Houston, TX – Whole Foods Market will begin selling the products from their first craft brewery, Whole Foods Market Brewing Company, at the company’s 10 stores in the Houston area on Saturday, August 8, according to a press release issued by the company. The rest of the state will be...
Washington, D.C.—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) announced Monday that representatives from the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will be featured speakers at The Conference, which takes place later this year, according to the press release. Ted Elkin, who is the director of...
Silver Spring, MD-The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it wants more information about sugar on the Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods. FDA has proposed requiring the percent daily value (%DV) for added sugars in foods, which adds to its other proposed Nutrition Facts label revisions from 2014.
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...
Chicago, IL – William Reed Business Media has announced that the inaugural Healthy & Natural Show will be held at the Navy Pier in Chicago on May 6 and 7, according to the press release. The show will cover the population’s demand for cleaner, healthier products in the food, beverage,...
The founder and the man behind the name of Burt’s Bees, Burt Shavitz, passed away on Sunday, July 5 at the age of 80. “Burt Shavitz, our co-founder and namesake, has left the greener fields and wilder woods,” the company has written on their homepage. “We remember him as a...
It Worked For Me: Tunie’s Natural Grocery & Vitamin MarketFort Lauderdale, FL—With the competitiveness of today’s business industry, store owners could consider themselves successful to own a bustling brick-and-mortar store. A second store? That would be even better. But, what if that small business owner has the opportunity to open...
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