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An interview with Mike Leventini, president of Petaluma Poultry, reveals how traceability is in the company’s genes—and how HarvestMark helps communicate that to Petaluma’s consumers.

Retailers and fresh food suppliers take note: Coleman Natural Foods, a leading producer of organic and free range poultry, just launched HarvestMark traceability on its poultry products. But the technology delivers so much more than a consumer to farm connection.

An FDA warning letter to sports nutrition brand CytoSport says the company’s use of the word “milk” is in violation of regulatory requirements. The letter contradicts an FTC non-action filed a year ago that found the label was not deceptive to consumers.

Industry experts help settle the battle over semantics (GE, GM, GMO?) so we all can focus on what really matters—the battle to remove these biotech foods from agriculture. Here are the most commonly used terms surrounding genetic engineering, explained.

Get your tweets noticed—and learn how to join the natural and organic conversation—with these commonly used Twitter hashtags in the natural products industry.

Supplement adulteration is the scourge of industry, but a new innovation from TruTag Technologies offers a cheap, covert way to combat counterfeiting. The tiny, edible silica microtags used previously in medicine and food are now showing up on supplements.

The Dietary Supplement Labeling Act has industry alarmed, but a recent NewHope360 interview with Steve Mister, president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition, reveals that there may not be much to be worried about.

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Stephen Stefano, Author – Leading Through Values; Passion and Ice was the opening keynote for the second day of sessions at the 2010 NBJ Summit. Pharamceuitcal industry and how it relates to the natural products industry and areas for opportunity.

Regulation and LegislationSupplements

New bill may allow consumers to buy supplements with healthcare dollars

July 5, 2011

A recently proposed bill—the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011—would allow dietary supplements to be purchased with Health Savings and Flex Spending account dollars.

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