Silver Spring, MD—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to Austin, TX-based Whole Foods Market for not sufficiently addressing the long list of food safety violations accrued at the Whole Foods Market North Atlantic Kitchen after a series of inspections this past February. This facility is responsible...
Minneapolis, MN—General Mills announced last week that it entered into a strategic sourcing partnership with Organic Valley, the largest U.S. organic cooperative. This partnership will help 20 dairy farms add 3,000 acres to organic dairy production over the next three years, building upon General Mills’ commitment to double its organic...
The Clorox Co. has purchased digestive health specialist Renew Life of Palm Harbor, FL, for $290 million. Whole Foods Market of Austin, TX, recently opened its first 365 by Whole Foods store with several more to come. Within two years, at least 19 locations will be spread throughout the country...
Washington, D.C.—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) pulled together more than 60 dietary supplement industry leaders to participate in its annual Day on the Hill.The 2016 event was held June 8. The lobbying event gave industry members the chance to have “in-depth, face-to-face conversations with key legislators and their staff...
Shoppers may take fiber to keep them “regular,” but there may a new reason to fill up on fiber: successful aging, according to new research from The Journal of Gerontology. Researchers from the University of Sydney selected 1,609 healthy adults (ages 49 and older) for their study and followed them...
Algae Life Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of BGG, of Irvine, CA, now has 239 structure–function claims allowable by FDA for its AstaZine Natural Astaxanthin. They include “Helps maintain beautiful, younger looking skin,” “The ultimate nutrient to support the eyes and brain,” Nutritional support in the battle against aging,” “Promotes improved...
A Greener World, based in Redmond, OR, launched a new non-genetically engineered label: Certified Non-GE by AGW. Developed in response to demand from retailers, farmers and consumers for a reliable non-GMO label claim on meat, eggs and dairy, AGW’s certification is the only North American certification audited in conjunction with...
Going green is all the rage right now, but many business owners question whether it is possible to do so without a large investment. Here are six economical ways to get the ball rolling (1): 1. Use compact-fluorescent lights (CFL) or LED lights. Although initially the price per bulb is...
Michael Bush was promoted to president of Ganeden, based in Cleveland, OH. Des Moines, IA-based Kemin has two new members of its protein and grains group: Amanda King, technical services manager, and Kyle Andernacht, product manager for proteins. Enzymedica of Venice, FL, hired Kevin Tautkus to be its new executive...
Bradenton, FL—A standardized tongkat ali (TA) supplement supports healthy immunomodulation, according to new research lead by a team from Biotropics Malaysia. The month-long study involved 81 Japanese subjects that took 200 mg/day of TA or a placebo. Everyone had fairly low scores on the Scoring of Immunological Vigor (SIV) scale. SIV...
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