Senator Orrin Hatch
UNPA to Cease Operations After 34 Years
On June 30, the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) announced, after 34 years, it will cease operations at the end of 2026 following the retirement of its founder and president, Loren D. Israelsen. Since its founding in 1992, UNPA has helped shape the regulatory, quality and public policy framework that enabled dietary supplements to evolve ...
Orrin Hatch, 7-term Senator of Utah Who Impacted the Natural Products Industry, Dies at 88
Retired Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah passed away at age 88 in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 23, due to complications of a stroke he suffered on April 15. The longest serving Republican and the sixth longest-serving senator in the history of the Senate, Sen. Hatch served a 42-year-long, seven-term career, which began ...
NPA Supports Lawful Marketing of Vinpocetine
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency’s recent actions to ban vinpocetine. FDA is collecting public comments following a Federal Register notice that would effectively ban vinpocetine, a widely used product found in safe and legal dietary supplements. The FDA’s decision ...
Industry Responds to HBO Inside Sports Segment
On May 19, HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel aired a segment titled “In Harm’s Way.” In the segment, Soledad O’Brien reported on the deaths of several members of the U.S. military tied to dietary supplements sold at their bases—and ties those deaths to Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and his ongoing efforts to limit the ...
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