Articles by Nicholas Saraceno
Gluten-Free Certification Adds Plant-Based Certification to Meet Consumer Trends
As a BRC Global Standards company, Canada-based Allergen Control Group (ACG), owners of the Gluten-Free Certification Program (GFCP), announced the formation of two food industry stakeholder working groups to support the development and launch of the first internationally recognized and voluntary Plant-Based Certification Program (PBCP). A limited number of seats are still available for participation ...
Establishing the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard
On Dec. 21, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard. The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law (NBFDS), passed by Congress in July of 2016, directed USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) to establish this national mandatory standard for disclosing foods that are or may be bioengineered. The Standard requires food ...
Nutritional Supplements Access Preserved in Arizona
A proposal that would have drastically limited access to safe, legal and popular products for Arizonans was changed recently with the help of the Natural Products Association (NPA) and the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), who worked with the Arizona Board of Pharmacy and other state policymakers on the issue. The proposal under consideration would have ...
Peet’s Coffee to Acquire Majority Stake in Revive Kombucha
California-based Peet’s Coffee announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Revive Kombucha, a craft brewery also based in California. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Revive offers an array of naturally fermented, organic, non-GMO (genetically modified organism), Fair Trade certified, ethically sourced and raw bottled and on-tap kombucha. It maintains a strong presence ...
ABC’s Gayle Engels to Receive Inaugural Award for Excellence in Herbal Education
The American Botanical Council’s (ABC’s) Special Projects Director Gayle Engels will receive The Herb Society of America’s (HSA) inaugural Madalene Hill Award for Excellence in Herbal Education at the HSA’s Educational Conference and Annual Meeting of Members in Madison, WI, in June 2019. According to the HSA, the Hill Award honors those who “have a ...
Probiotics Can Protect the Skeletons of Older Women
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have demonstrated that probiotics, dietary supplements with health-promoting bacteria, can be used to affect the human skeleton. Among older women who received probiotics, bone loss was halved compared to women who received only a placebo. The research opens the door to a new way to prevent fractures among ...
Keeping it Moving
The bone, muscle and joint supplement segment presents plenty of demand, and manufacturers are working on developing improved solutions. There is no doubt that one’s bones, muscles and joints are important parts of the human body. On the surface, these parts in tandem define movement, and unfortunately, if there is a break in one of ...
Gluten-Free Certification Adds Plant-based to Meet Consumer Trends
As a BRC Global Standards company, Canada-based Allergen Control Group (ACG), owners of the Gluten-Free Certification Program (GFCP), announced the formation of two food industry stakeholder working groups to support the development and launch of the first internationally recognized and voluntary Plant-Based Certification Program (PBCP). A limited number of seats are still available for participation ...
Instacart, Whole Foods Relationship to End Next Year
California-based Instacart said it will stop delivering groceries for Whole Foods (Texas) next year, ending a partnership that has been under stress since Amazon.com, Inc. (Washington) bought the upmarket grocer last year. Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods in August 2017 has been a double-edged sword for Instacart, throwing the Whole Foods relationship into ...
New Farm Bill is Imminent as it Passes House and Senate
On the evening of Dec. 10, the 2018 Farm Bill House/Senate Conference Committee released its Conference Report. The 807-page document is nearly half a foot tall. Hemp is discussed in only a few handfuls of pages. As of press time, the Senate passed the bill on Dec. 11 by a vote of 87 to 13; ...
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