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Industry Update: Winter 2025

by Mike Straus | December 1, 2025

Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) talks to industry leaders about the most pressing issues facing the natural products niche today. The panel: Chase Johnston, Vice President of Operations, Arjuna Naturals, Irving, TX, https://arjunanatural.com Daniel Fabricant, President & CEO, Natural Products Association (NPA), Washington, D.C., www.npanational.org Doug Lynch, CEO & Founder, Marketwell Nutrition, Princeton, NJ, www.marketwellnutrition.com Graham ...

Trade Associations Send Joint Letter Regarding FSA/HSA Proposals

by Shari Barbanel | September 4, 2025

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) and the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) sent a joint letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to obtain coverage for dietary supplements under Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) and Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSAs). There is also a ...

BENEO Inaugurates New Pulse-processing Plant

by Shari Barbanel | April 16, 2025

BENEO (Parsippany, NJ) has officially inaugurated its first pulse-processing plant after a construction period of just one and a half years. The opening results from an investment of around nearly $65 million U.S. by the Südzucker Group at its site in Obrigheim, Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. Here, pulses such as the local faba bean are processed ...

Associations Applaud Bipartisan Legislation Authorizing Dietary Supplement Purchases Using Pre-tax Dollars

by Shari Barbanel | September 20, 2021

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) applaud bipartisan legislation authorizing dietary supplement purchases using pre-tax dollars. H.R. 5214 recognizes dietary supplements as qualified medical expenses, will allow supplement purchases via Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), and will provide economic incentives for consumers to practice preventive ...

New Legislation Would Expand Access to Nutritional Supplements

by Shari Barbanel | May 19, 2021

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 ...

Vilsack Hearing Shines Spotlight on Food Insecurity and Need to Expand Access to Nutritional Supplements

by Shari Barbanel | February 9, 2021

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 ...

NPA Calls for Inclusion of Nutritional Supplements in HSAs and FSAs

by Shari Barbanel | April 7, 2020

The Natural Products Association (NPA) has called for allowing nutritional and dietary supplements to be covered under Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) as Congress and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) consider relaxing rules and expanding coverage during the COVID-19 crisis. “Giving people more ways to save money to support their health is ...

CRN Applauds U.K. Food Standards Agency for Clear Path Forward for CBD

by Shari Barbanel | February 19, 2020

On Feb. 13, the U.K. Food Standards Agency (FSA) announced it has set a deadline for CBD authentication. FSA is giving the CBD industry a deadline of March 31, 2021 to submit valid novel food authorization applications. After the deadline, only products which have submitted a valid application will be allowed to remain on the market. The ...

Supplement Industry Groups Collaborate on Congressional Advocacy

by Shari Barbanel | June 13, 2017

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) are joining forces for a cooperative advocacy effort—Day on the Hill—on June 21 in Washington, D.C. The event will bring together industry executives from across the country to visit with Congressional members and their staff to discuss the benefits of dietary supplements ...

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