History

The HFMA was created in 1965 by a forward-thinking Maurice Hanssen and Jimmy Lee Richardson, and since then has grown to become a highly respected and influential organisation offering support, advice and protection to its member companies.

There were 5 founding companies:

Alfonal Ltd
Granose Foods Ltd
Heath and Heather Ltd
MCI Publishing Company Ltd
W Prewett Ltd

Maurice was a true visionary who more than any other person can claim to have helped the HFMA to become the ‘Voice of the natural health industry’. He passed away in 2005 and his obituary can be seen here. In 2006 the HFMA’s Award of Honour, this industry’s most prestigious award, was renamed the ‘Maurice Hanssen Award of Honour’ in his memory.

The HFMA was created in 1965 by a forward-thinking Maurice Hanssen, and since then has grown to become a highly respected and influential organisation offering support, advice and protection to its member companies. Maurice was a true visionary who more than any other person can claim to have helped the HFMA to become the ‘Voice of the natural health industry’.

A timeline of the key events in the history of the HFMA can be seen here, and there is a graphical representation of this here.

In 2005, to mark the Association’s 40th anniversary, Maurice Hanssen, who was then the President of the HFMA, wrote this article to mark this auspicious occasion.