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Optimum Nutrition Steps up Support for Community During Pandemic
Illinois-based Optimum Nutrition is investing in a broad effort to promote fitness and support those who keep America well. As COVID-19 puts extraordinary demands on health care workers, forces temporary gym closures and limits access to fitness resources, the brand is stepping up to fill resulting needs. Susan Tiso of the School of Nursing at ...
Organic & Natural Health Association Hosts “The Nourish Mint”
Industry conferences are central to conversations around new ingredients, products, manufacturing and distribution options. COVID-19 has put the brakes on many natural products industry conferences that were set to facilitate connections and key meetings, starting with Natural Products Expo West the first week of March. With dietary supplements being in higher demand than normal due ...
NPA Asks Candidates to Take Positions on Natural Products Ahead of 2020
The Natural Products Association (NPA) is asking candidates for office in 2020 to take positions on issues that impact the health of millions of Americans who are looking for ways to stay healthy during this critical time. The questionnaire, sent to all candidates running for the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, asks candidates to take positions ...
World Organic Corp. Donates $11,000 in Masks to the American Red Cross
California-based World Organic Corp. and the Licata family (owners) donated $11,000 worth of KN95 and 3-ply disposable face masks to the American Red Cross. The nearly 7,000 masks came with all the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) approvals. “We’ve been blessed to stay open as an essential business during this global health shutdown, and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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