Leverkusen—Bayer has provided an update on its five-point plan to address future Roundup litigation risk after a May 27 decision to withdraw from the national class process. A major portion of its plan: Bayer will remove glyphosate from products in the U.S. residential Lawn & Garden market, replacing the ingredient...
Kutztown, PA—Kutztown University (KU) and Rodale Institute have signed a five-year agreement of academic cooperation, according to a press release, establishing a research affiliation benefitting both institutions. Rodale’s headquarters—a 333-acre farm with research facilities—are located fewer than six miles away from Kutztown University. The agreement provides KU students and faculty...
Kerala, India—A new study has found that a branded turmeric extract could potentially help lessen damage from Alzheimer’s disease on organs other than the brain, according to a press release from Arjuna Natural Pvt, makers of Curcugreen/BCM-95 turmeric extract. Alzheimer’s disease is marked by progressive deficit in memory and cognitive...
Michael Conner, Partner at Sarahsway Farm, started working with Rodale Institute in 2019. Since then, the farmland has been given it's life back. Join WholeFoods’ Rachel Appleton as she speaks with Michael about his experience transitioning to a certified organic operation and what's next for the years ahead on his...
Jeff Tkach, Chief Innovation Officer at Rodale Institute, sits down with WholeFoods’ Rachel Appleton to discuss the how retailers can develop relationships with regenerative farmers and what's next for Rodale Institute. Learn More about Regenerative Agriculture here. [embed]https://youtu.be/fk70OIUdVCg[/embed]...
Washington, D.C.—The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recently modernized the Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD), a public repository of dietary supplement labeling information. The DSLD was initially released to the public in 2013, at which point it had 16,712 labels filed, labels...
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to address the risk of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide in use since 1965, in an effort to better protect human health, particularly for children and farmworkers. EPA reported that chlorpyrifos, organophosphate insecticide, leads to neurotoxicity and has been associated with potential...
Austin, TX—Parents of kids under 18 spend an average of 27.2 minutes per week reading food labels and/or thinking about the ingredients in their children’s food. That's according to an online survey conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of Whole Foods Market. Whole Foods Market calculated the potential annual...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) has filed a Citizen’s Petition with the Food and Drug Administration, requesting that N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) not be excluded from the definition of a dietary supplement. As WholeFoods previously reported, despite decades on the marker as a dietary supplement, in July 2020, FDA issued multiple...
Washington, D.C.—The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) has welcomed Alcon Vision, PROFOOT, and Willow Bark Brands, as its newest manufacturer members. CHPA noted in a press release that the three companies' product offerings include over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, dietary supplements, and consumer medical devices (CMD). “CHPA, and its mission of empowering...
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