The event will feature sessions on brand protection, influencer partnerships, press outreach, and networking for professionals in the supplement and functional food industries.
CRN members can vote for the 2025 honoree through August 6, with the winner to be announced at CRN’s CONVERGENCE ’25, held October 8–10 at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis.
The event followed a targeted CRN campaign to introduce all 79 freshman congressional offices to the industry’s impact on public health and the economy.
“This partnership is about putting our industry’s values into action,” said Steve Mister, president of the CRN Foundation.
This year’s event, themed “Meet in the Middle,” will bring together professionals from across the industry for a three-day experience in St. Louis.
CRN emphasized that dietary supplements are distinct from pharmaceuticals, despite sometimes sharing Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) codes.
Innovation Exchange was created to spotlight innovative research, technologies, and ingredients within the interactive setting of CRN’s annual industry gathering.
Research has not established vitamin A’s effectiveness in preventing measles infection.
The event will spotlight the industry’s vital role in providing consumers with safe, beneficial, and science-backed nutrition products.
Industry leaders push back against the FDA’s regulatory approach, calling for balanced oversight and stronger enforcement of existing supplement laws.
Effort aims to celebrate record of self-regulatory innovation.
Other speakers include FDA’s Welch on DSHEA and Deputy Commissioner Jones of Human Foods
