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AHPA and NPA Co-sign Letter to President Biden Urging New West Coast Port Labor Agreement

by Angela Sabarese | July 12, 2022

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) are currently engaged in West Coast port labor negotiations. The previous labor agreement for workers at these key ports – including Los Angeles and Long Beach – expired on July 1. The National Retail Federation (NRF), the Natural Products Association (NPA), the American Herbal Products Association […]

NPA, CRN Release Statements on Preventive Services Task Force Guidance on Dietary Supplements

by Angela Sabarese | June 23, 2022

The Natural Products Association (NPA) and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) have issued statements in response to recent findings by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). NPA commented on what USPSTF found in relation between the use of beta carotene and vitamin E for the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer. Ultimately, “The […]

Senate HELP Committee Leaders Looks to Advance FDASLA With Controversial Provisions

by Angela Sabarese | June 13, 2022

On June 13, the United States Senate ignored the dietary supplement industry by continuing to move forward with provisions left in the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancement Act (FDASLA), according to the Natural Products Association (NPA). The NPA requested from the Senate HELP committee in a series of letters that the committee strike the […]

NPA Responds to Report of Increased, Unintentional Pediatric Melatonin Ingestion

by Angela Sabarese | June 7, 2022

Over the past decade and particularly since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of melatonin supplements to address sleep issues has increased significantly by both adults and children. On Thursday, June 3, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a 10-year study that found a sharp increase in the use of […]

Rhode Island Senate Considers Legislation Restricting Dietary Supplement Accessibility

by Angela Sabarese | June 1, 2022

The Rhode Island State Senate is advancing through the chamber S. 2613, which prohibits dietary supplements from being directly accessible to customers and mandates that only retail clerks may have access. While the bill does not regulate internet sales of dietary supplements in Rhode Island, it requires brick and mortar retailers to post a warning […]

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 […]

NPA Applauds House Energy & Commerce Committee for Excluding Dietary Supplements from User-fee Reauthorization Legislative Package

by Angela Sabarese | May 9, 2022

On May 4, the United States House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee unveiled its FDA User Fee legislative package, which did not include the “mandatory product listing” concept in its legislation to reauthorize FDA user fees for drugs, biologics and medical devices. “The NPA applauds Chairman Frank Pallone and Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers […]

Durbin, Braun Introduce Legislation to Mandate Product Listings for Dietary Supplements

by Angela Sabarese | May 3, 2022

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced the Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022, bipartisan legislation to require dietary supplement manufacturers to list their products with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022 would require companies to provide FDA with vital information about their products, […]

CRN and NPA Respond to FDA’s Enforcement Discretion Guidance on NAC

by Angela Sabarese | April 25, 2022

Both the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the Natural Products Association  (NPA) have responded to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) draft enforcement discretion guidance on the use of NAC (n-acetyl-cysteine). Steve Mister, president and CEO of CRN, stated that “CRN appreciates FDA’s quick action following its March 31 response to our citizen petition with […]

Orrin Hatch, 7-term Senator of Utah Who Impacted the Natural Products Industry, Dies at 88

by Angela Sabarese | April 25, 2022

Retired Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah passed away at age 88 in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 23, due to complications of a stroke he suffered on April 15. The longest serving Republican and the sixth longest-serving senator in the history of the Senate, Sen. Hatch served a 42-year-long, seven-term career, which began […]

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