Daniel Fabricant
NPA Opposes Vaccine Mandates
The Natural Products Association (NPA) is petitioning the U.S. Court of Appeals to declare the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate unlawful, warning that it will have an immediate adverse impact on employers, including those in the natural products industry. “We are sounding the alarm today because we have serious concerns this extreme regulation imposes an unrealistic ...
Associations Comment on the Nomination of Robert M. Califf for FDA Commissioner
On Nov. 12, President Biden announced that he will nominate Robert M. Califf, MD for commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Califf is an internationally recognized expert in clinical trial research, health disparities, health care quality and cardiovascular medicine. He has nearly four decades of experience as a doctor, researcher, leader and ...
NPA Files Citizen Petition with FDA
In a Citizen’s Petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (NPA), the Natural Products Association (NPA) requested that N-acetyl-L-cysteine (“NAC”) not be excluded from the definition of a dietary supplement. “The Food and Drug Administration has not established a public health risk for NAC,” said Daniel Fabricant, PhD, president and CEO of NPA. “Not ...
Associations Denounce FDA Rejection of NDI Notifications for Hemp Extract Containing CBD
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the Natural Products Association (NPA) have denounced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) rejection of two new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications for full-spectrum hemp extract containing cannabidiol (CBD)—and urged Congress to act on pending legislative proposals that require the agency to address the lack of regulation of hemp-derived ...
New Draft Legislation Sets Safe Level of Consumption for CBD Products
New draft legislation includes a provision directing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to set a safe level of consumption for CBD products. The provision is part of a broader bill introduced by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that would decriminalize cannabis at the federal level. “Setting a safe level of consumption for CBD products ...
NPA Grassroots and Lobbying Efforts Block NY Bill to Restrict Access to Supplements
According to Natural Products Association’s (NPA), due to its grassroots network, a bill in the New York State Assembly that would ban the sale of safe and legal dietary supplements to consumers under the age of 18, was pulled from consideration late Thursday, June 10. NPA said its successful campaign against the bill, asking members ...
New Legislation Would Expand Access to Nutritional Supplements
New legislation introduced (S. 1654) in the U.S. Senate by Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) would expand health savings accounts (HSA), health reimbursement arrangements and flexible spending accounts (FSA) to cover dietary supplements. This effort is part of a broader effort by the Natural Products Association (NPA) to expand access to nutritional supplements for underserved communities through programs ...
NAI Becomes First Company to Meet New SSCI Benchmarking Standards
Natural Alternatives International (NAI, Carlsbad, CA) has become the first company to meet new safety and benchmarking standards created by the Supplement Safety & Compliance Initiative (SSCI). The announcement follows a more than five-year effort by the world’s leading nutritional supplement retailers—including Walmart and GNC—in collaboration with the Natural Products Association (NPA) and its members, to ...
NPA Grassroots Campaign Blocks Bill to Slash Supplement Sales in Illinois
A grassroots campaign by the Natural Products Association (NPA) in Illinois successfully blocked the introduction of legislation that would restrict access to nutritional supplements. In last year’s session, legislation (HB 3948) was introduced in Illinois that would prohibit the sale of healthy, safe and legal products to minors and require supplements like protein powder to ...
Vilsack Hearing Shines Spotlight on Food Insecurity and Need to Expand Access to Nutritional Supplements
As the Senate Agriculture Committee considers the nomination of Tom Vilsack to be the next U.S. Agriculture Secretary, the Natural Products Association (NPA) is calling for an expansion of federal food assistance programs. As part of a multi-pronged approach, NPA is supporting policies that would cover nutritional supplements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Special ...
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