14 2 0 1 7 A N N U A L R E P O R T SCIENCE ACROSS THE GLOBE: INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS The 2017 CRN-International Scientific Symposium— Healthy Aging: The Natural Consequences of Good Nutrition—drew 50 registrants from 21 countries, the best turnout in the eight-year history of the event. This year, CRN-I added a follow-up event to recap the previous day’s symposium, providing another opportunity to reach attendees of the Codex CCNFSDU meeting. PUBLISH, PRESENT AND PERSUADE • Published the proceedings from the 2016 CRN-I symposium—Optimal Nutrition and the Ever-Changing Dietary Landscape—in the European Journal of Nutrition. Industry trade press widely covered the paper and CRN disseminated its abstract, translated into nine languages, to Codex CCNFSDU delegates. • International Carotenoids Symposium in Lucerne— played a key role in organization and sponsorship, gave introductory remarks, and co-authored poster presented at meeting and published in the European Journal of Nutrition. • European Society of Toxicology (SOT) in Bratislava —attended and developed a poster for 2018 SOT meeting follow-up presentation and publication. • Israeli nutrition labeling—CRN comments yielded industry-recommended changes. • Certificate of free sale—engaged CRN members and U.S. regulatory officials in efforts to modify the current regulations to ease the export of U.S.- manufactured dietary supplements globally. • Promoted science-based establishment of Codex Nutrient Reference Values for vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids in published industry trade press articles. • Published five scientific journal articles related to international affairs in 2017. CRN’s delegation at the July Codex Alimentarius Commission meeting in Geneva: Mark LeDoux, Natural Alternatives International, CRN’s Jim Griffiths, and Harvey Kamil,The Nature’s Bounty Co.