U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Food & Beverage Issue Alliance Requests FDA Enforcement Discretion for New Nutrition Labeling Rule
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has joined 12 leading trade associations to advocate FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) to provide flexibility in its enforcement of the new nutrition labeling rules as the January 1, 2020 compliance date approaches. In a letter to Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Ned Sharpless, the associations, acting as the ...
House to Look at Hemp Banking
Legislation that would encourage U.S. banks and credit card companies to do business with hemp and CBD companies will hit the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives as early as today. Difficulty in finding banks and credit card companies to handle financial transactions has been an issue surrounding the hemp industry for many months. There ...
Colorado Governor Charts Course for CBD and Hemp Innovation
Colorado Governor Jared Polis rallied more than 200 hemp farmers, manufacturers, producers, retailers, and industry professionals during his keynote address to the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) Hemp-CBD (cannabidiol) Supplement Congress held earlier this month. No stranger to CBD and hemp legislation, Polis called for action for an easier hemp licensing application process, which he ...
AHPA Recommends FDA Implement Policies to Support Responsible Innovation
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) submitted extensive and specific policy recommendations on July 15 to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to support responsible dietary supplement innovation while preserving and strengthening FDA’s ability to efficiently and effectively protect the public from unsafe and unlawful products. AHPA submitted these recommendations to FDA in response to an ...
AHPA to Host Inaugural Hemp-CBD Dietary Supplement Congress
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) is presenting a two-day Hemp-CBD Supplement Congress in Denver, CO this August to provide critical input for companies navigating the rapidly evolving legal, regulatory and financial landscapes to manufacture and market dietary supplement products with hemp or hemp-derived ingredients including cannabidiol (CBD). The event features presentations from federal officials, ...
FDA Holds CBD Public Hearing
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public hearing on cannabidiol, also known as CBD, at its Silver Spring, MD headquarters on Friday, May 31. The New York Times (NYT), called the hearing “the hottest ticket in the capital.” More than 400 applicants, from the U.S. Hemp Roundtable to blue chip law firms, had ...
California State Assembly Passes Bill Authorizing Retail Sales in CBD Food & Supplements
On May 22, the California State Assembly on passed a bill that would authorize the retail sale of hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD)—a move intended to supplant a position adopted by health officials in 2018 that has caused a commotion. Assembly Bill 228 passed by a final vote of 76 to 0, according to a source in the ...
Industry Touts New Benchmarking Standards at ANSI’s Dietary Supplements Standardization Coordination Meeting
New benchmarking standards for nutritional supplements were discussed on May 13, during the American National Standards Institute’s (ANSI) Dietary Supplements Standardization Coordination Meeting. Dadrion Gaston, senior director, corporate ethics & compliance for Walmart led a panel discussion on the Supplement Safety and Compliance Initiative (SSCI), which includes new benchmarking guidance that is being onboarded by the world’s ...
Alkemist Labs and REJIMUS Collaborate for GMP Compliance Solutions
Alkemist Labs (Garden Grove, CA) and REJIMUS (Santa Ana, CA) have announced a collaboration to offer comprehensive GMP (good manufacturing practice) compliance solutions to clients, eliminating gaps where many companies are failing GMP audits, NDI (New Dietary Ingredient) applications, and other regulatory-related responsibilities. “FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) has said time and time again ...
FDA’s Request for Supplement Registration Doesn’t Unburden Industry, Says NPA
The Natural Products Association (NPA) recently asked Congress to reject the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) budget request for a product registration system for nutritional supplements, as it’s unclear of what value is added to the agency’s mission of promoting and protecting public health. “The administration has been clear that they want to unburden ...
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