Pomegranate product makers POM Wonderful are embroiled in a fight with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over their use of health claims-based marketing for their products. The action is the latest example of efforts by FTC and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to more heavily scrutinize...
Washington, D.C.—Last month WholeFoods reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was giving signs it would approve the introduction of a genetically modified salmon product. Eleven senators from mostly coastal states have since tried to halt the approval process, urging FDA to consider the matter more closely...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been mighty busy lately. WholeFoods reports in this issue about their legal square-offs against companies like POM Wonderful over contentious marketing claims. The agency is also finding time to set its sights on all the “greenwashers” out there in marketing land. “Greenwashing” is...
Hoboken, NJ—New research published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture indicates there may be a new application for a well-known branded extract of the French maritime pine tree bark (Pycnogenol from Natural Health Sciences, based here). Researchers enriched pineapple and red fruit juices with the...
Las Vegas, NV—More than 1,200 exhibit booths (with 779 total companies) and a packed educational session drew 8,500 industry members to this year’s SupplySide West tradeshow and convention, held here from October 19 to 23. Show organizers stated that there were 8% more booths than there were last year,...
Washington, D.C.— Following negotiations with law firm Emord & Associates, FDA will now allow select cancer-related health claims on selenium supplement product labels. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia overruled FDA’s decision to censor four qualified health claims, by finding it in violation of the...
Coral Springs, FL—The successful Tunie’s Super Save Nutrition Center, based here, is under new ownership. The business, built by Al Forman over the past 17 years, is now owned by Taylor Hamilton. Friends Hamilton and Forman worked out the deal earlier this year. “Buying a business is a lot...
OmniActive Health Technologies, Inc. of Short Hills, NJ has several new hires, which include Darrec Jones, as sales executive; Vikrant Lal as technical sales manager; and Sara Zoet as customer coordinator. Los Angeles, CA-based Soft Gel Technologies, Inc. hired Rob Gines to be its new regional sales manager, working...
The Global Organization for EPA and DHA (GOED) of Salt Lake City, UT launched the Proud Member logo program that enables member companies to use the logo on their Web sites, product brochures or in trade advertising and outreach. Tree of Life (a KeHE Company, Romeoville, IL) now offers...
As retailers, you may be known for the brands and products that are not carried in the mainstream—but you are also known as the reliable source for quality lifestyle enhancement. This means not just product education, but tips to improve quality of life, overall and every single day. Last month,...
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