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Herbalife to Restructure and Pay $200 M to Settle FTC Charges
Herbalife International of America, Inc., Herbalife International, Inc. and Herbalife, Ltd. have agreed to fully restructure their U.S. business operations and pay $200 million to compensate consumers to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the companies deceived consumers into believing they could earn substantial money selling diet, nutritional supplement and personal care products. In ...
AAK Acquires CalOils
AAK (Edison, NJ) has acquired the leading West Coast-based vegetable oils company California Oils Corporation from Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan. California Oils Corporation, also known as CalOils, had last year revenues of approximately SEK 1,350 million ($157 million) and a volume of approximately 110,000 MT, with 65 employees. “A strong presence on the U.S. West ...
Alkemist Labs, USP & Phenomenex Host Dietary Supplement Chromatography Forum
Alkemist Labs (Costa Mesa, CA) United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP, Rockville, MD) and Phenomenex Inc. will present a “Southern California Dietary Supplements Chromatography Forum” on Thursday July 28, 2016. This free event will be hosted at the Phenomenex office in Torrance, CA from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Experts will discuss current challenges and opportunities ...
NPA Seeks Vitamin Inclusion in WIC Program
The Natural Products Association (NPA) recently submitted comments to the Institute of Medicine advocating for expanding access to vitamins for low-income mothers and children. NPA submitted its comments as part of a Congressionally mandated study that will examine the impact of expanding the supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) to cover certain ...
GMO Food Labeling Bill Passes In The Senate
According to a Reuters report, the U.S. Senate on Thursday, July 7, approved legislation that would for the first time require food to carry labels listing genetically-modified ingredients, which labeling supporters say could create loopholes for some U.S. crops. The Senate voted 63-30 for the bill that would display GMO contents with words, pictures or ...
Homeopathic Association Works with FDA to Educate Manufacturers
The American Association of Homeopathic Pharmacists’ (AAHP) latest educational webinar illustrates the homeopathic industry fostering a relationship with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure the highest quality of safe medicines to retailers, consumers and health practitioners across the U.S. Per the request of AAHP, the agency provided staff to present updates on its Compliance Policy for homeopathic products directly to ...
ChromaDex Receives Retraction and Apology from Author of Inaccurate Article
ChromaDex Corp. (Irvine, CA), a leading provider of proprietary science-backed technologies and analytical services for dietary supplement, food and beverage, skincare, sports nutrition and pharmaceutical products, announced that an article by Bleecker Street Research published on Seeking Alpha on June 20, 2016 has been removed and replaced with an apology from the author. The following ...
OnlineLabels.com Launches Free Tools to Make Product Label Updates Easier
OnlineLabels.com is updating and adding brand new tools and content for their users in response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcing new format changes to nutrition facts found on food labels. The label retailer recently re-launched their free nutrition label generator to include the new required format in order to ease the ...
Wilson Lau to Chair AHPA Board of Trustees
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) Executive Committee has appointed Wilson Lau as chair of the AHPA Board of Trustees until March 2017. Lau is the vice president of sales at nuherbs Company and has served on the AHPA board since 2008. He is also chair of AHPA’s Tea and Infusion Products Committee. “AHPA appreciates ...
Once Again Nut Butter Expands Peanut Facility
Once Again Nut Butter, an organic and natural nut butter manufacturer and nut ingredient supplier for 40 years, has announced the launch of its newly expanded peanut facility. On June 2, Once Again cut the ribbon on the facility in Nunda, NY. The employee-owned company located in the small rural community of Nunda (population of 800 ...
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