Tempe, AZ – In a report issued by the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), new data predict that the state of Arizona will reach almost $3.7 billion in natural health product sales by 2020, nearly doubling the $1.9 billion in sales in 2012, according to the press release issued by...
Washington, D.C.-The House of Representatives passed the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 (H.R. 1599) on July 23. The bill, which would create a federal voluntary GMO labeling system and over-ride state legislation mandating GMO labeling, was passed by a vote of 275 to 150. H.R. 1599 was authored by Rep.
Vega, based in Vancouver, Canada, was acquired by dairy producer WhiteWave Foods Co., for $550 million. The Natural Products Association of Washington, D.C., recently voiced its opinion to the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) about its concern that Aloe vera whole leaf extract...
Matts Johansen is now CEO of Aker BioMarine, based in Oslo, Norway. Former CEO Hallvard Muri will join the company’s board of directors. C. Gregory Sowards was hired to be the regional sales executive for the West Coast at PLT Health Solutions of Morristown, NJ. Scott Steinford was named...
InterHealth Nutraceuticals of Benicia, CA, received approval from the National Health Surveillance Agency in Brazil for the sale of UC-II. It is said to be the only undenatured type II collagen approved as an ingredient for sale in finished products in Brazil. Meanwhile, InterHealth announced its California facility is...
Victoria Fine Foods, New York, NY, has received Non-GMO Project verification on its Victoria flagship pasta sauce line. Clif Bar, Emeryville, CA, and Organic Valley, La Farge, WI, partnered up to name the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the recipient of the nation’s first endowed chair focused on plant breeding for organic...
For many years, I walked the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City knowing that every other booth would be another artisanal cheese or chocolate. I expected to see more of the same this year and was pleasantly surprised to see incredibly innovative and creative gourmet foods with a...
Where should you place the products in your store? Or, more precisely, which product categories should be next to one another to optimize shopping? Your choices can grow or shrink sales, and a well-thought-out merchandising plan can subconsciously relax your customer, encouraging her or him to slow down and...
Düsseldorf, Germany—A new study has shown that air pollution presents an independent risk factor for cognition and is not mediated by function. This study was conducted by German and Swiss researchers from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Basel and the Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (IUF),...
Washington, D.C.—The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 (H.R. 1599) passed the House Agriculture Committee by a voice vote on July 14, after quickly moving through the Energy and Commerce Committee without much dissent from either group. This piece of legislation was introduced by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) in March and...
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