United Natural Products Association (UNPA)

IADSA Re-Elects Chair Zambetti

Peter Zambetti will serve a second term as chair of the INternational Alliance for Dietary Supplement Associations (IADSA). ...More
April 27, 2012
Posted in News
2012: A Year of Promise and Peril

The natural products industry faces big challenges in 2012. How it reacts to FDA's new era of preventative control, potential adulteration of products used by Olympic athletes and the U.S. November election could change the market for years to come. ...More
January 9, 2012
Posted in Articles, Sports Nutrition
NDIs—OK, Really. What Now?

Waiting for FDA to make the next new dietary ingredient (NDI) move can be agonizing, but without further direction from the agency, what's a natural product company to do? ...More
December 23, 2011 By Sandy Almendarez
Posted in Blog
NPA Strengthens Natural Seal Requirements

Certification program changes are announced for home care products, calling for 100-percent natural fragrances and colorants. ...More
December 20, 2011
Posted in News
NDI Draft Guidance Comments—Industry Has its Say

Comments from different sectors of the industry—from trade organizations to ingredient suppliers, finished product manufacturers to lawyers—reflect the overwhelming opinion that FDA failed in its attempt to provide a workable new dietary ingredient (NDI) guidance. ...More
December 15, 2011 By Sandy Almendarez
Posted in Articles
UNPA: New Thinking Necessary from FDA on NDIs

The United Natural Products Association (UNPA) filed its comments on the draft guidance on New Dietary Ingredients (NDIs), urging FDA to withdraw the guidance and to refrain from adopting the "current thinking" demonstrated in it. ...More
December 12, 2011
Posted in News
Trade Groups Oppose NDI Draft Guidance

In a jointly issued press release, dietary supplement industry’s trade associations—the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the Natural Products Association (NPA) and ...More
December 7, 2011
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Botanical Adulterants Program Educates Industry

The American Botanical Council (ABC), the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) and the University of Mississippi’s National Center for Natural Products Research (NCNPR) joined to tackle botanical adulteration in an education program designed to educate members of the herbal ...More
November 2, 2011
Posted in News
Industry, FDA Agree on One Thing Re NDIs

While FDA and industry associations disagree on many of the new dietary ingredient notification (NDIN) requirements, the one thing they all agree on is that industry needs to submit comments. “The comments are important; we want substantive, data-driven comments," said ...More
October 14, 2011
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Albion Joins UNPA

Albion Human Nutrition Division has become a member of the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), after existing members vetted and voted for the nutritional mineral manufacturer. The UNPA is an association limited to 40 full members of dietary supplement and functional ...More
September 9, 2011
Posted in News