Articles by Nicholas Saraceno
Albertsons Partners With Businesses to Offer Part-time Jobs to Furloughed Employees
Throughout the country, businesses have been forced to close or scale back operations, furlough employees or reduce hours due to the COVID-19 crisis. Idaho-based Albertsons Companies is partnering with major companies to provide part-time jobs to their employees who have been furloughed or had their hours cut. “The most valuable asset and the core of ...
NPA Mobilizes Grassroots Network to Keep Health Food Stores Open
The Natural Products Association (NPA) mobilized its grassroots network in recent days, sending over 10,000 letters to elected officials across the country requesting that health food stores remain open as essential businesses during the COVID-19 public health crisis. Thousands of health food stores have remained open based on guidance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ...
NPA: Economic Stimulus Package Provisions Will Help Dietary Supplement Industry
The Natural Products Association (NPA) today said the bipartisan economic stimulus package passed by Congress and expected to be signed by President Trump contains a host of provisions that will help the industry, including: • $1 billion for the Defense Production Act to bolster domestic supply chains, allowing industry to increase production of personal protective equipment ...
Paragon Laboratories to Donate 3,600 N95 Masks to Local Hospitals
Paragon Laboratories (Torrance, CA), a manufacturer of dietary supplements, will donate 3,600 N95 respirators to local hospitals in the Southern California area. With the growing shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), including masks, respirators, face shields, and gowns, health care workers are having to stretch their supplies, which poses a risk to them and the ...
Dietary Supplements Regulatory Summit Rescheduled
The 2020 Dietary Supplements Regulatory Summit (DSRS), originally set for May 27, has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the same venue, the Mayflower Hotel, in Washington, D.C. All existing registrations and pricing will be honored. New, discounted hotel booking information will be forthcoming shortly. “The five trade associations hosting the summit look forward ...
Carlson Ceases Production and Distribution Through April 7
On Friday, March 20, Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker issued a “stay-at-home” order to maximize COVID-19 containment and to ensure that the state’s health care system remains fully operational. The order took effect at 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, 2020 and continues through Tuesday, April 7, 2020. As a producer and distributor of nutritional supplements, ...
CRN Offers Resource Page on COVID-19
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) recently developed a resource page centered around COVID-19: https://www.crnusa.org/COVID-19. One of the new resources includes a COVID-19 FAQ sheet developed by CRN for industry and consumers to answer common questions surrounding the virus and dietary supplement products. CRN said it will continue to keep it updated as information changes and more outside ...
NPA: DHS Declares Health Food Stores and Supplement Manufacturers Essential Services
Based on guidance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and President Trump’s declaration that workers in critical infrastructure have a “special responsibility” to continue working, the Natural Products Association (NPA) today said that its members, including thousands of health food stores in Pennsylvania, California, and Miami-Dade, FL whose elected officials have balked at this ...
Natural Product Retailers Adjust to COVID-19 Realities
With restaurants, grocery stores and other retailers scrambling to adapt their businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak, natural product retailers in the U.S. are also adjusting practices to meet the needs of their communities. World of Nutrition (WON) in Nampa, ID said it is remaining open during the pandemic, and is considering special hours for senior ...
New Bill Prohibits the Sale of Popular Nutritional Supplements in New York
The Natural Products Association (NPA) is calling for the New York state legislature to reject a proposal that would prohibit the sale of popular nutritional supplements like protein powder. NPA has led successful efforts to block similar proposals in Massachusetts and Illinois. “Prohibition of popular consumer products almost never works. Prohibiting the sale of products ...
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