Newark, CA—Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc., announced in a press release that its Baby Colic probiotic formulation was selected as a finalist in the NutraIngredients Probiotic Product of the Year Awards at this year's VitaFoods convention. Baby Colic is part of the Floradapt Probiotic Portfolio of products, which the company says...
Akron, OH--Phillip Nabors, who co-founded Mustard Seed Market & Café with his wife Margaret in 1981, is stepping down as CEO and passing the family torch to sons Gabe and Abraham, according to a press release. Having previously served as director of marketing and category management, Gabe has been named...
Washington, D.C.—The Dietary Supplements Regulatory Summit (DSRS) was an eight-hour look at the foreseeable legal future: probiotic labeling, benchmarking audit standards, the Botanical Safety Consortium, DSHEA and the modernizing thereof, and, of course, CBD. It came up within ten minutes of the summit beginning; Ricardo Carvajal mentioned it in his...
Washington, D.C.--The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has posted warning letters to five manufacturers of homeopathic products for significant violations of current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) regulations. “It’s our public health obligation to protect consumers from unsafe products,” FDA Acting Commissioner Ned Sharpless, M.D., said in the...
Las Vegas, NV--CV Sciences announced in a press release that its PlusCBD Oil products were used in a study examining the clinical benefit of cannabidiol (CBD) for the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The 8-week study, titled "Cannabidiol in the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Series" and published...
Washington, D.C.--On May 23, following a rally at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., supplement and vitamin brand MegaFood will deliver a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calling to ban the use of glyphosate on consumer grade oats. The petition will include over 80,000 signatures. The petition requests EPA to...
Winston-Salem, NC--The DASH diet may reduce the risk of heart failure in people under 75, according to an observational study by researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest Baptist Health. “This research showed that following the DASH diet can reduce the risk of developing heart failure by...
Oakland, CA—A California jury awarded over $2 billion to a couple that developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) after years of using Roundup, the glyphosate-based weed killer produced by Monsanto/Bayer, according to The Guardian. Alva and Alberta Pilliod were each awarded $1 billion, and the jury ordered the company to pay more...
Portland, OR—The global spirulina market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.6% during the period 2019-2026, according to a report by Allied Market Research. A press release on the report says the spirulina market was worth $346 million in 2018, and is anticipated to reach $779 million by...
Bangalore, India--Natural Remedies announced that its branded ingredients have been verified as Non-GMO by the Non-GMO Project and NSF International. The company also said over 85 signature botanical extracts were verified as Non-GMO. Verified Non-GMO Project products have gone through a rigorous process to ensure they meet consensus-based standards, Natural...
