Salem, OR—The Oregon Attorney General’s office has postponed a rulemaking that would allow and encourage baseless lawsuits in Oregon against dietary supplements makers. The Proposed Rule would allow private plaintiffs to initiate a lawsuit by alleging, without scientific evaluation or public interest analysis, that a company making a health benefit...
Bethesda, MD—The Mediterranean diet may support higher cognitive function, according to a new study from the National Eye Institute. The results, published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia, come from an analysis of data from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) and AREDS2. The researchers examined the effects of nine components of...
Phoenix, AZ—Sprouts Farmers Market has announced that it will expand its grocery pickup service with Instacart to all of its stores by early May, according to a company press release. The expansion is rolling out first to 25 Central California locations from Los Angeles to Fresno. This added service allows...
Espoo, Finland—Enzymes can break down FODMAPs to create more digestible compounds, according to a new study from the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. FODMAPs are short-chain carbohydrates that are poorly absorbed in the human small intestine; they move from there to the large intestine, where microbes feed on them,...
New Port Richey, FL–SENPA announced a new date for the SOHO Healthfest, which was originally scheduled for May. The event, which offers educational seminars free for SENPA retail members and an event show floor free to natural products industry retailers, will now take place August 14-16 at the Omni...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) is launching a new job board offering employment opportunities in the natural products industry, according to a press release. The Department of Homeland Security recently declared that supplement retailers and manufacturers are essential businesses, the release notes, allowing them to remain open and functional...
Sister organizations Positively Natural, SENPA, and MAHO have teamed up during these precarious times to let independent retailers in the Natural Products Industry on the frontlines know how much they're appreciated as essential businesses.
Bloomingdale, IL—NOW Health Group has joined PETA’s Beauty Without Bunnies program in order to help consumers recognize at a glance that many NOW Solutions personal care products and essential oils are cruelty-free, according to a press release. NOW has a company-wide ban on animal testing, and the company’s line of...
In this episode of The Natural View, WholeFoods Editor Maggie Jaqua and Todd Pauli of 24 Stories talk with Steve Peirce of RIBUS and the Clean Label Alliance about the the evolving clean label movement, and how COVID-19 may impact clean label goals. For more on clean label, check...
Silver Spring, MD—The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has reported a range of supply chain issues to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), according to a press release. The issues were submitted by members and by others in the herbal community. AHPA is continuing to collect supply chain data to...
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