The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced today that it will hold its 18th Annual Natural Products Day on March 24 in Washington, D.C.
Natural Products Day is an advocacy event where NPA members and industry stakeholders team up with their senators and representatives to discuss issues affecting the natural products industry and their consumers. The event is free of charge and the NPA will organize meetings with the industry’s leading legislators prior to the event where they will discuss how industry officials can make an impact on Capitol Hill. Registrations will include a “Welcome to Washington” breakfast where attendees will become up-to-date on the most current legislation affecting the natural products industry. In addition, the NPA staff and outside lobbyists will provide information and interaction with their senator or representative on how to best educate.
Following the breakfast, the Natural Products Day will give attendees the opportunity to sign-up to connect and establish relationships with their members of Congress and staff to discuss timely issues and provide solutions to support the industry. Concluding the event, a Congressional Awards Reception will be held for lawmakers, legislative staff and participants, where members of Congress will receive recognition for their support of the natural products industry. The event is yet another opportunity to further solidify relationships with policy makers and congressional staff, announced the NPA.
In addition, The Natural Products Association Political Action Committee (NPA PAC), which gives members a unified voice to effectively take part in congressional affairs, and support candidates and the industry’s Capitol Hill allies, will be hosting an evening reception for attendees the eve of the conference in order to gain support for NPA’s advocacy efforts while growing the industry’s influence on key legislators.
“While the natural products industry has seen many legislative and regulatory successes over the last few decades, there is plenty more work to be done, and we cannot sit by and wait to see what happens. Natural Products Day offers the biggest first step in affecting change, which is what our industry needs most right now. We won’t be victims of our own apathy. Natural Products Day is a key step with which we must speak up together to ensure our goals are met,” said NPA CEO Daniel Fabricant, PhD. “With a freshman class of senators and representatives entering Congress this January, the industry must come together to get in front of these new lawmakers and educate them about our industry’s most pressing issues. We have a very promising opportunity to cultivate new industry champions while also educating returning members of Congress and speaking directly with lawmakers who oversee our industry.”
For more information, visit www.NPAinfo.org.
