Silver Spring, MD—Nearly $20 million. That's how much the dietary supplement industry will need to spend for initial compliance with the Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022, according to a study from the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) that measured the time and associated costs to prepare product listings as...
WholeFoods: Congratulations on 25 years in business! Please tell us how AIDP got started. Lee: AIDP officially started in 1996. It all started with vitamin C. With the introduction of a friend, I became the sole representative of a vitamin C manufacturer in China. The manufacturer shut down later when...
Saint Paul, MN—National Co+op Grocers (NCG) has released its 2021 Food Co-op Impact Report. NCG, which joins together 148 food co-ops whose leaders work together to elect their board and represent the goals and aspirations of 1.3 million food co-op members from communities across 38 states, said the report spotlights the ways food...
Goleta, CA—Vitamin Angels announced the launch of a donation campaign to raise awareness around the urgency of maternal and child nutrition. In celebration of Mother's Day, the campaign runs April 29, 2022 to May 8, 2022, with Vitamin Angels’ corporate partners Eu Natural, Nourished, and Nature’s Sunshine matching campaign donations...
Richard Albert Passwater, Ph.D., a pioneer of the natural products industry, passed away on April 28, 2022, at the age of 84. Dr. Passwater is fondly remembered by his colleagues, including the team at WholeFoods Magazine, where Dr. Passwater served as Science Editor for 36 years and wrote WholeFoods Magazine's...
Washington, D.C.—The Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022 has been introduced by Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Mike Braun (R-IN) with the intent of establishing a requirement for mandatory product listing (MPL) for all dietary supplements marketed in the United States. The aim of the bill, according to the authors:...
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in a Constituent Update that it is issuing “Policy Regarding N-acetyl-L-cysteine: Draft Guidance for Industry” to be published on April 22, 2022. FDA said the draft guidance, when finalized, will explain the agency's intent to exercise enforcement discretion with respect to...
Washington, D.C.—In July 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent warning letters to seven supplement companies selling products containing N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), claiming that NAC was not lawful for sale as an ingredient in a dietary supplement because NAC had already been approved as a drug prior (in 1963)...
The best part of being back at Expo West? Seeing so many of you! A reported 2,700 exhibitors and over 57,000 registered attendees gathered in Anaheim, CA, from March 8-12 for the return of Natural Products Expo West, and many shared the same sentiment: Reconnecting with industry colleagues was the...
Virtual—From under-representation in research to off-target messaging and product positioning, the industry is missing the mark when it comes to serving women—and missing a huge opportunity in the process. Why is this, and how the industry work to remedy it? Launching during Women's History Month and continuing throughout 2022, Nutrasource...
