07 Feb 2020 --- In nutrition news this week, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) initiated the spinoff of Consumer Healthcare into a new company. The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) laid out significant changes to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)’s Interim Final Rule (IFR) on domestic hemp production. Meanwhile, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Small Entity Compliance Guide is set to further help small businesses with adhering to the 2020 nutritional labeling requirements. In the same week, ChromaDex launched a new line of cannabinoid (CBD) reference standards and NextFerm and Soft Gel Technologies released a line of ready-to-use Astagerm soft gel astaxanthin applications.