OmniActive Health Technologies, Inc. of Short Hills, NJ has several new hires, which include Darrec Jones, as sales executive; Vikrant Lal as technical sales manager; and Sara Zoet as customer coordinator. Los Angeles, CA-based Soft Gel Technologies, Inc. hired Rob Gines to be its new regional sales manager, working...
The Global Organization for EPA and DHA (GOED) of Salt Lake City, UT launched the Proud Member logo program that enables member companies to use the logo on their Web sites, product brochures or in trade advertising and outreach. Tree of Life (a KeHE Company, Romeoville, IL) now offers...
Austin, TX—Whole Foods Market has enacted new packaging guidelines that affect the personal care products and dietary supplements it sells. According to a press statement, the natural products retail chain will require that suppliers use less plastic in their packaging, switch to glass (when they can), use only packaging materials...
Washington, D.C.—The Food Safety Accountability Act, introduced in September by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) would, if passed, establish criminal penalties for "any individual or corporation that knowingly distributes tainted food products." The penalties include a fine and/or a maximum prison sentence of 10 years. The bill, which at press time...
Washington, D.C.—On September 27, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill that is intended to help small businesses. The legislation will give tax credits to small businesses and help such firms receive loans more easily. This aid will cost about $42 billion over the course of a decade. Opponents...
Washington, D.C.—The Corn Refiners Association (CRA) sent a petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration asking the agency to let food makers use new terminology on ingredient labels. CRA stated it wants manufacturers to have the option to use the term “corn sugar” in lieu of high-fructose corn syrup...
The much-debated decision over whether to introduce a genetically modified organism (GMO) into the U.S. food supply is drawing near for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The GMO is a proprietary species of salmon bred by the biotech company AquaBounty Technologies, and would be the first GMO to...
South Plainfield, NJ—Industry companies and retailers looking for information about natural products companies now have another resource. The WholeFoods e-Directory is now available at http://directory.wholefoodsmagazine.com. This easy-to-use database lists information about the thousands of companies featured in the May WholeFoods Source Directory and in its November Who’s Who...
Phoenix, AZ—Industry companies extended virtual handshakes to retailers at the first Natural Products Marketplace Virtual Event, an online tradeshow organized by Virgo Publishing, based here. The tradeshow, held September 14–15, hosted about 25 exhibitor booths where attendees could read information about the company, request samples, review product information and...
Aalesund, Norway—Fish oil supplier EPAX AS has been bought by Trygg Pharma AS. Aker BioMarine ASA and investment firm Lindsay Goldberg jointly own Trygg Pharma. Bjorn Refsum, EPAX ’s managing director, stated that his company’s new ownership will “open up new opportunities and markets. Combining resources with such a...
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