Rhode Island
UNFI Working to Restore Operations After Cyberattack
On June 5, United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI, Providence, RI) suffered from a cyberattack, when the company noticed “unauthorized activity” on some of its information technology (IT) systems. According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, UNFI activated its incident response plan, which involved taking certain systems offline, impacting the company’s ability ...
UNFI Lays Off Employees in Rhode Island and Indiana
Rhode Island-based United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) announced it will lay off 121 people from its Lincoln, RI office. The company also said it will close both the Lincoln office and an additional office in Providence, RI. UNFI plans to consolidate both offices into a new headquarters in Providence. As reported by The Providence Journal, ...
UNFI Lays Off More Than 200 Employees
United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI, Providence, RI) laid off 277 workers from its billing, invoice and payroll department at its office in Phoenix, AZ. UNFI developed a three-year plan that aims to “increase customer and supplier value, expand margins, generate free cash flow and reduce leverage,” the company said. In its fourth quarter earnings report ...
NPA Says California Bill Restricting Supplement Access Should Be Vetoed
On August 25, the Natural Products Association (NPA) called the passage of a California bill to restrict access to dietary supplements a slap in the face to public health and consumer choice. The California bill, AB 1341, restricts access to dietary supplements and in certain situations requires a prescription to access these health products. While ...
RI Legislation Restricting Dietary Supplement Accessibility Fails to Move Past State’s House of Representatives
Although the Rhode Island State Senate on June 7 approved an amended version of S. 2613, which prohibits the sale of certain dietary supplements to youths under the age of 18, the legislation has failed to move forward in the state’s House of Representatives. The state legislature adjourned on June 30 and the bill must ...
Rhode Island Senate Passes Amended Legislation Restricting Dietary Supplement Accessibility
On June 7, the Rhode Island State Senate approved an amended version of S. 2613, which prohibits the sale of certain dietary supplements to youths under the age of 18. The original version would have prohibited dietary supplements from being directly accessible to customers and mandate that only retail clerks may have access to them; ...
Rhode Island Senate Considers Legislation Restricting Dietary Supplement Accessibility
The Rhode Island State Senate is advancing through the chamber S. 2613, which prohibits dietary supplements from being directly accessible to customers and mandates that only retail clerks may have access. While the bill does not regulate internet sales of dietary supplements in Rhode Island, it requires brick and mortar retailers to post a warning ...
Rhode Island is Latest State to Target Dietary Supplements with Excessive Regulation
Rhode Island’s state legislature is considering legislation that is similar to new rules passed in California and New York that would require all retailers to move safe sand legal nutritional supplements behind the counter, prohibit their sales to people under the age of 18 and levy fines of up to $2,000 for those who do ...
Senators Encourage Colleagues to Co-Sponsor Designer Anabolic Steroid Act
Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) have issued a Senate Dear Colleague letter encouraging their colleagues to co-sponsor the recently introduced Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act (DASCA) 0f 2014. The bill would empower the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with new tools to identify and quickly respond when new designer anabolic steroids are introduced and falsely ...
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