Washington D.C.—After almost 40 years of being deemed a “nutrient of concern,” the country’s top nutrition advisory panel, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, is considering dropping warnings regarding the consumption of cholesterol, in contrast to its findings five years ago. The findings then cautioned against consuming more than 300...
Atlanta, GA—A survey on complementary health techniques covering over 80,000 Americans has shown that while natural products have maintained a similar level of popularity overall over the course of this decade, preferences within the category are shifting. This data is based off of answers from complementary health questionnaire developed...
Silver Spring, MD—Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., who has served as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since 2009, will resign from the agency in March. FDA’s chief scientist Stephen Ostroff will serve as acting commissioner after this time until the position is filled. In an e-mail to...
GNC Responds to Demands; Lawsuits Follow New York, NY—New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has accused four major retailers of adding filler ingredients to store brand herbal products that were not mentioned on the label. Worse, several active ingredients that should have been in formulas were nowhere to be...
North Bergen, NJ—The Vitamin Shoppe is cooking up something new: prepared foods. According to The Record of Bergen County, NJ, the vitamin mega-store launched a pilot program to offer healthy pre-made refrigerated meals at 10 stores in NJ and NY. Housed in refrigerator walls, the on-the-go meals are intended to...
Ocean Township, NJ— With a consumer base becoming more and more cognizant of sustainability and ethics when it comes to foods, retailers may find themselves struggling to find a way to communicate those values. Dean’s Natural Food Market has partnered with HowGood to come up with a unique way...
On December 11, 2014, the Congress passed the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act (DASCA), which will protect consumers from anabolic steroids that are falsely promoted as dietary supplements. The bill will help the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) identify and respond quickly when illegal drugs are sold. Additional anabolic steroids...
Biova LLC of Johnston, IA, promoted Matt Stegenga from director of marketing to president, succeeding Dennis Casey, Ph.D., who will join its board of directors. thinkThin of Los Angeles, CA, announced that Michele Kessler is now CEO of the company. She has been the president since January 2014. Founder...
Washington, D.C.— The Council for Responsible Nutrition Foundation (CRNF) has announced that it has pledged additional grants to the National Advertising Division (NAD), a service of the advertising industry and the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB). Now totaling over $2.1 million, these grants will extend the NAD self-regulatory...
Skokie, IL—Naming a company’s Web site isn't easy. The length, whether to use hyphens, the spelling and more are important considerations.URLs help brand the business and its message and is so important that Todd Pauli of the Shelton Group, based here, suggests choosing one at the same time firms...
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