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Dietary Supplement Industry Hosts First Dietary Supplement Caucus Briefing for the 112th Congress
The Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus (DSC), in cooperation with the leading trade associations representing the dietary supplement industry–the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the Natural Products Association (NPA), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), and the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA)–held its first briefing for the 112th Congress on April 6. A capacity crowd of 60 House and Senate staffers attended this event.
Among the key points of Blumenthal’s presentation:
- Half of all Americans use dietary supplements, according to the Journal of Nutrition.
- Dietary supplements are regulated as foods under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA).
- AHPA’s establishment of standards for nomenclature and guidelines for safety
- CRN’s multi-year grants to the Council of Better Business Bureaus’ National Advertising Division to help ensure truthfulness in supplement advertising.
- NPA’s good manufacturing practices (GMP) program and training seminars
- UNPA’s GMP training initiative, some co-led with the University of Mississippi
- Dietary supplements have an outstanding safety record, with government statistics showing they are one of the safest categories of consumer products.