New York, NY—NY Attorney (NYAG) General Eric T. Schneiderman is persisting in his attacks on the dietary supplements industry, this time targeting marketers of devil's claw. The NYAG sent cease-and-desist letters to 13 supplement makers on the grounds that their devil's claw supplements are misbranded. Once again, Schneiderman is basing...
Sprouts Farmers Market, headquartered in Phoenix, Az, has partnered up with Vitamin Angels to run in-store campaigns at more than 210 stores in August and October. This is the third time that Sprouts has supported Vitamin Angels in this manner, with the past two campaigns benefitting more than 400,000 at-risk...
derma e of Simi Valley, CA, hired Christina Cavin to be its Western regional sales manager and Paula Lopez as Eastern regional trainer. Hame K. Persaud is now the executive vice president of HP Ingredients, based in Bradenton, FL The American Herbal Products Association of Silver Spring, MD, announced...
Columbus, OH—The 2015 Natural Products Association (NPA)/MAHO Expo, which was held July 24-26 at the Hilton Columbus, has wrapped up and preparation for next year’s event has already started. Bill Strandwitz, Ph.D., of Marilyn’s Natural Foods, Coshocton, OH, wrote in a letter to Midwest Region/MAHO President Judy Stamper that he...
Washington, D.C.— The U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has sent out warning letters to five companies selling pure powdered caffeine, stating that “these products are dangerous and present a significant or unreasonable risk of illness or injury to consumers.”Not regarded as a proper dietary supplement in the natural products industry,...
St. Louis, MO—In June, WholeFoods Magazine reported on business correspondence from agricultural mega-company Monsanto, based here, regarding a proposed merger with Swiss seed company Syngenta (see the original news story here). Monsanto has officially dropped its roughly $46 billion bid, following the communication of a revised proposal on August...
Minneapolis, MN – After the company stated in June that it is eliminating artificial flavors and colors from its cereals, General Mills has followed it up by announcing that it will be eliminate artificial flavors and colors from all products in its fruit-flavored snacks category, according to the company. To...
Hampton Creek has been issued a warning letter by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for allegedly misbranding some of its products due to its contents. “The use of the term ‘mayo’ in the product names and the image of an egg may be misleading to consumers because it...
Minneapolis, MN – With competitors such as Walmart, AmazonFresh and Instacart beginning to deliver products directly to consumers, Target has announced, according to The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, that the company will begin testing the effectiveness of online grocery delivery. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune has recently cited the company’s chief marketing...
New York, NY—Twinlab Consolidated Holdings, Inc. (TCC) has announced its plans to acquire Organic Holdings LLC, distributor of Reserveage Nutrition, based in Boca Raton, FL. The deal is expected to close before October 2, 2015. In a press statement, Naomi Whittel, founder and CEO of Reserveage Nutrition, said, "This combination will...
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