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100th Meeting of the Dietary Supplement Trade Associations Commemorated
On April 26, four of the leading trade organizations representing the dietary supplement industry commemorated the 100th meeting of the Dietary Supplement Trade Associations (DSTA). More than 10 years ago, the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), and the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) began ...
Noted Physician Touts Nutrition’s Critical Role in Supporting Immune Health for Congressional Staff
Tieraona Low Dog, MD, recently educated congressional staffers on the responsible role of dietary supplements in supporting immune health, as well as their many other health and wellness benefits, particularly in the era of COVID-19. Low Dog was featured at the final Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus (DSC) briefing of 2020, held last week. An expert ...
UNPA Announces Hemp Extract/Cannabinoids New Member Policy Guidelines
The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) has announced a new policy that for the first time allows companies engaged in the growing, manufacture, sale and/or distribution of hemp extract/cannabinoids*ingredients and finished goods labeled as dietary supplements, food, beverages, and cosmetic products to become executive members of the 27-year-old alliance. The quality and compliance criteria laid out in ...
SIRIO Pharma Opens New Supersized Plant for Gummy Production in China
Sirio Pharma Co. Ltd. (SIRIO, China), the global nutraceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced the opening of a gummy production plant at its new development and manufacturing facility in Ma’anshan (more than 186 miles west of Shanghai, China). This announcement comes 11 years after SIRIO opened its first gummy facility, also in ...
Trade Associations Warn Consumers of Dangerous Substance Illegally Marketed as a Dietary Supplement
The dietary supplement industry sounded the alarm about the dangers of “phenibut,” a substance being illegally marketed in products fraudulently labeled as dietary supplements. Developed and used as a drug in the former Soviet Union for its supposed brain-enhancing properties, phenibut is not approved as a drug in the United States, nor does it meet ...
UNPA Announces No-sale Policy for Liquid, High-dose Caffeine Products as a Condition of Membership
The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) has approved the adoption of a new, “no-sale” policy for liquid, high-dose caffeine products for retail sales. The policy is effective immediately as a condition of membership for prospective and all current UNPA members and joins a 2015 no-sale policy for bulk-powdered caffeine products. UNPA recommends that high-dose caffeine products not ...
UNPA Announces MOU Agreement With China Chamber of Commerce
The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), in its continuing efforts to create long lasting relationships with organizations and companies in China, has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreement with the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Medicines and Health Products (CCCMHPIE). CCCMHPIE is a leading and influential national ...
Senator Hatch Announces Retirement
On January 2, the longest-serving Senate Republican, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah announced that he would not seek re-election for an eighth term. Sen. Hatch, who formed and led the Dietary Supplement Caucus in the Senate, co-authored the landmark legislation that established a rational framework for regulating dietary supplements, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education ...
FDA, Stakeholders Meet, Mull Over Pre-DSHEA Dietary Ingredients List
On October 3, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public meeting to discuss the development of a list of pre-Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) dietary ingredients. According to a release from Washington, D.C.-based law firm Keller and Heckman LLP, the meeting featured two stakeholder panels that presented on ...
Rep. Mia Love Named Co-chair of Congressional DSC
Representative Mia Love, R-Utah, has taken on a new leadership role as a co-chair of the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus (DSC). Love replaces Rep. Jason Chaffetz, formerly a DSC co-chair, who retired from the House of Representatives this summer. The DSC is a bipartisan congressional group of legislators who promote discussions among lawmakers about the ...
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