The Natural Products Association of Washington, D.C. will host its 16th Annual Natural Products Day in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. More information is available at www.NPAinfo.org/NPD13. Marc Ullman, legal advisory council chairman of the Natural Products Foundation (NPF) of Washington, D.C., met with the Federal Trade...
Simi Valley, CA-based derma e has hired Kate Tart as a corporate trainer. Laurie Demeritt is now the president and COO of The Hartman Group, Inc. Harvey Hartman, founder of The Hartman Group, will continue as chairman. The Global Organization of EPA and DHA Omega-3s (GOED) of Salt Lake...
Chicago, IL—Building on WholeFoods’ energy drinks coverage from last month, the American Medical Association has added its two cents about energy drink and caffeine consumption. In response to the attention energy drinks and their adverse reactions have been getting along with the heat being put on the U.S. Food and...
Kissimmee, FL—The Southeast Natural Products Association’s 2012 President’s Award was given to Greg Leonard, executive vice president of independent retail sales for Tree of Life (the business unit of KeHE Distributors, based in Romeoville, IL). Leonard received the award at the 2012 Southeast Natural Products Association Show (SOHO) held here...
Anaheim, CA—Something new is in the works for Natural Products Expo West 2013 (produced by New Hope Natural Media), which is slated to be held here, March 7–10, 2013. Show organizers plan to launch the NEXT pavilion (located in an upper ballroom), which is intended to highlight "new innovative brands...
North Bergen, NJ—A collaboration between two powerful supplement chains has been held up by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The Vitamin Shoppe, based here, announced in mid-December it planned to buy Super Supplements, Inc. of Seattle, WA for a cool $50 million in cash. Super Supplements has 31 stores...
Major Rob Dyer, founder of Noots Nutrition (maker of Ruckpack natural energy shot) of San Diego, CA, appeared on a recent edition of ABC’s The Shark Tank. Two “sharks” invested $150,000 in the brand, a 20% stake, so that the company can increase its production scale and decrease manufacturing...
Portales, NM—In late November, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) closed a Sunland manufacturing facility, located here, that FDA says was responsible for producing Salmonella bredeney-contaminated peanut butter. In September, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and FDA investigated Sunland as the source of a multistate Salmonella...
In lieu of sending 2012 holiday cards, Natracare of Greeley, CO created an Advent Calendar whereby the company gave a gift everyday from December 1st to 25th to Oxfam Unwrapped. Gifts were selected for those in poorer countries. The Natural Products Association (NPA) of Washington, D.C. expanded its social...
Boulder, CO—The plans are off for the Natural Products Association (NPA)’s MarketPlace Tradeshow and Conference in 2013. Colorado-based New Hope Natural Media, which has partially owned the NPA national tradeshow since 2008, says suspending the event this year will create “new opportunities more strategically aligned with today’s market needs.” The...
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