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AHPA Appoints Chair of Sports Nutrition Committee
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) appointed Dr. Robert Wildman, chief science officer at Post Active Nutrition Brands (Fort Worth, TX), as the new chair of the Sports Nutrition Committee during a meeting at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, CA, in March. Wildman succeeds Ray Jaglowski, vice president of technical and regulatory at Twinlab ...
AHPA’s New Board of Trustees
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) congratulates the five members who were elected to serve three-year terms on the board of trustees during the association’s annual member meeting on March 10 in Anaheim, CA. The following members were elected to the board: Bethany Davis, FoodState Inc. Edward Fletcher, Herbal Ingenuity Steve Holmes, Metagenics Graham Rigby, ...
FDA Updates Dietary Supplement Labeling Guidelines
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has corrected its Dietary Supplement Labeling Guide after AHPA (American Herbal Products Association) notified the agency of inaccurate information posted online. AHPA notified FDA in September 2015 that its guidance for industry titled “A Dietary Supplement Labeling Guide,” included one detail that contradicted current law and FDA regulations. Specifically, the answer to the ...
VR Expo West Coverage
Expo West will be held on March 9-13, 2016 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Make sure to stay tuned to Vitamin Retailer’s Twitter and Facebook feeds for live updates during the show! Expo West will feature education sessions, workshops and events, including a presentation by Jason Sapsin and Ivan Wasserman “What is ‘Natural’: Dissecting Public Commentary to the ...
Frontline Segment: Skewed & Misleading, AHPA Says
A segment aired on January 19 on PBS’ Frontline presented dietary supplements as inherently unsafe by misrepresenting the rigorous safety provisions established for these products under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, the strict liability statute under which supplements are regulated. The segment, titled “Supplements and Safety,” relied on anecdotal reports of noncompliant products ...
California OEHHA Targets Non-Decolorized Aloe Vera
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) on December 4, 2015 added Aloe Vera, non-decolorized whole leaf extract and goldenseal root powder to its list of “chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer” for purposes of the state’s Proposition 65, according to the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA). The action follows ...
Supplements are Elevated to “Office” Status Within FDA
The five trade associations representing the dietary supplement industry welcomed the elevation of the Division of Dietary Supplement Programs (DDSP) to an “Office” status within the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) on December 21, 2015. The groups—the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the Consumer Healthcare Products Association ...
AHPA Webinar on Kombucha Tax, Labeling and Legislation
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) presented the third in a series of kombucha webinars on November 4, providing regulatory and technical guidance to the kombucha industry from several industry legal experts. AHPA’s kombucha tax, labeling and legislation webinar provided broad overviews of the regulatory landscape for kombucha products, investigated granular requirements for kombucha sold ...
DOJ Announces Supplement Sweep – CRN, NPA and AHPA Express Support
On Tuesday, Nov. 17, Ben Mizer, principal deputy assistant attorney general for the Civil Division of the DOJ, revealed the government’s plan for a sweep of actions targeting unlawful dietary supplement makers and marketers. “We are here today to explain the critical steps the federal government is taking to stem the tide of unlawful dietary ...
AHPA Joins Coalition Against Proposed Revision to Prop 65
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) joined a coalition of organizations headed by the California Chamber of Commerce and including the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) and the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) to express concerns about California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA’s) proposed revisions to the Proposition ...
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