Articles by Shari Barbanel
NPA Urges IRS to Include Supplements as Qualified Medical Expenses
The Natural Products Association (NPA) urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to modernize IRS Publication 502 to expand “qualified medical expenses” to include nutritional and dietary supplements that carry U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-authorized health claims or structure-function claims. This update would allow consumers to use their Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), Flexible Spending Accounts ...
Greenvit Announces Opening of North American Headquarters
Greenvit (Zambrow, Poland) has announced the opening of its North American headquarters in Voorhees, NJ, along with a new warehouse in Fair Lawn, NJ. According to Greenvit CEO Rafal Pietruszyński, this expansion ensures faster, more efficient service to the U.S. nutraceutical industry while reinforcing Greenvit’s position as the trusted source for Green Label Botanicals – premium, clean-label ...
AHPA Launches Michael McGuffin Endowment Fund
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has announced the launch of the Michael McGuffin Endowment Fund, established in honor of late AHPA President Michael McGuffin, whose visionary leadership and dedication transformed the herbal products industry. The fund builds on McGuffin’s legacy of generosity and mentorship, providing meaningful support to individuals, companies and organizations across the herbal ...
JIAHERB Moves to Brea, CA
After 25 years as the industry leader in natural ingredient manufacturing, JIAHERB has announced the relocation of its California warehouse to a newly purchased, state-of-the-art facility in Brea, CA. All inventory from the company’s previous Anaheim warehouse will be moved to its new location by the end of August. JIAHERB said that this strategic move ...
OmniActive’s Facilities Achieve NSF-GMP Certification
OmniActive Health Technologies (Mumbai, India, and Bridgewater, NJ) has announced that both its manufacturing facilities in Pune and Hosur, India have achieved good manufacturing practice (GMP) compliance certification from NSF International. The certification was awarded under NSF/ANSI 173, Section 8, which includes requirements from the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and current good manufacturing practices ...
PNN Announces New Dates For Palm Springs Expo
The Positively Natural Network (PNN), a not-for-profit trade association for independent natural products retailers, manufacturers, brokers and related businesses, has announced new dates for its annual Naturally Independent Expo (NIE). The event will now be held Nov. 14-15 at the Palm Springs Convention Center in Palms Springs, CA. “We strongly feel that these new Expo ...
FDA Takes Steps to Restrict 7-OH Opioid Products
On July 29, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took “bold steps” to protect American consumers from dangerous illegal opioids. The agency recommended a scheduling action to control certain 7-hydroxymitragyine (7-OH) products under the Controlled Substances Act. According to FDA, 7-OH is increasingly recognized for numerous health and safety issues because of its ability ...
Nuherbs Celebrate 45th Anniversary With Schisandra FairWild Certification
Nuherbs (San Leandro, CA) is marking its 45th year as a leading importer of Chinese herbal formulas and premium Chinese herbs with the notable achievement of FairWild certification for Schisandra. Led by Wilson Lau, the third generation of his family in the Chinese herb import trade, Nuherbs has been working toward this achievement for several ...
PLT Releases New Consumer Research on the Effects of ‘Mood’ in the Sports and Active Nutrition Category
PLT Health Solutions, Inc. (Morristown, NJ) has announced the release of new consumer research on how cognitive states – or mood – affect their sports and active lives. The report – Feeling Active – reviews a study of 546 people in five countries on a broad range of topics ranging from thoughts on mental energy, stress, sleep ...
Colorcon Celebrates Grand Opening of New Manufacturing Facility in Malaysia
Colorcon (Harleysville, PA and Johor, Malaysia) has announced the grand opening of a new, state-of-the-art film coating manufacturing facility in Johor, Malysia. The 200,000-square-foot facility will immediately employ 30 people and will serve as the production hub for film coatings in the Asia Pacific region. Designed with cutting-edge technology and energy-efficient systems, the new plant ...
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