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NPA "Deeply Concerned" About Proposed Mandatory Product Listing for Dietary Supplements

The Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2024, which would require dietary supplement manufacturers to list their products with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

August 1, 2024

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

NPA says the proposal is "bad for consumers and bad for American manufacturers and retailers."

Durbin Introduces Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2024

The latest efforts on mandatory product listing.

July 30, 2024

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

The Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2024 would require dietary supplement manufacturers to list their products with FDA.

Merchandising Insights

DSHEA at 30—Where’s our grassroots army?

U.S. independent retailers share their thoughts on the state of the industry.

June 13, 2024

Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

Does the natural products industry still have the cohesiveness to fight the constant legislative battles to preserve access to our products? A new survey of U.S. independent retailers highlights the challenges.

At NPA’s Fly-In Day, Industry Members Tackle Pressing Issues

On the need to advocate, NPA Chairman Mark LeDoux stressed: "If you are not at the table, you are on the menu."

June 5, 2024

Heather Wainer and WholeFoods Magazine Staff

NPA's 2024 Fly-In Day saw the largest attendance since post-pandemic, with retailers, brands, suppliers, and industry stakeholders advocating for the future of the natural products industry.

Industry Groups Respond to Durbin Letter Calling for DSHEA Modernization

Sen. Durbin pointed to tianeptine as a reason for mandatory product listing.

March 20, 2024

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

The modernization of DSHEA and mandatory product listing for dietary supplements as been a hot topic in the natural products industry for years. Here's the latest.

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Mandatory Product Listing for Dietary Supplements Not Included in FY23 U.S. Spending Bill; Industry Reacts

December 27, 2022

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

Article updated on January 4, 2023, with additional industry response. On December 23, 2022, the House passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (H.R.2617), an omnibus spending bill consisting of all 12 fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills. It provides $1.7 trillion in discretionary resources across the fiscal year 2023 appropriations...

Senate HELP FDA Authorization Bill Passes Committee; Industry Groups "Strongly Concerned"

June 15, 2022

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—Earlier this year, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released a discussion draft of legislation to reauthorize FDA user fees for drugs, biologics, and medical devices—and the legislation includes the Durbin-Braun premarket approval concept. As WholeFoods Magazine reported, the Natural Products Association (NPA) has been cautioning...

What is “Mandatory Product Listing”?

June 14, 2022

Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

Those of you who entered the natural products industry in the 2000s may not know the story of the late U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT). He served six terms, and passed away on April 23, 2022. Sen. Hatch, whose home state of Utah was and is headquarters to many...

Mandatory Product Listing Proposal Included in Draft Legislation; NPA Weighs In

May 19, 2022

Julia Peterman

Washington, D.C.—The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee has released a discussion draft of its legislation to reauthorize FDA user fees for drugs, biologics, and medical devices—and the legislation includes the Durbin-Braun premarket approval concept. The Natural Products Association (NPA) is cautioning that this would be damaging to...

Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022 Introduced; Industry Divided

April 27, 2022

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

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:...