Prestige Brands will launch a six-SKU line of Prell botanical shampoos and conditioners in late September as an expansion of the brand it purchased from Procter & Gamble in November (1"The Rose Sheet" Nov. 15, 1999, In Brief).

Procter & Gamble sells hair care line to Prestige Brands, a newly-formed consumer products firm. The Bonita Springs, Fla.-based company's Nov. 1 acquisition marks its "first of a number of anticipated acquisitions," Prestige Brands says. P&G has been looking for a buyer for the underperforming brand since May (1"The Rose Sheet" May 10, In Brief). In 1998, Prell represented less than 1% of P&G's global beauty business. Details of the deal were not disclosed

With a push from the Organic Consumers Association, the National Organic Standards Board is recommending that the use of nanotechnology be strictly prohibited from products certified under the National Organic Program