At the “Your Right to Know: Next Steps in the GMO Labeling Fight” session, Gary Hirschberg, chairman of Just Label It, led a panel discussion on the current state of GMO labeling and what it means for the industry. One of the biggest topics was the upcoming Safe and Accurate...
Vitamin Angels hosted its 6th Annual League of Angels event at Angels Stadium, where attendees enjoyed food and drink as well as trying their hand at the batting cages. Bottles of vitamin A were also available for purchase to assist in the foundation’s mission of providing vitamins to children and...
Barlean’s has partnered up with Experticity to offer a unique online retailer education tool. Natural products retailers can take a short course on topics like omega-3s, omega-7s and Barlean’s company history on a special training Web site. Upon completion, retailers will take an online test for the chance to rack...
Steven Smith, co-founder of several tea brands including Tazo and Stash, passed away in late March due to health issues stemming from liver cancer. He was 65. Smith served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, and came to the tea industry after returning home in 1971. He invented...
The American Herbal Products Association of Silver Spring, MD, announced that Tami L. Wahl joined its staff as special regulatory counsel. The International Probiotics Association chose George Paraskevakos to be its new executive director. Paraskevakos has served as the director of business development for Lallemand. The International Aloe Science...
Whole Foods Market, based in Austin, TX, has received a spot on FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for 18th year in a row. This year, it ranked number 55 and was noted as a top job creator. Informa Exhibitions is launching a new conference: the...
Brooklyn, NY—The Select Nutrition East Coast Tabletop Show will be held in Brooklyn Expo Center in Brooklyn, NY, on April 30. This is a new venue for the annual tabletop show, and Dennis Hatchett, Select Nutrition division president, believes the location will be even better for attendees. He stated, “We...
South Plainfield, NJ—WholeFoods Magazine, one of the country’s most distinguished trade publications for natural products retailers, will serve as a media partner for the American Conference Institute’s (ACI) Third Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on Dietary Supplements. The event will take place at the Carlton Hotel in New...
NaturalIndustryJobs.com is holding an Online Career Fair, May 13, 12:00–3:00 p.m. PST. Natural and organic company employers that offer products and services for the food, supplements, ingredients and HABA industries are invited to attend and recruit job candidates for their business. Employers can chat directly to candidates during the online...
Natural Products Expo West (co-located with Engredea) firmly held onto its position as a premier convention for natural products businesses with its biggest show ever. WholeFoods Publisher Heather Wainer (left) presents the 2015 Natural Products Industry Person of the Year award to Megan Westgate (right), founder of the...
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