Washington, D.C. - Industry leaders are reacting positively to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recently published guidance about the dangers of selling bulk powdered caffeine (BPC) products. This comes after at least two confirmed deaths and an unknown number of medical events have been attributed to the consumption of...
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a constituent update announcing it will use enforcement "discretion" in specific provisions in four regulations of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). They include: Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food (AKA...
Washington, D.C. — Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, 83, a friend of the natural products industry and the longest serving GOP senator, announced in a video statement that he will not seek re-election in 2018. “It is a huge loss to have him leaving the Senate. He has been a tireless...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leading dietary supplement trade associations have come out with a caution that supplements cannot be considered a treatment for opioid addiction and abuse -- accompanied by a reminder that federal law does not allow dietary supplements to claim to treat or cure any disease. The American Herbal...
Beijing, China — In an effort to formalize cooperation and collaboration between the natural health products industries in the United States and China, the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) and the China Nutrition and Health Food Association (CNHFA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreement in a ceremony held...
The FDA has recently issued a consumer warning about the use of SARMs, or selective androgen receptor modulators, in bodybuilding products. The administration wants against the potentially dangerous ingredients that pose serious health concerns to consumers, including (but not limited to) increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and life-threatening liver...
The industry poured forth with loving tributes this week to the Chinese medicinal herb pioneer Bill Brevoort, who passed away on July 28 at his home in Kona, HI. He was 75 and had recently been diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. “Bill was a truly amazing, brilliant, spiritual, one-of-a-kind man,” said...
Salt Lake City — Twinlab is now the newest Executive Member of the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), an association dedicated to assisting consumers with information about natural health products consisting of superior quality, reliability and benefits. “UNPA has been a great advocate for the industry for the last 25 years,...
Salt Lake City, NV – Natreon Inc. has become the newest Executive Member of the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA). As a developer of Ayurvedic products, Natreon is a solid addition to the UNPA, whose mission is to provide customers with high quality natural health qualities. “We welcome the entire...
Salt Lake City, UT — The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), an international trade association representing more than one hundred health product companies, announced that Applied Food Sciences (AFS), based in Austin, TX, is its newest executive member. AFS is an innovative ingredient supplier that specializes in the research and...
