Petitioning the King, Organic Rules and Good Old Uncle Sam
As the growth of organic foods has created larger and larger corporate interest in the market, the traditional dance between the regulators, the regulated has gained increased scrutiny from various watchdog groups. Of course the dynamic driving these efforts is as old as time. The search for favoritism from rulers goes back to the days […]
Bodycare Claims Heat Up as Dr. Bronners Sues Hain, Others. We Need a Drink.
The natural products industry’s version of the WWF Smackdown has gotten a start this spring as a lawsuit by Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps and a counter suit from French organic certifier EcoCert have landed in San Francisco’s Superior Court. Bronner’s lawsuit charges that Avalon Organics, Jason Natural Products, Nature’s Gate, Ikove, Aveda, Juice Beauty, Head […]