Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Senate has passed a bill containing language regarding country-of-origin labeling that FMI is calling “unworkable” for agricultural producers, food manufacturers, and grocery retailers. FMI is now advocating to prevent the language from passing in the U.S. House of Representatives. FMI and 14 other food industry associations wrote...
Seattle, WA—PCC Community Markets will be opening a Downtown Seattle location in early 2022, according to a press release. As PCC opens new locations, the press release states, each store partners with a local food bank to extend food access within the communities served. Last year, as PCC planned for...
The Specialty Food Association (SFA) has released its annual State of the Specialty Food Industry 2021-2022 edition, according to a press release. The research published in the report shows that total specialty food sales hit $170.4 billion in 2020, and that specialty food brick-and-mortar sales hit $83.4 billion between 2018-2020,...
Washington, D.C.—Legislators in the New York State Assembly have decided against passing a bill to age-restrict access to supplements. As WholeFoods Magazine previously reported, the bill passed the Senate on June 7; it then moved to the Assembly, where lawmakers had until June 10 to vote and pass the bill.
Lycored announced that it is the Official Skin Health Sponsor of the GoPro Mountain Games, a festival of mountain and adventure sports, art and music taking place June 10-13, 2021, in Vail, CO. And with some spectator events, including the Climbing World Cup, missing from this year’s games due to...
Roxboro, NC—Open Book Extracts (OBX), a cannabinoid ingredient manufacturer and product developer, has closed an $11.5m Series B equity financing round, according to a press release. Funding was led by Nortecapital and KEY Investment Partners. OBX states in the press release that the financing will be used to accelerate safety...
Irvine, CA—BGG World (BGG) announced the publication of a clinical trial related to MyrtiPro (BGG’s standardized Bilberry extract containing 36% anthocyanins by HPLC) for eye health. The double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized parallel-group study involved 32 healthy Japanese adults who were administered either one 120-mg MyrtiPro capsule containing 43.2mg anthocyanins per day or a placebo, according to a press release. The primary outcome:...
Yokneam Illit, Israel—NextFerm Technologies announced its successful completion of an industrial production pilot for ProteVin, a vegan, non-GMO, yeast-based protein alternative. The food-tech company reported in a press release that the successful pilot is the first of three milestones towards commercial production and launch of ProteVin, planned in 2022. The two...
Everyone made changes during COVID-19, many of which will fall away as it becomes safe to leave the house and interact again—but not all changes are on their way out. NielsenIQ has compiled a list of COVID-19 changes that are here to stay. The company examined millions of brick-and-mortar and...
Oslo, Norway and East Brunswick, NJ—NattoPharma announced that a new 1.5-year placebo-controlled, randomized, open-label intervention clinical trial using MenaQ7 Vitamin K2 as MK-7 has been registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, and is scheduled to start in September 2021. The trial, titled The Effect of Vitamin K2 Supplementation on Arterial Stiffness and Cardiovascular...
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