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By Kimberly Beauchamp, ND
Healthnotes Newswire (May 27, 2004)—Tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) preparations may be as effective as drug therapy for the treatment of certain staph (Staphylococcus aureus) skin infections, reports the Journal of Hospital Infection (2004;56:283–6). At this time in which increasing antibiotic use is giving rise to more resistant strains of bacteria, identifying treatments for infection that don’t depend on antibiotics is an important finding. Full Report>>
The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities plans to organise a trade mission for cocoa and palm oil to Arab countries later this year to tap the relatively big market for these products.
"We will be talking to the Arab Federation for Food Industries to schedule it sometime this year," said the Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk Anifah Aman.
The president of the Arab Federation for Food Industries, Dr Hayssam, said Arab countries imported five million tonnes of palm oil to make soap, detergents, cooking oil and related products. Full Article>>
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On March 27, 2004, the proposed amendment to the Cosmetic Regulations was published in the Canada Gazette Part I (Saturday, March 27, 2004; Vol. 138, No. 13). This latest version of the proposed new regulation takes into consideration the comments received by health Canada after the publication of the initial proposal last year.
The publication in the Canada Gazette Part I opened another comment period of 75 days. Health Canada will consider all inputs received by June 11, 2004. Following a review of the comments, Health Canada will make appropriate modifications (if necessary) before publishing the proposed regulatory amendment in Part II of the Canada Gazette such that it will become law in Canada.
New Jersey—It’s hard to mentally reconcile the voice answering the phone at Topical Solutions with the fact that the company uses kudzu in a variety of skin care products. Kudzu is the South to many, and Rose Bianco, vice president of Topical Solutions, speaks with a pronounced northern accent. When asked the obvious question of why kudzu, she replies, “Because there’s so much of it,” in a voice that would fit right in a “Seinfeld” episode.
Adding to the weirdness quotient, Topical Solutions is located in, of all places, Bloomfield, N.J. Bloomfield is 15 miles from New York City, about the distance an average kudzu plant can sprint in a day. Or so it would seem to those of us who have spent most of our lives fighting the tenacious, voracious plant. (About a foot a day is the actual growth rate.)
But while Bianco is located in the Northeast, she has Southern roots. Her family hails from Fayette, in Walker County, and that’s where the concept of kudzu-based products began. “It’s a family recipe that is 75 years old or older,” Bianco says. “My grandfather used to make a cream from it, and my mother was telling me that she used it on me when I was a baby. About five years ago, we were talking, and she said, ‘You know, we used to make a cream out of kudzu.’ I asked her if she remembered any parts of it, and she said it was just kudzu and some other ingredients. So I called my cousin, and he sent me up 10 pounds of kudzu. It took us all summer long, but we finally perfected this cream.”
WALL STREET JOURNAL (US EDITION) via NewsEdge Corporation : Malaysia's palm-oil industry is starting to lose its competitive edge. The problem is due to a number of factors, including out-of-date production methods, shortage of land and rising labor costs, threatening the Southeast Asian country's status as the world's leading exporter of palm oil. Highlighting Malaysia's increasingly fragile position in the global market for vegetable oils is increased demand from China and other emerging commodities, which has spawned low-cost producers of such products, putting pressure on Malaysian players.
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With the spa business in Thailand booming, demand for local cosmetics, particularly herbal ones, is expected to soar. But the lack of affordable, efficient and accessible laboratory services in the country poses a major obstacle to further expansion of the herbal cosmetics industry.
"There are only a handful of laboratories in Thailand that are capable of extracting substances from natural herbs. Their production capacity is not very high, either, which pushes unit costs even higher," said Ketmanee Lertkitcha, chairwoman of the Thai Cosmetics Manufacturers Association.
Fragrancing personal-care products can present a variety of problems, such as fragrance/product compatibility, color changes, solubility, and reactions between fragrance and product. This article will provide an overview and checklist of the types of problems that one can expect when fragrancing a variety of products. The good news is that these problems can be minimized when product construction and requirements are understood in advance, so fragrance construction can be tailored to accommodate the product system. Full Article>>
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