Articles by Nicholas Saraceno
Whole Foods is Raising Prices
Prices are fluctuating at Whole Foods. The organic grocery store has raised prices on some items while discontinuing others, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a leaked email. A Whole Foods spokesperson said in a statement to Business Insider that the higher prices were because of rising material, packaging and transportation costs. The increase is ...
Jim Emme Named ABC Champion for 2018
The American Botanical Council (ABC) announced Jim Emme as the recipient of its ABC Champion Award for 2018. Emme, CEO of Illinois-based NOW Health Group, has been generous over the years in his support of ABC and other nonprofit organizations in the natural products community. The ABC Champion Award was created to recognize individuals who ...
FDA Takes Action Against Products Claiming to Treat Disease, Seeks to Strengthen Oversight
On Feb. 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted 12 warning letters and 5 online advisory letters to foreign and domestic companies that are illegally selling more than 58 products, many that are sold as dietary supplements, which are unapproved new drugs and/or misbranded drugs that claim to prevent, treat or cure Alzheimer’s disease and a ...
NYC Orders Restaurants to Stop Serving CBD
According to CNBC, New York City’s health department has ordered restaurants to stop adding CBD to food and drinks, threatening to thwart the budding trend. Bars, cafes and restaurants across the city have been increasingly adding CBD, short for cannabidiol, to cocktails, coffee and food. New York City’s health department started cracking down on restaurants ...
Senators Ask FDA to Update Rules on Certain CBD Products
Oregon’s two senators urged the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to update federal regulations to permit interstate commerce of food products containing a key non-psychoactive ingredient of cannabis, via AP. The appeal by Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley came after Congress legalized the production and sale of industrial hemp and hemp ...
PCC Community Markets to Remove Self-checkout Kiosks
PCC Community Markets (Washington) has made the decision to remove all the self-checkout kiosks from their stores. They’ve already taken them out of their Fremont, Greenlake, Aurora, and Redmond stores, and the rest will be removed by summer, according to a report by KIRO-TV in Seattle. “We stopped putting self-checks in our stores in 2016 ...
Natural Grocers Offers Free Bags of Coffee to Federal Employees
Colorado-based Natural Grocers announced it is launching #FederalEmployeeFridays to say “thank you” to federal employees affected by the government shutdown. Every Friday during the month of February, federal employees with valid identification can visit any Natural Grocers store in Colorado, Texas or Oregon to redeem one free 10-oz. bag of Natural Grocers brand organic coffee. ...
NPA Asks for Consistent National Standard for Plant-based Food Labeling
The Natural Products Association (NPA) recently urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to adopt a policy of enforcement discretion on standards of identity for products that use dairy names to describe plant-based products such as “soy milk” and “almond milk.” “Plant-based products, as long as they are properly qualified, like almond milk, soy ...
Petition to Bar Hydroponic Operations from Organic Certification
A coalition of opponents against organic hydroponics is trying to get USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to issue regulations banning hydroponic operations from organic certification. On Jan. 16, 2019, the Center for Food Safety (CFS, endorsed by The Cornucopia Institute, Food & Water Watch, Cultivate Oregon, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners ...
Emerald Health Helps Whole Foods Enter Endocannabinoid Market
California-based Emerald Health Bioceuticals (EHB), a provider of nutritional supplements formulated to support the human endocannabinoid system, announced that its Endo product line is now available nationwide in Whole Foods Market. Cannabis-based products, including CBD, are not legally allowed to be sold in traditional health, food, drug and grocery stores, in accordance with federal law. ...
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