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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 ...
Oregon Adopts Temporary Rule Prohibiting Unsubstantiated COVID-19 Claims
The Oregon Department of Justice (OR DOJ) has temporarily adopted a rule declaring it “unfair and deceptive” (and thus unlawful) to represent that any product “will prevent, treat, diagnose, mitigate, or cure coronavirus, COVID-19 or a related condition, without first having competent and reliable scientific evidence upon which to base a reasonable belief in the ...
Colorado Governor Orders the Closure of Health Food Stores
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis in contravention of guidance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ordered the closure of health food stores during the COVID-19 public health crisis. Gov. Polis’s order will restrict access to a wide range of essential products sold by health food stores, including, water, electrolytes, nutritional supplements, healthy food options and other health-related ...
NPA Launches Job Board for Member Companies
As millions of Americans across the country face unemployment and economic hardship during the COVID-19 crisis, the Natural Products Association (NPA) launched a new job board offering employment opportunities in the natural products industry. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently declared that supplement retailers and manufacturers are essential businesses. “We want to do ...
Sprouts Farmers Market to Expand Grocery Pickup
Sprouts Farmers Market (HQ in Arizona) will expand its grocery pickup service with Instacart to all of its more than 340 stores by early May as an added convenience for shoppers during this time of need. The rapid expansion will first roll out to Los Angeles and Central California locations. Additional local market expansion details ...
SupplySide East 2020 Canceled
As a result of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Informa Markets announced that SupplySide East 2020 has been canceled. The event will return April 13-14, 2021 at Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, NJ. “While team SupplySide hopes that our entire country is well on the mend by late June, we believe the decision to cancel the ...
GNC Announces Furlough, Hiring Freezes
Pennsylvania-based GNC Holdings, Inc. announced that as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it had to initiative several cost-saving measures, including furloughs and a hiring freeze. Specifically, the company noted that there will be: • A reduction in operating expenses including a hiring freeze, eliminating corporate merit increases and other cost-saving initiatives • A decrease ...
NOW Joins PETA’s Beauty Without Bunnies Cruelty-free Program
Illinois-based NOW Health Group has signed on to the PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) Beauty Without Bunnies program in order to help consumers quickly recognize that all NOW Solutions personal care products and essential oils are cruelty-free. NOW has a company-wide ban on animal testing, one of the main requirements for the ...
Charlotte Figi, Who Inspired CBD Movement, is Dead at 13
Charlotte Figi, the 13-year-old girl with epilepsy who helped ignite a medical-cannabis movement, has died from complications suspected to be coronavirus related, according to a Tuesday Facebook announcement. She would be the youngest Colorado resident to die from COVID-19 if officials confirm the cause, The Colorado Sun reported. Charlotte Figi withher father, Matt Figi,in 2014.Photo Credit:Brennan Linsley On ...
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