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Trade Associations Provide Official Testimony Requesting that Congress Demand FDA Action on CBD Legislation

by Angela Sabarese | July 31, 2023

The Natural Products Association (NPA) and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) provided official testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, asking that Congress demand the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) complete the work Congress directed the agency to do under the […]

Trade Associations Release Statements Addressing FDA’s Updated Proposal to Create Unified HFP

by Angela Sabarese | July 5, 2023

On June 27, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an update on its proposal to create a unified Human Foods Program (HFP), including potential organizational changes affecting the Office of Dietary Supplement Programs. FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf stated, “With a human food landscape that is rapidly evolving as consumer preferences, products, and […]

CRN Objects to Missing Protections in FDA Safety and Landmark Advancements Act

by Angela Sabarese | June 1, 2022

On May 27, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) issued a statement by Steve Mister, president and CEO, regarding the FDA Safety and Landmark Advancements Act (FDASLA) introduced by the Senate HELP Committee. “The Council for Responsible Nutrition is disappointed with the FDA Safety and Landmark Advancements Act introduced today. “CRN has led the dietary supplement industry […]

CRN Responds to FDA’s NDI Announcement

by Angela Sabarese | May 23, 2022

    On May 19, FDA announced in draft guidance the agency’s intent to exercise enforcement discretion, for a limited time and in limited circumstances, to encourage manufacturers and distributors to correct any past failures to submit a required NDI notification. Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) President and CEO Steve Mister expressed the following thoughts on the […]

NPA Responds as Durbin-Braun Proposal for Dietary Supplements Makes Its Way into PDUFA

by Angela Sabarese | May 23, 2022

On May 17, the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) released a discussion draft of its legislation to reauthorize FDA user fees for drugs, biologics and medical devices package, which includes the controversial and divisive Durbin-Braun premarket approval concept and more that would be damaging to the industry, according to the […]

CRN Responds to FDA Consumer Update on Bodybuilding Supplements

by Angela Sabarese | May 16, 2022

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has issued a statement in response to a consumer update published yesterday by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), “Caution: Bodybuilding Products Can Be Risky.” Andrea Wong, Ph.D., senior vice president, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, stated,  “Illegal steroids and steroid-like substances have no place in the dietary supplement […]

CHPA Applauds Appointment of Cara Welch as ODSP Director

by Angela Sabarese | March 15, 2022

The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) Senior Vice President of Dietary Supplements, Duffy MacKay, applauded the recent appointment of Cara Welch, Ph.D., as director of the FDA Office of Dietary Supplement Programs (ODSP). “CHPA congratulates Dr. Welch on her permanent appointment as Director of ODSP,” he said. “This is a tremendous and well-deserved career achievement. […]

In Memoriam: James S. Turner, 81, Esq., Chairman & President, Citizens for Health

by Angela Sabarese | February 4, 2022

James S. Turner, Esq., Chairman and President of Citizens for Health (CFH), passed away suddenly at his Washington, D.C. home on January 25th; he was 81. One of Ralph Nader’s original “Nader’s Raiders,” Turner co-wrote the 1970 book, The Chemical Feast: Ralph Nader’s Study Group Report on the Food and Drug Administration. Time Magazine commented at […]

NPA Sues FDA, Asks Courts to Block “Unlawful Action” in NAC Situation

by Angela Sabarese | December 7, 2021

The Natural Products Association (NPA) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting that the agency cease its unlawful retroactive application of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act against N-acetyl-L-cysteine (“NAC”). “We are very concerned that a safe, legal natural product that has been sold for over 30 years is under […]

NPA Asks FDA to Allow NAC as Dietary Ingredient

by Angela Sabarese | August 23, 2021

The Natural Products Association (NPA) in a Citizen’s Petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested that N-acetyl-L-cysteine (“NAC”) not be excluded from the definition of a dietary supplement. “The Food and Drug Administration has not established a public health risk for NAC,” said Daniel Fabricant, PhD., president and CEO of NPA. “Not only […]

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