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Welcome to the new UNPA website. We appreciate your patience while we continue to upload content and complete site functionality, including member log in, member access to important resources and event registration (all coming soon!). If you have questions or need assistance, please contact editor@unpa.com, and stop back soon!

UNPA/Eurofins cbd symposium!

Understanding regulatory and food safety requirements surrounding dietary supplements can be challenging. For those in the industries of CBD and hemp, the challenge can be even more daunting. Eurofins and UNPA have assembled a panel of experts to help bring into focus your responsibilities and opportunities as manufacturers of dietary supplements.
 
Join us for the "CBD & Dietary Supplements Symposium" on Thursday, Oct. 4, at Eurofins Microbiology in Lafayette, Colo. The event will take place from 10:00 am-3:00 pm and lunch will be provided. The day will kick off with a tour of the lab for all interested and then will proceed to a classroom setting. Click on the image or link above for more information and to register.
UNPA EVENTS
​UNPA/Eurofins CBD & Dietary Supplements Symposium, Thursday, Oct. 4, 10am-3pm, Eurofins Microbiology, Lafayette, Colo., features UNPA and Eurofins speakers on regulatory, legal, testing and analytics issues. Click here for more information and to register.

ChINA/asia EVENTS

​China Special Food Conference
Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Beijing, China
Organized by the China Nutrition Health Food Association and supported by the China Administration for Market Regulation. Regulators and authorities from key countries, including the U.S. FDA, will attend and provide updates on regulatory models for their respective countries. UNPA’s Loren Israelsen will be attending and presenting. Click here for more information.
 
China International Import Expo
November 5-10, Shanghai, China
With the world's largest population, China is the second largest economy, as well as the second largest importer and consumer in the world. Now China has entered a new development stage at which consumption keeps increasing, indicating enormous potential for the growth of consumption and import. In the next five years, China is expecting to import products and services valuing more than $10 trillion (U.S.), which provides a historic opportunity for enterprises across the world to enter the huge Chinese market. UNPA will lead a delegation of U.S. supplement companies to the event and will host a U.S. pavilion. Click here for more information. 
MOU PARTNER EVENTS
National Center for Natural Products Research Training 3- and 5-day courses
Sept. 24-26, Oxford, Miss.
ONLY A FEW SEATS REMAINING! These courses target individuals working in the dietary supplement industry and who have a good working knowledge of HPCL equipment and use. Attendees do not need to have a strong botanical knowledge or theoretical understanding of liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. The design of these courses is to provide this information. Click here for more information.

The Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute Sixth Annual Thought Leaders Consortium
October 12-13, Tucson, Ariz.
The promise of personalized lifestyle medicine is to catalyze positive changes throughout the health care system, and—in turn—improve health outcomes, increase efficiency, and make clinical care more precise than it has ever been before.  How do we make this promise a reality? Join the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute and a world-class group of leading scientists and clinicians for the Sixth Annual Thought Leaders Consortium next October to learn more about transformations taking place RIGHT NOW and to discuss WHAT’S NEXT. Click here for more information.
UNPA MEMBER EVENTS
SupplySide West—No UNPA members’ meeting
Nov. 6-10, Las Vegas, Nev.
Members: See the UNPA Digest for a code to receive $50 off registration. NOTE: Due to a scheduling conflict, UNPA will no hold a members’ meeting at this year’s show. UNPA’s Larisa Pavlick is attending and presenting and Frank Lampe will also be attending. Click on a name to schedule a meeting at the show. Click here for more information on the show.

Rocky Mountain Dietary Supplement Forum
Oct 23-24, Boulder, Colo.
Members: See the UNPA Digest for a code to receive a 10% discount. The goal of the forum is to provide an educational venue helping dietary supplement industry professionals learn what they need to know to stay current with FDA’s requirements. UNPA’s Larisa Pavlick is presenting and is available for member meetings. Click here for more information on the conference.
ONDEMAND EVENTS
Eurofins/UNPA webinar: FSMA & the Dietary Supplements Industry. This webinar will help you understand several of the new rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), including an intro to Preventive Controls for Human foods (PC), Produce, and Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP). FSVP has modifications for the dietary supplements industry based on the type of operations (manufacturer, ingredient supplier, or importing finished DS). View the webinar.

UNPA/Healthnotes webinar: Achieving FSMA supply-chain compliance and product-development efficiencies: A forum for dietary supplement brand holders and contract manufacturers. Presented by Loren Israelsen and Larisa Pavlick, UNPA; Skye Lininger and Michelle Woolfolk, Healthnotes; Tom Dubinski, Arizona Nutritional Supplements. Requires member login. View the webinar.

UNPA Expert Insights Webinar, Understanding the New Nutrition/Supplement Facts Labeling, and What It Means for Your Packaging, presented by Evelyn Cadman, FDA Compliance Simplified; Brent Anderson, Nosco. Sponsored by NOSCO. Requires member login. View the webinar.

The Present and Future of Cannabis, Hemp and CBD, presented by Roy Bingham at the 2018 UNPA Members’ Retreat. View the UNPA YouTube video.

Dietary Supplements Trend Watching - The Light Ahead, presented by Heather Granato at the 2018 UNPA Members’ Retreat. View the UNPA YouTube video.

Evolution of the Global Dietary Supplements Market, presented by Stephen Daniells at the 2018 UNPA Members’ Retreat. View the UNPA YouTube video.

UNPA Expert Insights Webinar: Raw Material Testing with IR / Heavy Metal Testing, sponsored by Perkin-Elmer. Requires member login. View the webinar. 

UNPA Expert Insights Webinar: The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and What It Means to You, presented by UNPA's Larisa Pavlick. Requires member login. View the webinar. 

UNPA Expert Insights Webinar: What's So Scary About High Energy Blue Light?
Presented by Chris Shanahan, John T. Landrum, Ph.D. and James M. Stringham, Ph.D., Sponsored by OmniActive Health Technologies. View the webinar.