Daniel Fabricant
NPA Calls for House Ways & Means, Senate Finance Track for HSA Expansion
The Dietary Supplement Tax Equity Act, a bill that would expand health savings accounts (HSA), health reimbursement arrangements and flexible spending accounts (FSA) to cover dietary supplements, was introduced on Wednesday, Oct. 27 by Reps. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) and Darin LaHood (R-IL). The legislation is a House companion bill to S.1654. “This common-sense solution will help ...
Intellectual Property Protection Key to Consumer Safety and Innovation for Natural Products Industry, Says NPA
The Natural Products Association (NPA) in comments to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office called for strong intellectual property protection for nutritional supplements, citing its importance to consumer safety and innovation. NPA was the only trade association representing the natural products and nutritional supplement industry to submit comments regarding a patent eligibility jurisprudence study requested ...
NPA Asks FDA to Allow NAC as Dietary Ingredient
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 ...
New Draft Legislation Sets Safe Level of Consumption for CBD Products
New draft legislation includes a provision directing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to set a safe level of consumption for CBD products. The provision is part of a broader bill introduced by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that would decriminalize cannabis at the federal level. “Setting a safe level of consumption for CBD products is ...
House Appropriations Report Ignores Strong Safety Record of Nutritional Supplements, Says NPA
A recent report issued by the House Appropriations Committee ignores the superior safety record of nutritional supplements and extremely low adverse event rates compared to other Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulated products like pharmaceuticals and conventional food. “Nutritional supplements are strongly regulated in the United States and their safety record is far superior to ...
NPA’s Fabricant Touts Benefits of Collagen Supplements On NBC’s TODAY Show
Dr. Daniel Fabricant, president and CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA) appeared on the TODAY show alongside Vicky Nguyen on June 23 to discuss the benefits of collagen supplements, one of the hottest new trends in the nutritional supplement industry. Fabricant recommended that consumers avoid products that sound “too good to be true” but ...
NPA Grassroots and Lobbying Efforts Block NY Bill to Restrict Access to Supplements
According to Natural Products Association’s (NPA), due to its grassroots network, a bill in the New York State Assembly that would ban the sale of safe and legal dietary supplements to consumers under the age of 18, was pulled from consideration. NPA said its successful campaign against the bill, asking members to urge the Governor and legislators to ...
Waiving Vaccine Patent Rights Could Impact Supplement Industry, Warns NPA and Leading Patent Attorney
The Natural Products Association (NPA), along with patent law expert Kevin Bell, partner and co-chair of the Intellectual Property practice for Arnold Golden Gregory LLP, warned that waiving patents for COVID-19 vaccines for any period of time could undermine American innovation and have a damaging impact on the nutritional supplement industry. “We share the administration’s ...
Health Food Stores and Supplement Makers Face Test in MA State Legislature
A bill reintroduced in the Massachusetts State Legislature would place a costly burden on small businesses who have already been hard hit by the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, said the Natural Products Association (NPA). The bills, H.D. 1309 and S.D. 678, the “Protecting Children from Diet Pills and Muscle-Building Supplements,” have been reintroduced by ...
NPA Cautions Against Proposed DEA Regulations on Domestic Hemp
The Natural Products Association (NPA) is raising concerns over proposals from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) that could place U.S. hemp and CBD manufacturers at a disadvantage to foreign competitors, including China. The proposed rule making under the “Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018,” limits the potency of cannabis extracts during the CBD manufacturing process. NPA’s ...
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