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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 ...
ICYMI: NPA’s Fabricant Appears on CBS “The Doctors”
Daniel Fabricant, PhD., president and CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA) and the former chief regulator of the dietary supplement industry appeared on the CBS show “The Doctors” on February 7, 2022. Fabricant discussed the unintended consequences of legislation in California that would place age restrictions on nutritional supplements. The legislation recently passed by ...
California Assembly Votes to Restrict Access to Supplements, NPA Responds
On Jan. 27, the California Assembly passed legislation by a vote of 44-12 that would place age restrictions on nutritional supplements and impose costly burdens on small businesses. The bill will now go through the committee process in the California Senate. The Natural Products Association (NPA) warns that the bill will lead to unintended consequences that include ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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