Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced that it is calling for health food stores selling nutritional supplements to remain open during the government’s response to the coronavirus COVID-19. In a press release, NPA pointed out that health food stores offer many essential products, including, water, electrolytes, nutritional supplements, healthy...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) has expressed its continued support for the Accurate Labels Act (ALA), which would establish a federal standard for labeling and ingredient disclosure requirements that is risk-based and substantiated by sound science. NPA is a member of the Coalition for Accurate Product Labels (CAPL), a...
Silver Spring, MD—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that warning letters were issued to 15 companies for illegally selling products containing cannabidiol (CBD) in ways that violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). The 15 companies that received warning letters (with links to the letters):...
Washington, D.C.—President Trump announced his intent to nominate Stephen Hahn, a cancer specialist and hospital administrator, to lead the FDA. According to Politico, this would be Dr. Hahn’s first public service post in 25 years, if the Senate confirms him. Dr. Hahn was chairman of the radiation oncology department at...
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...
According to the Natural Products Association's (NPA) formal comments to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), "adding kratom to the U.S. food supply could likely be dangerous and lead to serious unintended consequences." On August 31, 2016, the DEA published, in the Federal Register, a notice of intent to temporarily...
Washington, D.C. – For the 23rd year, the Natural Products Association (NPA) will honor individuals in “government and business that have made valuable contributions” to the natural products industry during the Natural Products Expo East on September 23rd in the Baltimore Convention Center. “The Natural Products Association is once again...
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced vinpocetine did not meet the definition of a dietary ingredient and would be excluded from the definition of a dietary supplement in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. According to the FDA, vinpocetine is synthetically produced...
