Washington, DC--The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced earlier this week that it was seeking help from Congress to encourage the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a safe use level for dietary supplement and conventional food CBD products. NPA reported that Congress and NPA were working together on an...
Washington, D.C.—FDA issued a statement warning women of childbearing age about use of vinpocetine, due to a recent report from the National Institute of Health’s National Toxicology Program that found that consumption of vinpocetine may cause a miscarriage or harm fetal development. The statement advises pregnant women and women who...
Washington, D.C.—The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public hearing on Friday looking for scientific data and information regarding cannabis and cannabis-derived compounds. With over 100 speakers, it easily took up the allotted 9.5 hours, and offered a range of opinions. The top concerns were safety and time. Megan...
Washington, D.C.—The sports nutrition speakers at the Natural Products Association’s (NPA) “The Big Natural” conference will be Nyree Dardarian, director of Drexel University’s Center for Nutrition and Performance, and Jonathan Scheiman, CEO of FitBiomics, according to a press release. The Big Natural will take place at the MGM National Harbor...
Washington, D.C.—Tomorrow, from 8:00 AM EDT to 6:00 PM EDT, FDA will hold a public hearing—to be webcast, here and here—entitled “Scientific Data and Information about Products Containing Cannabis or Cannabis-Derived Compounds.” The intent is to allow stakeholders to provide scientific data and information regarding compounds like CBD. Among the...
Washington, D.C.--The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced a "major victory" for the natural products industry: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is opening an exclusion process for List 3 China 301 tariffs, which includes many ingredients used in natural products. As WholeFoods previously reported, the Trump Administration...
Washington, D.C.—New benchmarking standards for nutritional supplements were praised during the American National Standards Institute’s (ANSI) Dietary Supplements Standardization Coordination Meeting on May 13, according to a press release from NPA. A panel discussion on the Supplement Safety and Compliance Initiative (SSCI) was led by Dadrion Gaston, senior director of...
Geneva, Switzerland—The World Health Organization (WHO) released guidelines for Risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia, which the Natural Products Association (NPA) is calling incomplete. The document notes that dementia is a rapidly growing global public health problem, but that it is neither a natural consequence of aging nor inevitable.
Boston, MA—A new study from Tufts University says that nutrient intake is only associated with decreased risk of all-cause mortality when the nutrient source is foods; The study says that there is no association between dietary supplement use and a lower risk of death, and that excess calcium intake is...
Washington, DC—Medical foods can play a beneficial role in the management of acute and chronic pain and should be the subject of more research, the Natural Products Association (NPA) said in comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Pain Management Task Force. In the comments, Daniel Fabricant,...
