New Seasons Market and New Leaf Community Markets introduced Nancy Lebold as Chief Executive Officer. Previously, Lebold served as VP of Merchandising for Food4Less. Gaia Herbs has introduced Jim Geikie as its new President and CEO. With 30 years of experience, Geikie has spent 18 years at Unilever followed by...
Austin, TX—Six industry leaders were recognized for their contributions to the herbal and botanical communities at the 16th annual Celebration and Botanical Excellence Awards Ceremony by the American Botanical Council (ABC). This year, the event was held virtually on May 25 and livestreamed on ABC’s YouTube channel, where it can...
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) 9th Annual Botanical Congress covered relationships, problems and solutions, and struggles and how they were overcome—or why they're still ongoing. Our four major takeaways: Industry is working with FDA—and FDA is working with the industry The Congress opened with Cara Welch, Ph.D., Acting Director,...
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Marshals, at the request of FDA, have seized more than 207,000 units of dietary supplements and bulk dietary ingredients that are or contain kratom, including over 34,000kg of bulk kratom. Altogether, the seized supplements are worth approximately $1.3 million. The supplements in question were manufactured by Atofil, LLC,...
Washington, D.C.—U.S. organic sales jumped a record 12.4% in 2020, hitting $61.9 billion, according to the 2021 Organic Industry Survey released by the Organic Trade Association (OTA). For comparison, the 2019 growth rate was 5%. A press release from OTA credits the growth to the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused consumer...
Virtual—If you’ve been keeping up with the coverage on the #NaturallyInformed event Nutri-Beauty: Mastering the Market, you know that we’ve covered the science; you know what consumers want. How do products get into consumers’ hands? The event covered that, too. It starts with a good product—so really, it starts with...
Washington, D.C.—Three U.S. Senators have introduced a bill to update regulations in order to ensure equal and safe access to hemp-derived CBD products, according to a press release from Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR). “CBD products are legally being used and produced across the nation. Yet because the FDA has failed...
Hershey, PA—The Hershey Company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Lily’s the low-sugar confectionary brand, according to a press release. Products include low-sugar dark and milk chocolate bars, baking chips, peanut butter cups, and more. The press release states that Lily’s will “add a key better-for-you confection brand...
Washington, D.C.—New legislation introduced in the Senate would expand health savings accounts (HSA), health reimbursement arrangements, and flexible spending accounts (FSA) to cover dietary supplements, according to a press release from the Natural Products Association (NPA). This legislation, introduced by Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), is part of NPA’s effort to...
Virtual—From consumer research to clinical studies, science shone at the #NaturallyInformed event Nutri-Beauty: Mastering the Market. While I’ll summarize it here, this is just a small sampling: If something strikes you as interesting and/or useful for your business, it's available for you to view for free by heading to www.NaturallyInformed.net...
