Asheville, NC — With news from the National Center for Health Statistics stating that in 2015 the life expectancy for Americans was in decline for the first time in two decades, Earth Fare has decided to take steps to help Americans get healthier. Earth Fare is announcing a store expansion,...
Mumbai, India — Indfrag Ltd., a Bangalore-based company active in health and nutrition active ingredients market, has undergone an 85% stake acquirement by OmniActive health Technologies Ltd. All products related to Indfrag’s Food and Nutrition business are included in the acquirement and definitive agreements have been entered to acquire the...
Honest Company, whose co-founder is actress Jessica Alba, has voluntarily recalled all bottles of its organic baby powder in the U.S. The recall comes after the Santa Monica, CA based company found possible contaminations from microorganisms that could potentially cause eye and skin infections had been discovered in recent tests.
Aldi — which has more than 1,500 stores in the U.S. — has a plan to expand its natural food selection, which could spell trouble for competitors. With a reputation for low prices, Aldi’s claim to deliver organic products at roughly 25% less then other stores offering the same could...
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has selected seven retail firms to take part in a pilot program designed to enable Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to purchase their groceries online. The two-year pilot is slated to begin this summer and will include the following retailers...
Washington, D.C. — The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the International Probiotic Association (IPA) announced the development of scientifically-based best practices guidelines for the labeling, storing, and stability testing of dietary supplements and functional foods containing probiotics. Considering the immense popularity probiotics have been subject to, the guidelines are...
Oslo, Norway and Metuchen, NJ — The kidney research and clinical journal Nephron, and the American Journal of Hypertension have individually published new papers linking vascular calcification and vascular and arterial stiffness to the vitamin K-dependent protein known as MGP (matrix GLA-protein). The Nephron paper titled “Correlations of Plasma Desphosphorylated...
Mumbai, India — Everstone Group has invested $35 million in a stake of Mumbai-based OmniActive Health Technologies Ltd. Everstone Group has been rapidly expanding in the nutraceutical space and its investment in OmniActive will give it a significant minority stake. Through the Everstone Group investment, OmniActive will have the ability...
New York, NY — The Northeast’s leading produce processor and distributor, Baldor Specialty Foods, has used its food waste initiate known as SparCs (scraps spelled backwards) to divert 100 percent of the Fresh Cuts operation organic waste from reaching landfills and has instead developed new ways to utilize organic food...
On December 14, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced an evaluation of a variety of Del Monte Fresh Produce (DMFP) genetically engineered pink flesh pineapples that found no unresolved safety or regulatory issues under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Although a consultation is voluntary and...
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