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![[Video] Vitamin Retailer Interviews Karen Howard, CEO/Executive Director, Organic & Natural](https://vitaminretailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/video-vitamin-retailer-interview-3-231x300-1682115327.jpg)
[Video] Vitamin Retailer Interviews Karen Howard, CEO/Executive Director, Organic & Natural
Karen Howard, CEO & Executive Director, Organic & Natural Health Association, met with Vitamin Retailer to discuss the association’s new board member appointees, latest initiatives, goals for the future and more.
CRN: Supplements Play an Important Role in Prenatal Nutrition
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has responded to a recent study published in the American Journal for Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) that looked at the levels of certain nutrients in some dietary supplements often taken or marketed to pregnant women. The researchers examined the diets of pregnant study participants in the United States and determined ...
NOW Reports on Fraudulent Products Sold on Amazon Mimicking Prominent Industry Brands
NOW (Bloomingdale, IL) reported that it recently discovered multiple fraudulent supplements sold on Amazon mimicking the NOW brand as well as another prominent supplement brand. NOW began investigating after being notified by several consumers about suspicious NOW branded products they had purchased. NOW said it discovered that one fraudulent company, operating under the name of ...
CRN: FDA Must Prioritize Supplements, Facilitate Stronger Collaboration and Improved Communication
Any reorganization structure for human foods proposed by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must include dietary supplements and the new deputy commissioner must be accountable for supplement regulation, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) President & CEO Steve Mister and SVP Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Andrea Wong, PhD, stated in a letter to FDA ...
St. Paul Legacy Business Mastel’s Health Foods to Live on Through New Owners
Mastel’s Health Foods (St. Paul, MN), an independently owned health food store that won Vitamin Retailer‘s 2021 Retailer of the Year award, has announced that it will now be owned and operated by two of its current employees. After years of dedicated service to the store, general manager Lauren Gaffney and marketing manager Alina Hornfeldt ...
Natural Grocers Debuts Free Personalized Shopping Experience with Nutritional Health Coach
Natural Grocers has announced its Personalized Shopping Experience at select stores. This free service provided by Natural Grocers is designed with the customer in mind. The Nutritional Health Coach (NHC) will customers them as they shop, offering expert product knowledge and recommending products to support their personal goals, the company stated. During a free one-on-one Personalized ...
Clorox Attempting to Sell Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements Business
Bleach maker Clorox Co. has been seeking to divest its vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) business after efforts to scale it led to major losses, according to four people familiar with the situation. The VMS business represents just 3 percent of Clorox’s total net sales, yet in 2021 it forced it to take a $267 ...
NOW Reveals Testing Results of Bromelain Supplements Purchased on Amazon
NOW continued its award-winning industry self-policing program of testing unfamiliar brands found on Amazon, this time on Bromelain, according to the company. The testing revealed some of the most abysmal results since the program began six years ago, the company stated. Although NOW has shared this information widely, with the goal of addressing bad quality ...
FDA Launches New Directory of Ingredients Used in Products Marketed as Dietary Supplements
On March 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began unveiling its new Dietary Supplement Ingredient Directory, a webpage where the public can look up ingredients used in products marketed as dietary supplements and quickly find what the FDA has said about that ingredient and whether the agency has taken any action with regard ...
Natural Grocers Kicks off 5th Annual Beat the Time Change Blues Event
Natural Grocers wanted to help make the time change adjustment a bit more enjoyable with its fifth annual Beat the Time Change Blues event, March 11 – 14, 2023. The event is intentionally slated to run before and after the actual time change to soften the blow of “losing an hour.” Customers will enjoy savings, free samples ...
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