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Relaunched Dietary Supplement Caucus Receives Broad Industry Support
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), Natural Products Association (NPA), and United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) have announced their unified support of the re-establishment of the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus (CDSC). The caucus’ request for registration as a Congressional Member Organization (CMO) for the ...
Industry Questions FDA Policy Notice on NDIs
On May 20, FDA’s (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of a draft guidance, “Policy Regarding Certain New Dietary Ingredients and Dietary Supplements Subject to the Requirement for Pre-market Notification.” Under the new policy described in this draft ...
NPA Files Citizen’s Petition With FDA on Specific CBD Relief
On Feb. 22, in a Citizen’s Petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Natural Products Association (NPA) requested the FDA either: Determine cannabidiol (CBD) is not excluded from the definition of a dietary supplement under 21 U.S.C. §321(ff)(3)(B) allowing the Commissioner the ability to exercise enforcement discretion in a specific and selective ...
Senate Confirms Robert Califf as FDA Commission, Associations Respond
On Feb.15, the U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Robert Califf to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a second time in a 50-46 vote. In response to the confirmation, the Natural Products Association (NPA), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) released the following statements: “This agency ...
Should the Dietary Supplement Industry Support FDA’s Push for Mandatory Product Listing?
For those of us who have been around a while, it seems hard to believe that the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) just turned 27 years old. Unlike some laws, DSHEA seems to have aged well. The development of an ever-increasing multi-billion-dollar dietary supplement industry that has created incredible new ingredients and products ...
NPA Sues FDA: Asks Courts to Block “Unlawful Action” in NAC Situation
The Natural Products Association (NPA) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting that the agency cease its unlawful retroactive application of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act against N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC). “We are very concerned that a safe, legal natural product that has been sold for over 30 years is under ...
NJ Labs Celebrates 85 Years in the Testing Industry
While Dr. David Levowitz was at Rutgers University, he saw a growing need to promote quality in dairy and food production, so he created New Jersey Dairy Laboratories in 1936 for that purpose. At that time, he likely had no idea how comprehensive his laboratory would become. As NJ Labs (New Brunswick, NJ) celebrates its 85th year ...
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 ...
The Future of New Product Development
Dietary supplement and functional nutritional beverages are up, up and away—is anyone really surprised? The pandemic is largely responsible for the surge of interest and purchase in dietary supplements and healthier lifestyles that would strengthen resistance to immune assaults while increasing overall quality of life. And this is a boon for the industry. On June ...
Industry Update 1995-2020
Nutrition Industry Executive’s 25 Years and 25 Top News Stories The natural product and dietary supplement industry has gone through a number of changes since Nutrition Industry Executive’s (NIE) debut in 1995. In honor of the magazine’s 25th anniversary, we took a look back at some of the industry’s major milestones, and reflect on the ...
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