COVID-19
2020 CRN Survey Reveals Focus on Vitamins and Minerals
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) issued results of the 2020 CRN Consumer Survey revealing that for the fourth year in a row, nearly three-quarters of Americans report taking dietary supplements. Though this year’s percentage, 73 percent, does indicate a decrease in usage by four percentage points from the high-point in 2019, it is still ...
Gaia Herbs & United Way Donate Hand Sanitizer to 13,500 K-12 Students
Gaia Herbs, a North Carolina-based natural herbal products brand, has partnered with United Way of Henderson County in North Carolina to donate 13,500 2-oz. bottles of CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)-approved hand sanitizer to students in the Henderson County Public Schools District (HCPS). The hand sanitizers will be included in a health and safety ...
Expo West 2021 Rescheduled to May 24-27
In a “community message,” Lacey Gautier, group director with Informa Markets, the company that organizes New Hope Network’s Natural Products Expo West, announced that the show’s 2021 installment in Anaheim, CA has now been pushed back an additional 12 weeks from March 2-6, 2021 to May 24-27, 2021. According to Gautier, “The health and safety ...
NRF Launches “New Holiday Traditions” Campaign
By any measure, this holiday season will be unlike any other, and the National Retail Federation (NRF) is launching a nationwide consumer education campaign called “New Holiday Traditions” to encourage consumers to shop safe and shop early amidst the coronavirus pandemic. “This is going to be a historic holiday season and while some memorable traditions ...
SENPA Board Announces SOHO Expo 2020 Is On
SENPA, a non-profit trade organization and its Board of Directors, has announced that the 50th annual SOHO Expo will be held as planned on Dec. 10-13, 2020 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, FL. Though SENPA and its Board originally established an Oct. 1 deadline to make this decision, after seeing ...
Oleandrin Not to be Used as a Dietary Supplement Says FDA
On Sept. 4, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected an application to market Oleandrin as a dietary supplement, weeks after MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell promoted the extract as a potential treatment for the coronavirus to President Donald Trump and White House officials, according to Forbes. The FDA concluded that Oleandrin cannot legally be considered ...
Infinity Superfoods Voluntarily Discontinues Social Media and Blog Post for Infinity-C
Following an inquiry by the National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs, California-based Infinity Superfoods discontinued a social media post and related blog posts for its Infinity-C dietary supplement. Through its routine monitoring program, NAD challenged Infinity Superfoods’ social media post for Infinity-C including an image with the text: • “The Link Between Vitamin C and the Coronavirus” and associated ...
Do Children Spread COVID-19?
Two recent studies have different conclusions about children spreading COVID-19. First, a commentary published in the journal Pediatrics, concludes that children infrequently transmit COVID-19 to each other or to adults and that many schools, provided they follow appropriate social distancing guidelines and take into account rates of transmission in their community, can and should reopen ...
The Quest for Immune Support
Caring for one’s immune system now is more critical than ever. Manufacturers are doing their part to provide support. At present, society has been living in a pandemic due to COVID-19 for more than six months, and still, many questions remain unanswered about the virus. Amid the speculation, retailers and manufacturers alike are unable to ...
Pets Take Center Stage
Pet health product sales soar during COVID-19. “Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.” This quote, made famous by George Eliot, a Victorian novelist, aptly describes the relationship many Americans have with their pets. Be it a hamster, rabbit, cat, dog or any other four-legged friend, Americans love their companion ...
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