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NPA to FDA: Focus on the Basics

Following FDA's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request, the Natural Products Association issued statement regarding mandatory product listing.

March 19, 2024

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Regarding supplements, FDA said the budget "would provide FDA with additional authorities to increase oversight of dietary supplements to better protect consumers."

Major Buzz: Top 5 Newsmakers of the Past 5 Years

Take a look at the major news stories impacting the natural products industry from 2019-2023, and how they are playing out today.

January 17, 2024

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

Take a look at the major news stories impacting the natural products industry from 2019-2023, and how they are playing out today.

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2024 Call to Action for the Natural Products Industry

30 years after the passage of DSHEA, what are the most pressing issues facing the industry? Trade associations leaders weigh in.

December 28, 2023

WholeFoods Magazine Contributor

2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA). What issues are most pressing right now? Take a look.

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Publisher's Letter

A Day on the Hill

Why do we do we focus on advocacy? To protect Dietary Supplements, our ingredient suppliers and brands, the retailers who sell these products, and the consumers who buy them.

June 28, 2023

Heather Wainer

Natural Products Association (NPA) held its annual Fly-In Day on June 7 to advocate for dietary supplements and the natural products industry.

FDA Releases Dietary Supplement Ingredient Directory; Industry Reacts

“This sort of communication, without providing any new information for stakeholders, will reinforce industry misgivings about giving the agency even more authority," said AHPA's Michael McGuffin.

March 15, 2023

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

The FDA has released its new Dietary Supplement Ingredient Directory, which it says is intended to be "a one stop shop of ingredient information that was previously found on different FDA webpages."

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Ensuring Regulatory Compliance When Bringing a Product to Market

Getting Regulatory Right is Brand Insurance

February 27, 2023

Lesley O’Connor, Senior Manager of Regulatory Affairs, Vitaquest International

The nutraceuticals market is experiencing a sustained period of growth fueled by consumers focused on improving personal health. As marketers of nutraceutical supplements bring new products to market, it is critical that they comply with all regulatory requirements to protect consumers and themselves.

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2023: It’s the Amazon Jungle Out There

February 13, 2023

Karen Howard, CEO and Executive Director of Organic & Natural Health Association

Those of you who follow the Organic & Natural Health Association know that we are often referred to as a boutique organization. To me that means we are designed to be elite and unique, representing only the best of the supply chain, and engaging all its stakeholders, including independent retailers...

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Mandatory Product Listing for Dietary Supplements Not Included in FY23 U.S. Spending Bill; Industry Reacts

December 27, 2022

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

Article updated on January 4, 2023, with additional industry response. On December 23, 2022, the House passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (H.R.2617), an omnibus spending bill consisting of all 12 fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills. It provides $1.7 trillion in discretionary resources across the fiscal year 2023 appropriations...

CRN Outlines Stance on Mandatory Product Listing for Dietary Supplements

August 19, 2022

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

Washington, D.C.—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) released a statement from Steve Mister, President & CEO of the association, regarding progress being made toward passage of federal legislation to enact a product registry for dietary supplements. "I want to reassure you that we continue to advocate for advancing this legislation and honor...

Senate HELP FDA Authorization Bill Passes Committee; Industry Groups "Strongly Concerned"

June 15, 2022

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—Earlier this year, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released a discussion draft of legislation to reauthorize FDA user fees for drugs, biologics, and medical devices—and the legislation includes the Durbin-Braun premarket approval concept. As WholeFoods Magazine reported, the Natural Products Association (NPA) has been cautioning...