HPAchina user Recently, the awarding ceremony for the issuance of the dual NSF GMP certifications was held at the ER-KANG Pharmaceuticals’ headquarters. Dr. Shan Yulong, general manager of NSF China, attended the ceremony and presented the certificates. ER-KANG Pharmaceuticals has become the first company in the nation to obtain both NSF 173 GMPDI and NSF/ANSI 455-2 GMP … Read more
On August 14th, the State Administration for Market Regulation released the food safety supervision and sampling inspection results for the first half of 2023. A total of 9929 batches of health food were sampled, with 12 batches found to be non-compliant, resulting in a non-compliance rate of 0.12%. From the aggregated results released by the … Read more
As a pioneer in the field of health and nutritional lifestyle innovation, the American dietary nutrition brand BigVita officially enters the Chinese market. The Tmall “BigVita Overseas Flagship Store” made a strong debut, introducing the concept of “Ingredient Synergy” for the first time in the domestic market, tailored for women aged 25 to 45 and … Read more
On August 10th, the signing ceremony of the Innovation Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Probiotics between Infinitus and Jiangnan University was held at the Infinitus Plaza. Li Wenzhi, Director of Frontline Technology Research at Infinitus Center, mentioned that, over the past 6 years of collaboration, the two parties have established a comprehensive and … Read more
On August 8th, Danone Nutricia announced the launch of its new national standard product, Aptamil Pro3, under its infant formula brand Aptamil. Aptamil Pro3 has undergone product upgrades based on the new national standards. It not only features the exclusive patented 9:1 optimal prebiotic blend and the milk source OPO structure, but also employs the … Read more
From August 4th to 7th, 2023, the China International Dairy Industry Conference 2023 was grandly held in Hohhot. AMX, a brand under Yili Group, introduced the industry’s first room-temperature active probiotic yogurt, once again setting a new benchmark for the next generation of healthy yogurt. To ensure the vitality of the probiotics, this new product … Read more
On August 3, 2023, the leading high-activity probiotics brand, Osteoform, joined hands with the China National Food Industry Association, Wangyi Health, and JingDong Health to release the “2023 High-Activity Probiotics White Paper” in Beijing. This “White Paper”, is the first in the industry to focus on “high-activity probiotics”, aiming to explore development issues within the … Read more
Once again HPA-China’s Jeff Crowther and Early Data’s Brian Negley get together to review China’s dietary supplement online performance for 2023 Q2. Review includes Tmall, JD, Pin Duo Duo, VIP, Kaola, Douyin and more. Also reviews both domestic and cross-border e-commerce as well as top brands. To view the video, please visit the association’s YouTube … Read more
Direct selling is a business model that involves person-to-person selling. In the Chinese Direct selling market, only single-level sales are allowed, and multi level marketing, which is recognized in Western markets, is prohibited. In recent years, the traditional direct selling model has gradually integrated online platforms and social media, bringing new development paths for direct-selling … Read more
This week I was reminded by my calendar that on August 6, 2005 I landed in Beijing, China as an NBTY representative and China Business Development Manager. I enjoyed China so much, I ended up living there 14 years. Truly an amazing part of my life. I’m still very much focused on China and running HPA … Read more
