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March 1, 2024

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

Catch up on all the latest news in the natural products industry, including new partnerships and more.

Claims & Labeling: 5 Takeaways from the Dietary Supplements Regulatory Summit

August 25, 2022

Marissa Fox

At the 7th annual Dietary Supplements Regulatory Summit, held in Washington D.C. and virtually on July 21, 2022, speakers dissected trends in the supplement market and educated on pressing issues. Product labeling and claims were a hot topic. Rend Al-Mondhiry, Partner, Amin Talati Wasserman LLP, told attendees, “Our firm is...

Online Food Labeling is Incomplete, Analysis Finds

February 10, 2022

Julia Peterman

Online food retailers don’t consistently display nutrition information on their websites, and U.S. laws are lagging behind in requiring it, according to a new analysis from the New York University School of Global Public Health and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. "Information required to...

December 2021

November 18, 2021

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Digital Edition Editorial: Inspiring An Industry to Go Above and Beyond What’s Selling Tip of the Month: Changing Consumer Shopping Preferences 2021 Person of the Year: Howard Schiffer, Vitamin Angels The Value of Private Label Rethinking the Weight-Management Market Supplement Highlights: Need-to-Know Eye Health Info Herb of the Month:...

FASTER Act Requires Sesame to be Included as Allergen on Food Labels

April 28, 2021

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—On April 14, the U.S. Congress passed the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act of 2021; on April 23, President Biden signed it into law. One major impact: Along with the top eight major allergens (milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, and soybean), sesame...

Oklahoma Judge Rules Against Upton's Naturals, PBFA in Plant-Based Labeling Lawsuit

December 4, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

A federal judge in Oklahoma has refused to block a law requiring plant-based foods to relabel their packaging. Upton's Naturals is appealing the ruling. In September, the Plant Based Foods Association and Upton’s Naturals, along with the Institute for Justice, filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Oklahoma food labeling...

NPA Files Citizen Petition on BCAA Labeling

October 27, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced that it has submitted a citizen petition requesting that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amend the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDC Act) to allow for zero calorie labeling for branched chain amino acids (BCAAs). NPA explained in a press release that...

Front-Of-Package Labeling Associated with Improved Nutrition, Survey Suggests

September 22, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Raleigh, NC—The adoption of nutrition data on front-of-package (FOP) labels is associated with improved nutritional content—both of those products and their competitors, according to a new study that analyzed 16 years of data on tens of thousands of products. “We wanted to know whether food companies were responding to increased...

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Survey Reveals Consumer Labeling Preferences

September 22, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Crawley, UK—Half of respondents in a recent survey said they are more likely to buy a product if they recognize all of the ingredients listed on the label—and only 19% of respondents said they always recognize all of the ingredients on the label. The survey of 1,000 adults in the...

Ben & Jerry's Removes "Happy Cow" Claims from Packaging

January 22, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Finland, MN—Following a lawsuit, Ben & Jerry’s will no longer claim on product packaging that its ice cream comes from “happy cows,” according to a press release form Organic Consumers Association (OCA). OCA sued Ben & Jerry’s in July 2018 for the “deceptive labeling, marketing, and sale of its ice...