Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994
30 People Who Shaped the Natural Products Industry
In commemoration of Vitamin Retailer magazine’s 30th anniversary, we assembled a list of 30 people who shaped, built and defended the natural products industry over the last 30 years. The year 2024 is also the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994. For every person we ...
FDA’s $7.2 Billion Proposal to Biden Administration Includes Modernization of DSHEA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its list of $7.2 billion FY 2024 Legislative Proposals, which includes modernizing the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA). “Since the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) was enacted almost 30 years ago, the dietary supplement market in the U.S. has grown ...
Orrin Hatch, 7-term Senator of Utah Who Impacted the Natural Products Industry, Dies at 88
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 ...
In Memoriam: James S. Turner, 81, Esq., Chairman & President, Citizens for Health
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 ...
CRN Disappointed With FDA Response to NAC Citizen Petition
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has expressed its disappointment with FDA’s response to its citizen petition about the status of N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) as a legal dietary supplement. The following is a statement from CRN President & CEO Steve Mister: “CRN is extremely dissatisfied with today’s ‘tentative response’ from FDA to CRN’s June 1 citizen petition. ...
CHPA Responds to AMA Policy Calling for Increased Regulation of Dietary Supplements
At the Special Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates, physicians adopted new policy, which expands upon the AMA’s existing policy to call for more stringent federal regulation of dietary supplements—including increased oversight of manufacturing, marketing, product labeling and adverse event reporting. Under the new policy, the AMA strongly urges Congress to ...
Associations Applaud FDA for COVID-19-related Efforts
The U.S. dietary supplement industry commends the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for taking action to protect consumers by calling out marketers who make illegal and unsubstantiated drug claims related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. In February, the industry issued strong warning letters to companies and consumers to avoid marketing ...
Industry Coalition Sends Coronavirus Reminder to Consumers, Retailers
The U.S. dietary supplement industry is aware of the growing concern regarding the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and of the public’s desire to protect itself against the virus. Four trade associations representing the dietary supplement industry, the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the ...
New Website Gives NPA Members Access to Exclusive Benefits
A new website launched by the Natural Products Association (NPA) will offer new features and resources exclusively for members, including a warning letter database, searchable disease claims database, Pre-DSHEA (Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994) ODI (old dietary ingredient) list, Red-Flagged Ingredients database, and educational and regulatory resources. In addition, NPA is working on a searchable ...
Senator Hatch Announces Retirement
On January 2, the longest-serving Senate Republican, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah announced that he would not seek re-election for an eighth term. Sen. Hatch, who formed and led the Dietary Supplement Caucus in the Senate, co-authored the landmark legislation that established a rational framework for regulating dietary supplements, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education ...
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