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Select Vitamin World Stores to Close Nationwide
Store closing sales began on Nov. 22 at select Vitamin World locations – offering shoppers deep discounts on top brand names in health and wellness products and more. Since 1977, Vitamin World has been one of America’s largest retailers of health and wellness products for both men and women. Vitamin World filed for Chapter 11 ...
Trace Minerals Research’s Concentrace Wins Silver Medal for Best Mineral From National Nutrition
Trace Minerals Research (TMR, Utah) announced that ConcenTrace Trace Mineral Drops has been awarded a Silver Medal in the Best Mineral category by National Nutrition, an online retail store located in Orillia, Ontario, Canada with more than 50 team members and over 25 years of experience in the Canadian natural products industry. “It is such ...
Supplement Industry and Anti-Doping Agency Warn Consumers on SARMs
The dietary supplement industry’s leading trade associations and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) have joined in support of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent actions to protect consumers from body-building products containing selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) illegally marketed as dietary supplements. SARMs are dangerous and illegal, and they pose an immediate risk ...
MegaFood Announces Entire Line of Products Certified Glyphosate Residue Free
New Hampshire-based MegaFood announced that its entire line is now certified glyphosate residue free (GRF). The certification was granted by The Detox Project, an independent research and certification organization, after MegaFood submitted its products to an independent, third-party laboratory for testing and was found to have met The Detox Project’s standards. “We’re honored to be ...
CRN Applauds ITC Decision to Reject Amarin Complaint
Following the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) decision that it will not pursue an investigation requested by Amarin Pharma, Inc. (U.S. office in New Jersey) and Amarin Pharmaceuticals Ireland Ltd. concerning concentrated EPA omega-3 fish oil supplements, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) issued the following statement on October 30: Statement from Steve Mister, president ...
American Botanical Council Begins 30th Year
On November 1, 2017, the American Botanical Council (ABC) begins its 30th year of nonprofit service, providing reliable, science-based information on the responsible use of herbs, medicinal plants, other beneficial botanicals, essential oils, fungi and related materials. The independent nonprofit has members in countries around the globe, has received numerous awards, and is recognized as ...
Whole Foods 365 Market Closing Bellevue Square Location
About a year after 365 by Whole Foods Market opened in Bellevue Square, Bellevue, WA, the company announced it will close this location on October 21 at 10 p.m. The 365 by Whole Foods Market stores are the company’s sister brand, typically offering products at a lower price. “The decision was made by company leadership ...
Sprouts Announces New Store Openings, Including a First in Maryland
Sprouts Farmers Market announced nine new locations scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2018, including its first store in Maryland. Sprouts will open approximately 30 new stores across the country in 2018. The new Sprouts stores will open at the following locations: Albuquerque, NM – 5600 Coors Blvd. N.W. Ellicott City, MD – ...
FTC Complaint Against Quincy Bioscience Dismissed
On September 29, Judge Louis Stanton of the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York dismissed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) complaint against Wisconsin-based Quincy Bioscience, the makers of Prevagen. In January, the FTC and the NYAG charged the marketers of the dietary supplement Prevagen with making ...
U.S. Sales of Herbal Supplements Increase by 7.7 Percent in 2016
Consumers in the United States spent an estimated 7.7 percent more on herbal dietary supplements in 2016 than in the previous year, according to the recently published HerbalGram Herb Market Report for 2016. The report, which appears in issue 115 of the American Botanical Council’s (ABC’s) quarterly, peer-reviewed journal HerbalGram, shows strong, continued growth for ...
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