krista Coventry, Source Nutraceutical’s own Director of Regulatory Services – Eastern Canada, recently had the opportunity to talk with Rachel Adams, Managing Editor from Natural Products INSIDER. This interview was featured in a Natural Products INSIDER podcast published May 8, 2017. This podcast interview was recorded at the 17th Annual Oxford...

When you jet set off somewhere new and exciting your passport is the most important item that you carry with you. It is your ticket into each new country and you would without a doubt be denied entry without it in hand. Why should bringing a product into a new...

Source Nutraceutical Inc. attended SIAL 2017 in Toronto from May 2 to 4. Our Director of Business Development, Stuart Greenfield enjoyed browsing the floors for industry trends, and fantastic product samples. He wanted to share highlights of the event and dole out to you what he took in! Here’s a...

Save the Date to watch Source Nutraceutical, Inc. in an upcoming Council for Responsible Nutrition Webinar (June 13, 2017) on International Insights: Inside NAFTA and Opportunities Overseas. Krista will present a perspective on the Canadian health products sector. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is back in the news...

Source Nutraceutical, Inc. played an active role in the 14th annual Natural Health Product Research Society (NHPRS) of Canada conference (Vancouver, British Columbia, May 8-11, 2017).  The 2017 NHPRS event hosted 200 delegates from 4 continents, featured over 60 speakers, and provided updates on current research, key regulatory issues, and...

Source was in Vancouver April 6-9, attending the CHFA West 2017 tradeshow.  While there, we sat in on several education sessions, including a presentation on Top Trends in the U.S. Food & Beverage Market, by FoodNavigator-USA.com. We heard that retail sales of foods and beverages reached $507.65B in 2016, with...

Krista Coventry, Source’s Director of Regulatory Services for Eastern Canada, presented on Regulatory Considerations for Botanical Ingredients in the Canadian Health Products Sector at the 17th annual International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB) (April 3-6, 2017 in Oxford, Mississippi). Throughout the conference, exciting presentations and discussions were focused...

Source Nutraceutical will be attending SIAL 2017 in Toronto from May 2 to 4. Our Director of Business Development, Stuart Greenfield will be keeping an eye out for industry trends, and fantastic product samples! Here’s his top-5 things to look out for… New trends in food products and food production methods internationally...

Source Nutraceutical will be speaking at several key industry events in the coming months. First up will be an appearance at the Natural Health Product Research Society (NHPRS) of Canada Annual Conference (May 8-11, in Vancouver, B.C.). There, our Director of Regulatory Services for Eastern Canada, Krista Coventry, will give an overview of Regulatory Opportunities  for Caffeinated Products in the Canadian...

As we reported in last month’s reSOURCE, Health Canada is in the process of seeking additional industry feedback on their proposed Regulations for Self-care Products. The Self-Care initiative has the potential to result in major changes to pre-market review and post-market compliance processes for Natural Health Products (NHPs), Cosmetics and...

The Canadian Health Food Association is Canada’s largest trade association dedicated to natural health and organic products. Members of our team attend every year to network with manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, distributors, and importers of natural and organic products. This year, we will be making waves on the tradeshow floors from...

Where to start! That’s exactly how you feel when you first enter the doors of Expo West. This year did not disappoint. With over 3000 exhibitors which spanned the entire Anaheim convention center as well as exhibitors in both the adjacent Hilton & Marriott hotels, the coordination and planning to...

The 17th annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB) is being held April 3-6, 2017 in Memphis, Tennessee.  The focus of ICSB 2017 is to provide updates on current regulatory aspects impacting botanical dietary supplements and natural products, as well as to discuss current approaches for quality...

As we settle into 2017, Source has been reflecting on the many regulatory changes that have taken place in the Canadian marketplace over the past few months.  Source recognizes that it can be challenging to keep up to date on all of these important regulatory changes.  Our team of regulatory...

Source Nutraceutical’s own Krista Coventry (Director of Regulatory Services – Eastern Canada) was recently a speaker at the 17th Annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB) in Oxford, Mississippi (April 3-6, 2017). While there, she spoke with Stephen Daniells, Senior Editor at NUTRA Ingredients USA, on the proposed regulatory changes for Self-Care products in Canada....

About a year ago, we reviewed top 10 specialty food trends for 2016 inspired by Specialty Food Association (SFA); and can you believe it? Another new year is starting. We’re always keeping our sights on these new trends in food innovation, consumer eating-pattern changes and lifestyle shifts in order to...

We see Natural Health Products (NHPs) everywhere: the grocery stores, drug stores and health food stores. There are endless varieties of effective, high-quality supplements, vitamins, minerals, probiotics, herbal products,homeopathic medicines and traditional medicines on the shelves. They can be used all sorts of health reasons, such as preventing or treating...

We pride ourselves on our single source solution for many of our clients. From the licensing of a product through to the importation, testing and delivery to our client’s distributors and retailers. This sets us apart from our competition as we have our own warehouse facility and we help ensure...

We often receive calls related to site licensed warehousing and importation from clients who had no idea their products required this service and now find that their product is being held at customs until they can comply or worse their product is rejected and has to be shipped back or...

Health Canada is looking at making changes to the way they regulate self-care products. Self-care products are described as being available without a prescription from a doctor and include: Cosmetics Over the counter drugs Natural health products Canadians are using more and more self-care products to improve their appearance, to...