Washington, D.C.—Several federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency held a joint press conference on Nov. 17 to announce sweeping actions against several dietary supplement manufacturers “to stem the tide...
Sir Kensington’s of New York, NY, hired Jennie Poe to be its director of natural sales. Sidney Sudberg, president and CSO of Alkemist Labs, based in Costa Mesa, CA, joined the NIST/NIH Dietary Supplements Laboratory Quality Assurance Program Advisory Board and started a three-year term on the AOAC Technical...
Irvine, CA-based NeoCell is committed to supporting Vitamin Angels this fall with a new campaign. NeoCell will donate 25 cents to Vitamin Angels for every product that it ships through Dec. 31. The company has donated a total of over $320,000 in the past. The Vitamin Shoppe of North...
Maypro Industries, based in Purchase, NY, has completed a structured financing of Good Superfoods, LLC, a functional chocolate maker. It will operate as NutriWelle, and will have a division dedicated to private label manufacturing and one devoted to finished products. The finished products will offer branded product lines including...
Eden Foods’ Organic Matcha Green Tea Powder was awarded the 2015 “Fave Vegan Powder” award by Vegan Health & Fitness magazine, featured in the September/October issue. They wrote, “We absolutely LOVE the stone-ground, rich green tea flavor and awesome mind-body purification benefits. Our health-obsessed readers will go totally ga-ga over...
Beginning on page 18 of this issue, you’ll find the “2015 WholeFoods Magazine Retailer Survey Overview,” now in its 38th year. Fresh perishable food such as produce, juice bar, deli and refrigerated prepared food continue to define the character of a store, how many customers will shop per day,...
Citing frustration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) “failure to respond,” Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) has taken a hands-on approach to the controversy over picamilon—that it does not fit the definition of a dietary ingredient—and directly addressed 10 major retailers to stop selling dietary supplements with the substance.
Whole Foods Market (WFM) announced its 4Q15 and 2015 fiscal earnings on November 4, 2015 (year end September 27). According to a report by Market Realist, WFM had $15.3 billion in sales for the whole year, an 8.4% rise. However, at the end of this last quarter, they took a...
Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reached out for public comment about the use of the term “natural” on food labels. The Natural Products Association (NPA) responded yesterday, welcoming FDA efforts toward defining “natural.” As part of their Natural Seal program, NPA has already certified 800 products and 500...
In a constituent update today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reaching out to the public for comments and information regarding the use of the term “natural” in labels on food. FDA attributes this action to having received three Citizen Petitions requesting them to define the term “natural” on...
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