The Natural Products Association (NPA) along with the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) and the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) have called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to elevate their Division of Dietary Supplement Programs (DDSP) in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition to an Office.

DDSP is the science and policy division created after DSHEA to handle enforcement decisions for the $35-plus billion dollar dietary supplement industry as well as products illegally masquerading as dietary supplements. The aforementioned trade associations support FDA’s move to elevate the division to a separate office in order to prioritize the effective regulation of dietary supplements and enforce against tainted products and those with hidden ingredients.

To view the joint letter to the FDA, visit www.npainfo.org/app_themes/npa/docs/regulatorylegislative/fda/dstatofda_ddsptooffice_final.pdf.