UNPA announces hemp extract/cannabinoids new member policy guidelines
NOTE: The UNPA hemp extract/cannabinoids member criteria policy has been updated. The "new policy" link below will take you to the updated document.
SALT LAKE CITY (Oct. 16, 2019) — The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) today announced a new policy that for the first time allows companies engaged in the growing, manufacture, sale and/or distribution of hemp extract/cannabinoids* ingredients and finished goods labeled as dietary supplements, food, beverages, and cosmetic products to become Executive members of the 27-year-old alliance. The quality and compliance criteria laid out in the new policy form the basis of UNPA’s membership criteria for both new and current Executive-level members. “While efforts at the state and federal level to clarify the legal status of hemp extract and cannabinoid products continue, UNPA believes it is in the interest of consumers, health professionals and relevant industries to establish a framework of practices and compliance standards for hemp extract/cannabinoid products,” said Loren Israelsen, UNPA president. “After months of development and review by our Hemp Extract/Cannabinoids Committee, UNPA completed and received Executive Committee approval to accept new Executive members in the hemp extract/cannabinoids category,” he added. “We’ve established strict criteria to assess such companies’ compliance, quality, executive capabilities, adverse event reporting systems and other requirements to assure such members are best in class in this emerging category.” Read more... |
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upcoming unpa trainings
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Intentional Adulteration: Conducting Vulnerability Assessments (IAVA) Training
Presented by: Ned Mitenius, Founder/Principal, Periscope Consulting, LLC Wednesday, January 22, 2020 | Lehi, Utah | 8:00am - 5:00pm This course will provide participants with the knowledge to implement the requirements of conducting a vulnerability assessment under the Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration regulation (referred to as the IA rule) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). For more information and to register, please click here. Foreign Supplier Verification Programs Course for Foods and Dietary Supplements
Feb. 11-12, 2020, Lehi, Utah This course is designed to help participants understand the role of food importers under the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) rule, part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). For more information and to register, click here. |
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DSHEA@25
It’s the law that created the modern dietary supplement industry: the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, which turned 25 this year. To celebrate, UNPA presents perspectives and remembrances from some of the key players, who were in the trenches and helped facilitate the passage of this landmark legislation.
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DSHEA's 25th anniversary: Industry vets, critics respond
Exactly 25 years ago—Oct. 25, 1994—President Bill Clinton signed a bill that has enabled the dietary supplement industry to flourish over the last quarter century. Josh Long | Natural Products Insider |
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DSHEA at 25:
In conversation with Scott Bass and Loren Israelsen In this milestone 25th anniversary year, UNPA reflects back on and celebrates the passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA). Loren Israelsen and Scott Bass, two of the principal architects of DSHEA, discuss the many political challenges they faced and the various set-backs the bill encountered. Each looks to the future to visualize where the industry is going and how best to set the legislative framework to allow the industry and ultimately the consumers to succeed. |
UNPA member nutraingredients-usa.com has posted a two-part video of Stephen Daniell’s excellent interview with Loren Israelsen and Scott Bass discussing DSHEA. You can view both segments here::
https://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Article/2019/04/15/DSHEA-at-25-In-conversation-with-Scott-Bass-and-Loren-Israelsen
https://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Article/2019/04/15/DSHEA-at-25-In-conversation-with-Scott-Bass-and-Loren-Israelsen
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Senator Orrin Hatch reflects on DSHEA – podcast
In this podcast interview, former U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch reflects on the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), whether the law is in need of reform and the concept of a mandatory product registry. Josh Long | Natural Products Insider |
Former U. S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch
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Natural Products INSIDER has produced a wide-ranging, 19-minute audio podcast with Scott Bass discussing DSHEA:
DSHEA author reflects on law's impact and future – podcast |
DSHEA@25: How Congress revolutionized the supplement industry
Patricia Knight, former chief of staff to retired Sen. Orrin Hatch, reflects on the forces that led to the passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act.
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By Patricia Knight, senior political advisor, United Natural Products Alliance
You might say I was an accidental Senate staffer. It was the early 1990s. My job tenure had dwindled to nine months’ duration. Not good. Working on the House Appropriations Committee was a dream job. But it was cut short when my boss, Silvio O. Conte, a ranking Republican (from Massachusetts) on the House Appropriations Committee, suddenly died. Read more... |
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unpa PodCasts: cbd/hemp
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UNPA's Loren Israelsen on the status of hemp and CBD, in conversation with TraceGains' CEO Gary Nowacki, "CBD: Fad or Trend?"
Listen to it at: https://ctoc.podbean.com/e/cbd-fad-or-trend/ UNPA's Frank Lampe discusses the state of hemp/CBD regulation in conversation with Pete Thornton of Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Landrace Biosciences, A GMP-certified, bulk CBD product manufacturer. The interview series, geared for the hemp industry, is called, "Call Me Cannabinoids." You can listen to it here.
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