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Gaia Herbs & United Way Donate Hand Sanitizer to 13,500 K-12 Students

October 6, 2020

Gaia Herbs, a North Carolina-based natural herbal products brand, has partnered with United Way of Henderson County in North Carolina to donate 13,500 2-oz. bottles of CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)-approved hand sanitizer to students in the Henderson County Public Schools District (HCPS). The hand sanitizers will be included in a health and safety […]

Expo West 2021 Rescheduled to May 24-27

September 30, 2020

In a “community message,” Lacey Gautier, group director with Informa Markets, the company that organizes New Hope Network’s Natural Products Expo West, announced that the show’s 2021 installment in Anaheim, CA has now been pushed back an additional 12 weeks from March 2-6, 2021 to May 24-27, 2021.  According to Gautier, “The health and safety […]

NRF Launches “New Holiday Traditions” Campaign

September 29, 2020

By any measure, this holiday season will be unlike any other, and the National Retail Federation (NRF) is launching a nationwide consumer education campaign called “New Holiday Traditions” to encourage consumers to shop safe and shop early amidst the coronavirus pandemic. “This is going to be a historic holiday season and while some memorable traditions […]

New Analysis Unfairly Maligns and Misrepresents Brain Health Supplement Category, says CRN

September 29, 2020

In response to a report, “Five unapproved drugs found in cognitive enhancement supplements,” published Sept. 23, in an online issue of Neurology Clinical Practice, Steve Mister, president & CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), issued the following statement: The results of this exercise by Dr. Cohen et al. demonstrate this unfortunate, but unsurprising truth: […]

SENPA Board Announces SOHO Expo 2020 Is On

September 25, 2020

SENPA, a non-profit trade organization and its Board of Directors, has announced that the 50th annual SOHO Expo will be held as planned on Dec. 10-13, 2020 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, FL. Though SENPA and its Board originally established an Oct. 1 deadline to make this decision, after seeing […]

Bankruptcy Court Approves Sale of GNC

September 23, 2020

Pennsylvania-based GNC Holdings Inc. received legal permission to sell itself to Chinese sponsor Harbin Pharmaceutical in bankruptcy court, despite recent resistance from U.S. political figures, according to Bloomberg. Bankruptcy Court Judge Karen Owens approved the health and wellness company’s plan to sell its assets to its largest shareholder and original bidder, Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Holding […]

CRN Announces Keynote Speakers for “NOW, NEW, NEXT,” Industry-wide Virtual Event

September 23, 2020

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced keynote speakers for its 2020 annual conference, reimagined as a unique virtual experience, “NOW, NEW, NEXT,” taking place Oct. 14–16: • On Oct. 14, Steven Tave, director of FDA’s (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) Office of Dietary Supplement Programs, will discuss the agency’s regulatory priorities. • On […]

Wildway Partners With Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation

September 15, 2020

Wildway, a San Antonio, TX-based natural food company, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation have joined forces to further their missions to conserve the wild things and wild places in the state, both now and for generations to come. Ten percent of all sales from products within Wildway’s We Rise collection of granola, starting with […]

New CBD Proposals Would Undermine Public Trust in Safety of Nutritional Supplements, NPA Says

September 15, 2020

The Natural Products Association (NPA) recently rejected new legislation introduced in the U.S. House that would allow CBD products to be used in dietary supplements. The bill, sponsored by Reps. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) and Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), fails to set a safe level of daily consumption and would do more to undermine public trust in the safety […]

Oleandrin Not to be Used as a Dietary Supplement Says FDA

September 9, 2020

On Sept. 4, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected an application to market Oleandrin as a dietary supplement, weeks after MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell promoted the extract as a potential treatment for the coronavirus to President Donald Trump and White House officials, according to Forbes. The FDA concluded that Oleandrin cannot legally be considered […]

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