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Sixth Sense: Skin—Marketing and Munching

Marie Spano, M.S., R.D., a nutrition communications expert and food industry consultant; and Maryellen Molyneaux , president of The Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), gave same tips on how to approach healthy skin via nutrition, and insights on the skin health market and ...More
July 29, 2010
Posted in Articles, Business Issues, Formulation, Ingredients
Bathroom Wars

The founder and director of the Organic Consumers Association, Ronnie Cummins, recently compared the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to the pervasive use of petrochemcials in conventional cosmetic products. ...More
June 24, 2010
Posted in Blog, Formulation, Ingredients
NPA Requiring All-Natural Fragrances Receive Certification

Beginning Sept. 1, 2010, the Natural Products Association (NPA) will require all-natural fragrances in finished natural products to receive certification in its Natural Standard for Personal Care Products program. ...More
June 21, 2010
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Whole Foods Requires Certification for Organic Personal Care Products

All personal care products and cosmetics making an “organic” claim sold in Whole Foods Market’s U.S. stores must be third-party certified by June 1, 2011, according to a press release from the natural products store. ...More
June 21, 2010
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EFSA Denies L’Oréal, Nestlé’s Nutricosmetic Dry Skin Claim

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) denied Innéov’s—L’Oréal and Nestlé’s joint nutricosmetic venture—dry skin health claim for its ingestible softgel containing blackcurrant seed oil, fish oil, lycopene, vitamin C and vitamin E. ...More
May 25, 2010
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Beehive Botanicals Responds to FDA Sting

The owner of Beehive Botanicals says the company is moving quickly to resolve last week’s product seizure and FDA charges, with the goal of resuming manufacturing operations within weeks. ...More
April 9, 2010
Posted in News
U.S. Marshals Seize Products at Beehive Botanicals

U.S. Marshals carried out a seizure of consumer products at Beehive Botanicals, after FDA warned the company about making medical claims for its bee-derived products. ...More
April 6, 2010
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QAI, NaTrue, Organic Personal Care

Quality Assurance International (QAI) and NaTrue, Brussels, Belgium, entered an agreement that allows companies certified to NSF/ANSI Standard 305 in the United States to simultaneously garner NaTrue certification in the EU. ...More
March 15, 2010
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Consumer Union Files Organic Personal Care Complaint

Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, and the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), filed a petition with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting action on the widespread and blatantly deceptive labeling practices of several “organic” personal ...More
March 12, 2010
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Dr. Bronner’s Organic Lawsuit

The California courts granted the motions filed by the defendants to dismiss for lack of subject-matter and failure to state a claim in favor of the defendants in the Dr. Bronner lawsuit. ...More
January 4, 2010
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