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Trade Associations Urge Swift Congressional Action on CBD
Last week, four trade associations representing the U.S. dietary supplement industry joined forces to urge Congress to take action to ensure consumer safety and provide legal clarity in the cannabidiol (CBD) product marketplace. In a letter, the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and United Natural ...
FDA Records Show Dietary Supplement Recalls Are Relatively Infrequent
Recall data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shows that 14 of 803 (1.7 percent) recorded recalls initiated in 2019 involved dietary supplements, and among these, three were Class I recalls (the most serious recall class), according to an article published in the August 2019 AHPA Report. “These recall data provide additional evidence of the overall safety ...
Natural Product Industry Associations Hold 2019 Day on the Hill
More than 30 AHPA members and staff participated in the 2019 Day on the Hill, a collaboration between the trade associations for the dietary supplement industry, AHPA, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), and the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA). The event provided members with an opportunity to engage ...
FDA Holds CBD Public Hearing
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public hearing on cannabidiol, also known as CBD, at its Silver Spring, MD headquarters on Friday, May 31. The New York Times (NYT), called the hearing “the hottest ticket in the capital.” More than 400 applicants, from the U.S. Hemp Roundtable to blue chip law firms, ...
Industry Trade Organizations Establish Unified Front for Dietary Supplement Lobby Day
Trade organizations representing the dietary supplement industry are joining forces for this year’s 2019 Dietary Supplement Day on the Hill, taking place June 12, in Washington D.C. The collaborative effort will honor the 25th anniversary of the law that regulates dietary supplements, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), and the critical mass of support ...
AHPA Adopts Policy on Items Containing Hemp/CBD
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has adopted a new Guidance Policy for dietary supplement and food products that contain hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) to help ensure the industry complies with existing regulations. The guidance policy was developed to encourage industry to be mindful of the federal regulations that apply to these product categories, notwithstanding FDA ...
FDA to Convene Meeting on CBD
On Feb. 27, FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD announced the agency’s intention to convene a public meeting in April 2019 on the development of a regulatory pathway for the use of cannabidiol (CBD) in dietary supplement and food products. The announcement came during the Commissioner’s testimony at a hearing of ...
Nuherbs Announces Donation to Support FairWild’s Programs in China
Nuherbs (California), suppliers of sustainably sourced Chinese herbs, is marking its 40th year as an importer of Chinese herbal formulas and premium Chinese herbs. With an eye to the future, the company is funding work in herbal harvest sustainability programs in China to ensure future supplies and a healthier ecosystem. “Nuherbs has a passion to ...
Nutritional Supplements Access Preserved in Arizona
A proposal that would have drastically limited access to safe, legal and popular products for Arizonans was changed recently with the help of the Natural Products Association (NPA) and the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), who worked with the Arizona Board of Pharmacy and other state policymakers on the issue. The proposal under consideration would have ...
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 ...
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