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New Survey Shows Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on Natural Products Industry
A new survey by the Natural Products Association (NPA) shows how hard the natural products industry has been hit by the COVID-19 crisis. According to the survey, one in four natural products businesses were unable to submit their application. Twenty-four percent of businesses who reapplied for a PPP (Payback Protection Plan) loan received one. This new survey is a follow ...
Gaia Manufactures & Donates Hand Sanitizer to Frontline Workers
Gaia Herbs, a North-Carolina-based natural herbal products brand, has increased production and is using its alcohol-based operations to manufacture CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)-approved hand sanitizer in response to the COVID-19 situation. The sanitizer will be donated to local community first responders including health care workers, farm workers, government officials and other essential ...
Vitamin D Linked to Low Virus Death Rate, Study Finds
A new study has found an association between low average levels of vitamin D and high numbers of COVID-19 cases and mortality rates across 20 European countries. The research, led by Dr. Lee Smith of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU, U.K.) and Petre Cristian Ilie, lead urologist of Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust, ...
MadeGood Foods Expands Philanthropic Efforts to Ease COVID-19 Stress
Canada-based granola snack creator MadeGood Foods is continuing to support communities and neighborhoods across North America during these unprecedented times. In response to COVID-19, MadeGood has donated nearly $250,000 in food and funds to Community Food Centres Canada (CFCC), Food Banks Canada and Chicago,IL non-profits I Grow Chicago and Marillac St. Vincent. This month, the company said it is ramping up ...
Free Hemp-CBD Status Report Updated
To help the herbal products industry understand the evolving regulatory landscape for hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products, the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has updated its free Hemp-CBD Status Report to include recent actions taken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The April 2020 revisions to ...
Texas Proposes CBD Legislation
Texas recently released new proposed rules to regulate consumable hemp and CBD products. The new proposal from Texas comes on the heels of a new Virginia law regulating CBD as a food product. The proposal released by the Texas Department of State Health Services would: • Create rules related to the manufacturing, processing and distribution of consumable hemp products ...
Best Formulations to Make/Donate Hand Sanitizers to Aid in COVID-19 Relief
Best Formulations, a California-based supplement contract manufacturer, is stepping up amidst these uncertain times to re-tool machinery and create up to 100,000 sanitizers to donate to those in need in the Los Angeles community in support of COVID-19 relief. The initiative, known to the Best Formulations team as “Project WAWU (We are With You),” is the ...
Rowdy Bars & JDRF Team Up to Benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research
For the month of May, Nevada-based Rowdy Bars will be donating a portion of its online sales to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) to help raise funding and awareness toward the treatment, prevention, and cure of type 1 diabetes. “JDRF has been leading the fight for new therapies and a cure to type 1 diabetes ...
SENPA Reschedules SOHO Healthfest, Cancels Road Shows
SENPA announced a new date for SOHO Healthfest, originally scheduled for May 29-31. SOHO Healthfest will now take place Aug. 14-16, 2020 at the Omni Mandalay at Las Colinas in Dallas, TX. SOHO Healthfest is one of the annual natural products industry trade shows produced by SENPA, a non-profit, membership-based trade association. The exhibition is ...
Virginia Becomes First State to Regulate CBD as a Food Product
Virginia became the first state in the nation to pass legislation regulating CBD as a food product, according to the Natural Products Association (NPA). NPA President and CEO Daniel Fabricant, PhD, offered to meet with Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to discuss CBD regulations, and work with his administration to protect consumers. NPA’s letter to Gov. Northam can ...
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