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Venable LLP Issues Client Alert on EPR Laws

by Shari Barbanel | December 9, 2025

As of October 2025, seven states (California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington) have passed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws. These laws are intended to reduce packaging waste and improve recycling by holding producers financially and operationally responsible for the end-of-life management of their products, according to a client alert issued by Venable LLP. ...

The First 30: Celebrating the Synergy of NIE & The Supplement Industry

by Lisa Schofield | January 9, 2025

The panel: Karen Howard, CEO, Executive Director, Organic & Natural Health Association, Washington, D.C., www.organicandnatural.org Rob Brewster, President, Ingredients by Nature, Montclair, CA, www.ingredientsbynature.com Steve Mister, President and CEO, Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), Washington, D.C., www.crnusa.org Michael McGuffin, President, American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), Silver Spring, MD, www.ahpa.org Maggie McNamara, Vice President of Global ...

Washington and the State of the Natural Products Industry … Continued

by James Gormley | August 3, 2021

Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) magazine spoke with Julia Gustafson, vice president of government relations for the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), in Washington, D.C., crnusa.org, and asked her the following question: NIE: In New York state, Senate Bill 16 and Assembly Bill 431 would have banned the sale of safe and legal dietary supplements to ...

Washington, the Coronavirus and the Natural Products Industry

by James Gormley | July 14, 2020

Business in a (temporarily) dystopian world. The Participants Are: Jim Emme, CEO, NOW Health Group, Bloomingdale, IL, www.nowfoods.com Dan Fabricant, PhD, President and CEO, Natural Products Association (NPA), Washington, D.C., www.npanational.org Loren Israelsen, President, United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), Salt Lake City, UT, www.unpa.com Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights, Brattleboro, VT, www.retailinsights.com Mark ...

Washington and the Natural Industry

by James Gormley | July 29, 2019

The Participants Are: • Jonathan Emord, Esq., President, Emord & Associates, Washington, D.C., www.emord.com • Karen Howard, CEO and Executive Director, Organic and Natural Health Association, Washington, D.C., https://organicandnatural.org/ • Mark LeDoux, Chair and CEO, Natural Alternatives International (NAI), Carlsbad, CA, www.nai-online.com • Dan Lifton, President, Maypro Ventures, Purchase, NY, http://maypro.com/ • Steve Mister, President ...

Washington and the Natural Industry

by James Gormley | October 9, 2018

The Participants Are: • Jim Emme, CEO, NOW, Bloomingdale, IL, www.nowfoods.com • Mark A. LeDoux, Chairman and CEO Natural Alternatives International, Carlsbad, CA, http://nai-online.com • Dan Lifton, President, Proprietary Branded Ingredients Group, Maypro, Purchase, NY, www.maypro.com • Steve Mister, President and CEO, Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), Washington, D.C., www.crnusa.org • Jim Turner, Chair, Citizens ...

NPA Announces Natural Products Day 2017

by Janet Poveromo | December 21, 2016

As part of the effort to capitalize on the opportunities the incoming Congress presents for the natural products industry and the millions of American consumers using its products, The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced that it will host the 20th Annual Natural Products Day on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 in Washington, D.C. “A new Congress ...

Washington & The Natural Industry

by Janet Poveromo | October 6, 2015

Partisanship aside, well-tended friendships, education and vigilant attention from the natural industry make for good relations inside the Beltway. Introducing the participants: • Robert Craven, CEO, FoodState (MegaFood) • Daniel Fabricant, PhD, Executive Director and CEO, Natural Products Association (NPA) • Mike Greene, Vice President, Government Relations, Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) • Risa Schulman, ...

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