The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that its request for a total budget of $8.4 billion as part of the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget. This represents a nearly 34% ($2.1 billion) increase over the agency’s FY 2022 appropriated funding level. The FY23 request covers the period...
Aventura, FL—The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) has introduced the Dietary Supplement Index (DSX), a data-driven tool that collates market data, geographic and demographic data, government health and nutrition, and consumer survey data, all with the end goal of better analyzing and understanding trends and changes in the supplements market,...
JAMA has released a report titled “Trends in Use of Melatonin Supplements Among U.S. Adults, 1999-2018,” created using data from 55,021 adults from 10 NHANES cycles. A major finding: not only is usage increasing, but so is dosage. The researchers introduce the paper by saying: Exogenous supplementation of melatonin, one...
Washington, D.C.—The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) Educational Foundation has launched an interactive Supplement Facts label on its consumer-facing website KnowYourOTCs.org, in order to highlight for shoppers what information they can find on a label. Supplement Facts labels are required to identify basic product information including ingredients, amounts of each...
Vori, the digital B2B operating system optimizing the grocery supply chain, has expanded its Black-owned, women-led team with the appointment of Jennifer Shawgo as Head of Sales. With 20+ years of experience in the grocery industry working with natural CPG brands, Shawgo will lead Vori’s sales initiatives and drive adoption...
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) has released a new animation showcasing the association’s priorities surrounding DSHEA modernization. Since the Dietary Supplements Health & Education Act (DSHEA) was enacted in 1994, the supplements industry has grown from 4,000 products and $4 billion/year in sales to as many as 80,000 products...
Washington, D.C.—Several industry associations have reacted to the nomination of Robert M. Califf, M.D., for commissioner of FDA. As WholeFoods has previously reported, Dr. Califf is a Cardiologist who teaches at the Duke University School of Medicine. He served briefly as FDA Commissioner at the end of Barack Obama’s second...
Washington, D.C.—The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) held its 2021 Regulatory, Scientific, and Quality (RSQ) Conference virtually last week., with a dietary supplement track featuring panels on emerging trends and issues for the category. CHPA shared in a press release that the event featured record participation from the U.S. Food...
Washington, D.C.—The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) has welcomed Alcon Vision, PROFOOT, and Willow Bark Brands, as its newest manufacturer members. CHPA noted in a press release that the three companies' product offerings include over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, dietary supplements, and consumer medical devices (CMD). “CHPA, and its mission of empowering...
