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NPA Sends Letter on CBD to Colorado State Senate President
Daniel Fabricant, president & CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA), has sent a letter to Colorado State Senate President Steve Fenberg, in which he expressed “grave concern” over Senate Bill 23-271, “a bill related to the regulation of compounds that are related to cannabinoids.” Fabricant wrote, “The time for enforcement of CBD is long ...
FDA Launches New Directory of Ingredients Used in Products Marketed as Dietary Supplements
On March 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began unveiling its new Dietary Supplement Ingredient Directory, a webpage where the public can look up ingredients used in products marketed as dietary supplements and quickly find what the FDA has said about that ingredient and whether the agency has taken any action with regard ...
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 ...
Trade Associations Commend Senators Lee and Sinema for Highlighting Dietary Supplements
On Feb. 8, the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), organizations representing dietary supplement manufacturers, marketers and ingredient suppliers, released statements commending Senators Lee (R-UT) and Sinema (I-AZ) on their resolution recognizing the importance of dietary supplements and ...
CRN Responds to FDA Letter Announcing β-NMN Is Not A Dietary Supplement
On Nov. 11, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) responded to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) announcement that beta-nicotinamide mononucleotide (β-NMN) is not a legal dietary ingredient. CRN President and CEO Steve Mister issued comments expressing his dismay about the ruling. “CRN is alarmed that, once again, FDA changed its position on whether an ...
Durbin, Braun Introduce Legislation to Mandate Product Listings for Dietary Supplements
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, ...
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 ...
CRN Dismisses FDA Response on N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC)
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) on March 31 denounced FDA’s decision regarding the legal status of n-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) as a dietary ingredient. “CRN is extremely disappointed and unconvinced by FDA’s response today that it has chosen to deny CRN’s citizen’s petition while holding out the possibility that it may open a rulemaking specific to NAC instead,” ...
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 Criticizes FDA’s ‘Nonresponsive’ Response to Citizen Petition on NAC
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has responded to FDA’s November 2021 decision not to address CRN’s citizen petition regarding N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) on a timely basis, calling on the agency for swift review of the legal questions CRN raised. Instead, FDA dodged the facial legal issues raised about FDA’s position on NAC by raising safety issues that ...
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