Regulatory issues that impact the probiotic and prebiotic fields seem to be an overriding concern of late. In Europe, EFSA’s…

Recent action by European Union may serve to suppress publication of research to substantiate health claims used in food labeling….

ISAPP 2010 meeting report now available

European Food Safety Authority published a scientific report titled “Bibliographic review on the potential of microorganisms, microbial products and enzymes…

Danone Research launches probiotic research bulletin titled “Probiotic Watch,” which features summaries of newly published research and commentaries by acclaimed…

The conclusions from the ILSI Europe Prebiotic Task Force has been published, “Prebiotic Effects: Metabolic and Health Benefits”. Dr. Marcel…

Report from 2009 ISAPP meeting discussion group on mucosal immunity published in Gut Microbes, authored by O’Flaherty, Saulnier, Pot and…

ISAPP board member, Michael Cabana, MD, MPH, offered commentary in the Journal of Pediatrics [157(5):864-5; 2010] regarding interpretation of recent…

The 4th year of the Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research sponsored by Danone Research and Yakult has been announced….

FASEB Summer Research Conference titled “Probiotics, Intestinal Microbiota and the Host: Physiological and Clinical Implications” will be held July 24-29,…