Washington, D.C., and Virtual—The 2021 Dietary Supplements Regulatory Summit covered a range of topics from FTC priorities to manufacturer inspections. Three major takeaways: 1. The Case for Mandatory Listing Cara Welch, Ph.D., Acting Director, Office of Dietary Supplement Programs (ODSP), FDA, made the opening remarks. Amidst a discussion on work-life...
Virtual—ACI/CRN’s 9th Annual Legal, Regulatory & Compliance Forum on Dietary Supplements took place earlier this June. It featured sessions on politics under the Biden Administration, navigating the line between structure/function claims and health claims, California-specific reforms and litigation, and more, all of which is available for purchase and on-demand viewing...
Washington, D.C.—The Supplement Safety & Compliance Initiative (SSCI) announced the first company to meet its new safety and benchmarking standards: Natural Alternatives International (NAI). Established in 2015, SSCI is a joint effort by leading nutritional supplement retailers (including Walmart and GNC) in collaboration with the Natural Products Association (NPA) and...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced that it has submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding “Food Standards; General Principles and Food Standards Modernization.” NPA's message: The Agency needs to do more to stop fraudulent products from entering the U.S. One of NPA's concerns: “economic adulteration"—firms replacing...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) has urged FDA to issue import alerts for supplements that fail to comply with NDI regulations, according to a press release. NPA submitted comments for the record to the Senate Finance Committee’s hearing COVID-19 and Beyond: Oversight of the FDA’s Foreign Drug Manufacturing Inspection...
Washington, D.C.—Following the March 18 announcements by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it is prioritizing resources and only performing “for-cause inspections” during the COVID-19 crisis, the Natural Products Association (NPA) proposed a two-pronged public-private partnership approach to ensure the safety of the global dietary supplement supply chain. The...
Washington, DC--The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced that it has offered to be a resource for Amazon after concerns emerged about counterfeit nutritional supplements. The action comes after Amazon warned customers that some Align Probiotic supplements were fake, then later assured that products currently for sale on the Amazon site...
Washington, D.C.—New benchmarking standards for nutritional supplements were praised during the American National Standards Institute’s (ANSI) Dietary Supplements Standardization Coordination Meeting on May 13, according to a press release from NPA. A panel discussion on the Supplement Safety and Compliance Initiative (SSCI) was led by Dadrion Gaston, senior director of...
Washington, D.C.—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) issued a statement in response to the Supplement Safety & Compliance Initiative’s (SSCI) publication of draft standards against which the industry can benchmark dietary supplement audit programs, expressing optimism that the initiative will bring stability and predictability to supplement audits. Steve Mister, president...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) and board members of the Supplement Safety & Compliance Initiative (SSCI), in a webinar on March 11th, announced plans to release new benchmarking guidance documents and working group updates at an upcoming SSCI meeting on March 28th, according to a press release. All major...
