Dr. Rick Kington will be the featured presenter during a free webinar for pharmacists and nurse practitioners (NPs) on dietary supplements and adverse event reporting results. The webinar is sponsored by The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and will take place on Thursday, March 3, at 1:00pm Eastern. The webinar is presented exclusively to members of Skipta’s Pharmacist Society and …
Kelly Sioris – Mentor of the Year
A huge congratulations to SafetyCall’s Dr. Kelly Sioris on being recognized as the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy Mentor of the Year for 2014! Kelly was nominated by her students and was selected out of 450 other mentors to win the award. According to the University’s website, the Mentor of the Year is an individual who has shown support …
Celebrate the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act with CRN
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, invites you to join a month-long celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA). The celebratory effort will make strong use of CRN’s online platforms throughout the month of October, and involve consumer education; recognition of …
Adverse Event Reporting Webinar
Title: The Importance of a Robust Adverse Event Reporting System
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Time: 2:00 PM Eastern / 11:00 AM Pacific Time
The What, When, Why and How of Serious Adverse Event Reporting
Serious Adverse Event Reports (SAERs) should be a major concern for dietary supplement companies as adverse events can happen at any time. SAER issues can …
Adverse Event Reporting Provides Valuable Data To Companies
Dr. Rick Kingston was interviewed at this year’s SupplySide West about Adverse Event Reporting and the importance of having a system in place to monitor your adverse events. You can view his interview and read more here.
…SafetyCall Exhibiting and Presenting at IFT
SafetyCall International will be exhibiting at the 2014 IFT Annual Meeting, a conference which brings together professionals throughout the food industry, including experts in R&D, product development, and QA/QC. SafetyCall will be at Booth #100. Stop by to meet some of our key staff members and learn how we can help support product surveillance for reportable foods and dietary supplements…
SafetyCall’s Accepted Poster Presentations at NACCT
Congratulations to SafetyCall’s Drs. Kelly Sioris and Dan Keyler as well as Dr. Rick Kingston, Dr. Dean Filandrinos, and Ryan Seaverson for getting their abstracts accepted to this year’s North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology (NACCT) meeting!
Dr. Kelly Sioris and Dr. Dan Keyler submitted an abstract titled, “K2 and K9s.” K2, or synthetic cannabinoids, have become increasingly prevalent in …
SafetyCall International Issues Statement Regarding Institute of Medicine’s Food and Dietary Supplement Workshop Summary
Additional post-market surveillance is required to accurately determine potential risks of products containing caffeine
SafetyCall International today issued a statement in response to the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) report released last week, “Examining Safety: Workshop Summary of Caffeine in Food and Dietary Supplements.” SafetyCall’s President of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Dr. Richard Kingston, who participated in the workshop, stated …
Dr. Kingston Awarded CSPA’s Chairman’s Outstanding Achievement Award for 2013
Rick Kingston, president, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs and Co-founder of SafetyCall International, is the co-recipient of the CSPA’s Chairman’s Outstanding Achievement Award for 2013.
Kingston has been instrumental in developing and delivering training for the Consumer Specialty Products Association’s Product Care program. After implementing the initiative at his own company, Kingston mentored other CSPA member companies seeking to do the …
Webinar: The Buzz on Caffeine
Dr. Kingston will join a group of faculty to present a two hour webinar hosted by the Institute of Food Technologists.
“The Buzz on Caffeine: New Developments in Safety, Regulation and Adverse Event Reporting”
Caffeine, a methylated xanthine, is the most widely used mild central nervous system stimulant, naturally present in many common conventional foods and dietary supplements. More …