Washington, D.C.—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)’s Board of Directors has approved the concept for creating a Voluntary Product Registry for Dietary Supplements. If companies embrace such a registry, regulators will have more visibility into the industry, says CRN president and CEO Steve Mister.“We should not hear FDA talk about...
Bethesda, MD—The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) has been keeping a Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD), and is now wondering whether to expand the resource with additional features and added functionality. According to the Oct. 29 Federal Register, the DSLD currently has 50,000 labels, including information from manufacturers about ingredient...
Palm Springs, CA—Mary K. Engle, associate director for advertising practices in the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), gave supplements marketers a bit more insight into FTC’s current thinking on advertising at the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s The Conference. Engle offered industry members five take-home points...
Some 25,000 industry members came together in Baltimore, MD, for the 30th annual Natural Products Expo East tradeshow and conference. This year’s event boasted 1,363 exhibiting companies, including 400 new brands that launched at the show. Here are four observations from the tradeshow from WholeFoods editors. 1. Upbeat vibe. This...
Acquisitions, mergers, awards, charity, certifications, company news and more. Biostime of Hong Kong bought Swisse Wellness for $1.67 billion. Olympian Labs, Inc. of Phoenix, Az, partnered with Jeremy Scott Fitness for a 47-Day Body Transformation Challenge, which included 26 people from nine states. From Aug. 10 to Sept. 26,...
Susan Morano, president and CEO of Suzanne’s Specialties in New Brunswick, NJ, was recognized and certified as a womenowned, -operated and -controlled business by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council. Dallas, TX-based Hail Merry hired James Moss as senior vice president of sales. Dave Thomas was named vice president...
Chicago, IL—Aiming to help natural retailers better understand the science of "natural" products, the inaugural Healthy and Natural Trade Show in Chicago will open May 5 with a day of education for trade show attendees. The education series will focus on topics such as non-GMO, probiotics, product differentiation and supplement...
Wichita, KS—Events are nothing new at GreenAcres Market, whether it’s a wine tasting or seminar to highlight supplements, healing oils and other natural products. In their newest program "Cooking with Dr. Anne," a series of four free cooking classes, the market hopes to bring attention to the way nutrition can...
SupplySide West CoverageWashington, D.C.—Industry members have a lot to learn from the opinions expressed by a U.S. District judge in the case of the United States versus Bayer Corp., according to Steve Mister, Esq., president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition. Speaking on a panel during SupplySide...
On Monday September 28, Whole Foods Market revealed its plan to downsize its workforce nationwide over the next two months. In an effort to keep up with competitors and abandon its “Whole Paycheck” reputation, the supermarket giant will be dropping about 1.6 percent of its positions, affecting around 1,500 in-store...
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