Natural Food Colors 101
People will have questions about natural food colors, as more popular brands of candy, cereal, and other foods remove artificial colors from their products. Our NatMed article reviews some natural colors recently approved by FDA, such as butterfly pea flower, calcium phosphate, and gardenia blue. We discuss FDA’s process for evaluating color additives, and we advise consumers to check labels to determine which natural or synthetic colors are used.
Natural Food Colors 101
People will have questions about natural food colors, as more popular brands of candy, cereal, and other foods remove artificial colors from their products. Our NatMed article reviews some natural colors recently approved by FDA, such as butterfly pea flower, calcium phosphate, and gardenia blue. We discuss FDA’s process for evaluating color additives, and we advise consumers to check labels to determine which natural or synthetic colors are used.
Pharmacy and Prescriber Podcasts
Medication Talk
Listen to this month’s podcast episode, Meds After Acute Coronary Syndrome, as our expert panel discusses the latest recommendations for managing medications after heart attacks and other cardiac events. You’ll hear our panelists review which antiplatelets to use, the optimal blood pressure meds, and the role of statin and non-statin cholesterol meds.
All Medication Talk episodes offer CE credit to Pharmacist’s Letter and Prescriber Insights subscribers for 2 years after the episode release date. Go to the CE/CME & Training Organizer and search “podcast” to find available courses.
Upcoming Live CE Webinars for Your Clinicians
Pet Meds Unleashed: Keeping Our Furry Patients Safe
Date: September 17, 20 & 23, 2025
In this month’s live webinar, Pet Meds Unleashed: Keeping Our Furry Patients Safe, you’ll hear our panelists discuss common therapies and unique considerations for our animal companions. And you’ll listen as our panelists share safety guidance, including how to protect pets from potentially harmful human meds.
You can submit any questions you have here and you may hear them answered during the webinar.
Available for APRNs, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, PAs, physicians, and RNs accreditation and CE/CME:
- ACCME: 1.00 hour
- ACPE: 1.00 hour – pharmacists and technicians
- ANCC: 1.00 hour
Oral Oncology Meds: Considerations for Safe Use
Date: October 14 & 21, 2025
In this month's live webinar, Oral Oncology Meds: Considerations for Safe Use, you'll hear our panelists discuss critical aspects of managing patients on oral cancer therapies. You'll listen as our experts review tips for optimizing patient care and share best practices for handling these specialized medications.
You can submit any questions you have here and you may hear them answered during the webinar.
Available for APRNs, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, PAs, physicians, and RNs accreditation and CE/CME:
- ACCME: 1.00 hour
- ACPE: 1.00 hour – pharmacists and technicians
- ANCC: 1.00 hour
Pharmacy Essential Updates
Upcoming 2025 Live Webinars
Save the date for our “Super Saturday” event on Saturday, September 13th! This event will offer 4 Pharmacy Essential Update sessions back-to-back starting at 7:00am PST/10:00am EST, allowing subscriber to earn 4 hours of live CE credit. Register now in your CE & Training Organizer.
Also, check out our upcoming Pharmacy Essential live CE webinars. Topics include:
September- Flu immunizations
- Vaping cessation
- New med for HIV PrEP – twice yearly lenacapavir
- NatMed Spotlight: Beets
*Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians can earn 1 Hour of CE for each attended webinar.
Product Spotlight
Simplify Your Pharmacy’s USP Compliance & Training with CriticalPoint
Managing continuing education and compounding training for your team just got easier. CriticalPoint’s industry-leading training programs are now available on TRC Healthcare’s powerful platform, providing a seamless way to manage CE and compliance for your organization.
Developed by nationally recognized experts and aligned with USP <795>, <797>, and <800>, CriticalPoint is the trusted authority in sterile and nonsterile compounding training.
Our eLearnings, virtual trainings, SOPs, and competency assessments reflect real-world scenarios and regulatory expectations. That’s why over 1,000 facilities—including major health systems and inspector programs—rely on CriticalPoint for credible, practical, and compliant education.
What You’ll Get:
- Expert-Led Instruction
- Engaging Virtual Learning
- Streamlined Access and Admin Controls
- Powerful User Support
Contact us today to learn how your organization can benefit from CriticalPoint.
Register for a Free Live Webinar
Join us on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at 3pm EST for a free live webinar hosted by CriticalPoint’s Adam West, Course and Curriculum Manager, and Latousha Jackson, Managing Editor. You’ll get an inside look at the industry’s leading training platform for USP <795>, <797>, and <800> compliance.
Whether you manage sterile compounding, hazardous drugs, or pharmacy training across a health system, this session will show you how CriticalPoint supports audit readiness and clinical confidence.
Pharmacy Law & Regulatory Update
Watch a Webinar: 2025 Trends in Pharmacy Legislation and Regulation
Pharmacy law continues to evolve at a rapid pace—and 2025 is already shaping up to be a year of significant change.
In this webinar, Sue Lunt, Director at Bula, covers the top legislative and regulatory trends impacting pharmacy practice nationwide.
Sue walks through:
- Expanded pharmacist authority in states like MI, ME, and CT
- New dispensing rules: labeling changes, off-label use, and prescription transfers
- Evolving pharmacy technician roles, duties, and board training mandates
- Contraceptive access laws and federal-level proposals
- Key state-level trends and early signals for 2026 legislation
- Live Q&A with questions submitted by the audience
*This webinar does not offer CE credits for watching.
About TRC Healthcare
TRC Healthcare provides unbiased education, training, and support to every healthcare professional to reduce knowledge gaps, encourage evidence-based practice, lower costs, and deliver better patient outcomes.
