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Healthy INSIDER Podcast 37: Assessing Trump Administration, NDI Guidance at UNPA ConferenceHealthy INSIDER Podcast 37: Assessing Trump Administration, NDI Guidance at UNPA Conference

During a one-day conference held on Feb. 9 in Salt Lake City, the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) assembled experts to explore a range of emerging issues in Washington, from an executive order signed by the president to a 102-page draft guidance document published last year by FDA.

American businesses—including the US$40 billion supplement trade—are striving to comprehend the implications of several policy changes that have been adopted early in the Trump administration.

During a one-day conference held on Feb. 9 in Salt Lake City, the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) amassed experts to explore a range of important issues in Washington, from an executive order signed by the president to a 102-page draft guidance document published last year by FDA.

In this podcast, Sandy Almendarez, editor in chief of Natural Products INSIDER, and Josh Long, legal and regulatory editor, discuss a few themes that were covered at UNPA’s conference, including:

  • The potential impact of an executive order to reduce regulations;

  • A meeting UNPA held with FDA officials to discuss the 2016 new dietary ingredient (NDI) draft guidance; and

  • Efforts to develop an old dietary ingredient list that FDA would consider authoritative.

Links and Resources:

https://www.unpa.com/Portals/0/Documents/Events/UNPA%20NDI%20III_Program_v8.pdf?ver=2017-02-01-052614-007

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/UCM515733.pdf

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/30/presidential-executive-order-reducing-regulation-and-controlling

About the Author(s)

Josh Long

Associate editorial director, Natural Products Insider, Informa Markets Health and Nutrition

Josh Long has been a journalist since 1997, holds a J.D. from the University of Wyoming College of Law, and was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 2008. Josh is the legal and regulatory editor with Informa's Health and Nutrition Network, specializing on matters related to Natural Products Insider. Ping him with story ideas at [email protected].

Sandy Almendarez

editor in chief, Informa

Sandy Almendarez entered the natural products industry in 2009 when she joined Virgo Publishing (now Informa Exhibitions) as an assistant editor. Since then, she's worked her way up to editor in chief where she writes, edits and manages content for INSIDER. Under Sandy’s direction, INSIDER has won editorial awards from Folio: every year since 2014, including B2B Editorial Team of the Year in 2015.

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