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NPA Update: Why Showing Up to Capitol Hill on NPA Fly-In Day Matters

by Kyle Turk | March 18, 2026

Every industry talks about advocacy. Far fewer industries show up in person to do it. That is what makes the Natural Products Association’s (NPA) annual Fly-In Day such a powerful and increasingly important tradition for companies across the dietary supplement and natural products sector. Each year, manufacturers, retailers, ingredient suppliers and service providers from across ...

Eurofins Launches Product Certification for Supplements and Functional Foods

by Shari Barbanel | September 17, 2025

Eurofins Food Chemistry Testing, Madison and Eurofins Assurance have announced the launch of product certification designed to safeguard the quality of dietary supplements, ingredients and food. To minimize risks from adulteration, contamination and other quality issues, product certification plays a vital role for these highly regulated products. Brands, retailers and facilities in the dietary supplements ...

PNN Announces New Dates For Palm Springs Expo

by Shari Barbanel | August 12, 2025

The Positively Natural Network (PNN), a not-for-profit trade association for independent natural products retailers, manufacturers, brokers and related businesses, has announced new dates for its annual Naturally Independent Expo (NIE).  The event will now be held Nov. 14-15  at the Palm Springs Convention Center in Palms Springs, CA. “We strongly feel that these new Expo ...

CA Governor Gavin Newsom Vetoes Age-restrictive Legislation for Weight-loss Supplements

by Shari Barbanel | October 3, 2022

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed AB 1341, which would have restricted the sale of weight loss supplements to individuals under the age of 18. The legislation, which was introduced by Assembly member Cristina Garcia and staff last year, would have prohibited retailers from selling the dietary supplements to those without a valid prescription or ...

Rhode Island Senate Passes Amended Legislation Restricting Dietary Supplement Accessibility

by Shari Barbanel | June 14, 2022

On June 7, the Rhode Island State Senate approved an amended version of S. 2613, which prohibits the sale of certain dietary supplements to youths under the age of 18. The original version would have prohibited dietary supplements from being directly accessible to customers and mandate that only retail clerks may have access to them; ...

Expo West 2020 Postponed, Date TBD

by Shari Barbanel | March 3, 2020

Due to COVID-19, New Hope Network announced that as of March 2, Natural Products Expo West was postponed to a later date in 2020 to be determined. It was originally scheduled for March 3-7 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. In a press release that New Hope sent out, the company noted that ...

NPA Northwest Re-incorporates as Positively Natural

by Shari Barbanel | March 6, 2018

Introducing Positively Natural, a not for profit trade association focused on cultivating the connection between natural product wholesalers and retailers by presenting opportunities for members to network, increase sales and knowledge, while creating and supporting grassroots advocacy for legislation that positively affects the sale of natural products, enhances nutritional intakes, optimizes the health and the ...

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