Confidence should be a good thing, right?
You’d think any headline that had the words confidence and supplements in the same headline would be a good thing, right? Not so this past week as the dietary supplement…
Responsibility in Establishing and Maintaining FDA Audit Readiness
Continuing our plan to detail the regulatory and fundamental quality responsibilities that all brand manufacturers (especially online-only brands) need to embrace, this piece offers a short discussion about another responsibility/accountability…
The Confusing State of States’ Sales Tax
Confusion has been the consistent word whenever we speak of regulations and how they are interpreted and applied to the ecommerce retailer. Usually we are discussing the FDA or FTC…
A Purr-fect Visit to Global Pet Expo
Many of our readers have recently returned from the annual mega-event, Natural Products Expo West 2019. All of us who attended have the same notion of “I survived.” Expo West…
A rose by any other name – The Amazon CBD Story
The CBD and hemp conversation is extremely confusing right now, and perhaps nowhere more so than in a dialogue with e-tailing giant Amazon. Amazon has taken an apparently clear position…
Musings from SupplySide West 2018
Another SupplySide West into the books (year 19) and Mandalay Bay almost feels like home. I say ‘almost’ because it’s still not quite like those earlier days at the Venetian.…
Trust Transparency Center Awarded Coconut Coalition of the America’s Management Contract
Trust Transparency Center (TTC) announced today that it was awarded the management contract for the Coconut Coalition of the Americas (CCA). CCA is a DC-based not-for-profit (501c6) formed to steward the responsible growth and…
It is time to CARE about Supply Chain Accountability
Now, more than ever, supply chain accountability is imperative. It is not acceptable for a dietary supplement brand to turn over all responsibility for sourcing to the contract manufacturer without…
Musings from Expo East 2018
Like I’m sure it is for many, in the almost 20 years I’ve been working in this space, the events I have attended have pretty much become a blur. In…