Meatless Zucchini Roll-Em Ups recipe courtesy of Jar Goods. Ingredients: Serves 4-5 5-6 zucchinis 2 tubs (15 oz) of good quality ricotta 1/2 cup Parmesan 2 eggs 1 jar of Classic Red or Classic Spicy Tomato Sauce 1 cup mozzarella salt & pepper Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix...
According to the Natural Products Association's (NPA) formal comments to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), "adding kratom to the U.S. food supply could likely be dangerous and lead to serious unintended consequences." On August 31, 2016, the DEA published, in the Federal Register, a notice of intent to temporarily...
Fulton County, GA—According to a report in Reuters, the North American Olive Oil Association (NAOOA), Neptune, NJ a trade group representing importers of olive oil has filed a lawsuit against television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz as well as Entertainment Media Ventures Inc and ZoCo Productions LLC, the business entities that...
The 2016 election taught us a lot about our country. We learned that there were large groups of people who felt unappreciated and ignored for many years, and people who felt that their voices were not heard in this year’s election. I can boil this down just two single talking...
Snow, Christmas lights, and of course cookies, cakes and eggnog… unless of course you’re avoiding gluten, dairy, and sugar. I’m usually all about science. After all, this column is called “Science and Solutions." But in this Holiday edition, the solutions aren’t all in science; they’re in mindset, habits and one...
Click to hear podcast This is the time of year when summer is fading and winter is fast approaching. With winter comes exposure to viruses of all sorts, leading to an assault on our immune function. We all want to stay healthy and if you are like me, you...
[caption id="attachment_48474" align="alignright" width="123"] Corinne Shindelar, CEO, INFRA[/caption] SENPA, a non-profit association of retailers, manufacturers, distributors and brokers in the natural products industry, has announced its keynote speakers for the 2016 SOHO EXPO Trade Show taking place December 1-4 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, FL.
Adulteration has been around as long as commerce has been around. This is true for many industries including the commerce of botanical ingredients. Therefore, it behooves the retailer of botanical dietary supplements to understand the issues surrounding adulteration to help assure they are only stocking quality products. According to the...
South Plainfield NJ — WholeFoods Magazine is proud to announce our official membership to United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA). Since its inception in 1991, UNPA, a global alliance of companies, strives towards providing natural health consumers with ethical products and practices by working alongside the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) voted 10 to 3, with one abstention, to remove carrageen from the National List of substances approved for use in organic foods. Although carrageenan, used commonly as a bulking agent, carrier, stabilizer or thickener in infant formula,...
