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Venable LLP Issues Client Alert on EPR Laws
As of October 2025, seven states (California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington) have passed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws. These laws are intended to reduce packaging waste and improve recycling by holding producers financially and operationally responsible for the end-of-life management of their products, according to a client alert issued by Venable LLP. ...
Industry Update: Winter 2025
Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) talks to industry leaders about the most pressing issues facing the natural products niche today. The panel: Chase Johnston, Vice President of Operations, Arjuna Naturals, Irving, TX, https://arjunanatural.com Daniel Fabricant, President & CEO, Natural Products Association (NPA), Washington, D.C., www.npanational.org Doug Lynch, CEO & Founder, Marketwell Nutrition, Princeton, NJ, www.marketwellnutrition.com Graham ...
Naturally Beautiful: The Growing Market for Natural Products in the Hair, Skin & Nails Market
What new products, delivery systems and trends are pushing this market forward now? The hair, skin and nails category has always been an interesting one in the marketplace. Ads from the early 19th century boast everything from hair color restoration (be gone, gray strands) to freckle elimination, rough skin smoother, and the banning of baldness. ...
AHPA President Michael McGuffin Dies at 73
On Feb. 17, 2025, longtime American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) President Michael McGuffin died at age 73. According to a memorial posted on the AHPA website, for 25 years, McGuffin served as the association’s president, leaving behind an indelible mark on the natural products industry through his steadfast advocacy for reasonable regulations and proactive self-governance. ...
So, You Received a Demand Letter
Sometimes it’s fun checking the mail. Sometimes it isn’t. Like other industries, companies operating in the hyper-competitive natural products space may receive, from time to time, a demand letter from an attorney, outlining a purported legal claim by a consumer or competitor. While there is no immunity from such letters, knowledge is power and can ...
Women’s Issues Were Top-of-Mind at SupplySide East and Vitafoods Europe
Women’s issues were trending at spring nutraceutical trade show events held in the States, as well as in Europe. Women in Nutraceuticals (WIN), a nonprofit organization focused on achieving economic and societal equity to change the global nutraceutical industry, partnered with Informa Networks to host a session titled “Formulating for Women: What’s Hot & What’s ...
CRN Refutes NPA’s Comments on its Support of Dietary Supplement Listing Act
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) released a statement saying that it has responded to “false information being propagated on social media and other platforms by the Natural Products Association (NPA) regarding effects of the bi-partisan Dietary Supplement Listing Act, as well as the nature of CRN’s support for the proposal and Sen. Richard Durbin’s ...
Long Live Us All
A new year means we are all older—but for those in their 40s and above, this means maintaining, if not improving, health to kick “age” to the curb. And this is how you can help lead the new age-evolution. The recent passing of television legend Betty White at age 99, a scant three weeks ahead ...
In Memoriam: James S. Turner, 81, Esq., Chairman & President, Citizens for Health
James S. Turner, Esq., Chairman and President of Citizens for Health (CFH), passed away suddenly at his Washington, D.C. home on January 25th; he was 81. One of Ralph Nader’s original “Nader’s Raiders,” Turner co-wrote the 1970 book, The Chemical Feast: Ralph Nader’s Study Group Report on the Food and Drug Administration. Time Magazine commented at the ...
Obiturary: Paul C. Ross (1931-2021), Bioforce USA Founder & Chairman
Paul C. Ross, a resident of Millbrook, NY and formerly New York City, passed away at his home on Dec. 22, 2021. He was born in New York on Jan. 4, 1931 to George and Diana Ross. He attended Friends Seminary in New York and graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio, where he earned a ...
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