Independent retailers and young entrepreneurs are joining with large retailers and big CPGs in meaningful ways—making access to more sustainable products a reality and innovating for impact.
The American Herbal Products Association wants the FDA to define "natural" and similar terms to "ensure that customers are not misled" by manufacturers who use the term incorrectly.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition supported a regulatory definition of "natural" in labeling food products when it submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration this week.
Politics is a scary word. It signifies division, frustration and irreconcilable differences, and as a retailer selling wellness, you know to tread lightly. Yet at the same time, so many aspects of our daily lives—as consumers, as businesspeople...
Organic food and fiber in the U.S. are growing despite themselves. Even last week Miles McEvoy, deputy administrator of the National Organic Program, touted the double-digit growth of certified operations in the U.S. which are now 21,000, with 31...
The American Herbal Products Association has endorsed two proposed Senate bills that would ease restrictions on marijuana and help consumers benefit from the medicinal properties of cannabis.
The bill, introduced last week to a House committee, would limit the number of families and schools eligible for free and reduced-price meals at schools, says a nonprofit that fights hunger.
Pharmaceutical levels — or higher — of the stimulant oxilofrine were found in more than half of the dietary supplements tested in a recently published study. The FDA has contacted seven companies about misusing the substance.
