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UNPA Interview | ANS & Alkemist Labs introduce the Testing Transparency Program
Mar 16, 2023
Arizona Nutritional Supplements (ANS), celebrating over 25 years as a full-service dietary supplement contract manufacturer, has joined the Alkemist Labs Alkemist Assured™ testing transparency program. Loren Israelsen, president of UNPA, visits with Tom Dubinski (VP of Quality Systems at ANS) and Elan Sudberg (CEO of Alkemist Labs) to discuss the exciting announcement.

Arizona Nutritional Supplements (ANS), celebrating over 25 years as a full-service dietary supplement contract manufacturer, has joined the Alkemist Labs Alkemist Assured™ testing

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UNPA Interview | Interested in the quality of your supplement? ConsumerLab.com is too.
Mar 2, 2023

Lisa Sabin of ConsumerLab.com provides the latest news and insights on dietary supplement testing and product quality as well as their annual consumers’

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Khan recognized for contributions to safety, effectiveness of botanical dietary supplements
Feb 3, 2023

Ikhlas Khan, internationally recognized for his research on the chemistry and biological activity of medicinal plants and supplements, has been elected as a

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UNPA Interview | WPIC Marketing + Technologies w/ Peter McMath
Jan 12, 2023

Loren Israelsen introduces Peter McMath and WPIC Marketing + Technologies, the world’s leading e-commerce consultancy, driving market growth for organizations in China, Japan,

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Foreign policy and the US political landscape: Where does the natural products industry fit in?
Nov 21, 2022
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Dietary supplement use among Americans is an all-time high, with the US being the leading worldwide importer of vitamin products last year. With

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MEDIA RELEASE | Dr. Raj Chopra receives UNPA 2022 Lifetime Service and Achievement Award
Nov 2, 2022

Salt Lake City, Utah — The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) is pleased to announce that it has selected Dr. Raj Chopra as

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Member Memo | 9.29.2022 | Mandatory Product Listing (MPL) Legislation Update
Sep 29, 2022
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UNPA LEGISLATIVE UPDATE   FROM: Patricia Knight and Peter Reinecke, UNPA Senior Political Advisors DATE:  September 15, 2022 RE:     Mandatory Product Listing (MPL)

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UNPA Interview | John Atwater – Regulatory Consultant – Valuable Resource for UNPA Members
Aug 15, 2022
Loren introduces John Atwater as our primary regulatory consultant, a valuable resource for all UNPA Members.

Loren introduces John Atwater as our primary regulatory consultant, a valuable resource for all UNPA Members. To learn more about how you can

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Senator Hatch Tribute by Loren Israelsen
May 18, 2022
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Senator Orrin G. Hatch passed away on Saturday April 23, 2022. He was at home with his family in Salt Lake City. He was 88. I

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UNPA NAC submission to FDA
Feb 17, 2022
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Dear UNPA Colleagues: On January 25, 2022, we submitted comments to the FDA Office of Dietary Supplement Programs, via Ms. Cara Welch, and

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China GACC Decree 248 — New UNPA Registration Service
Jan 20, 2022

Dear Colleagues — After discussions with the U.S. Embassy Beijing and after evaluating the requirements for registration under China’s GACC Decree 248, we

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Supplement makers may get temporary reprieve from FDA inspections
Jan 13, 2022

Larisa Pavlick is quoted: “Within the UNPA family, we understand that most responsible and reputable companies will remain on course, and we will

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NEW QUALIFIED HEALTH CLAIM for magnesium and reduced risk of high blood pressure
Jan 13, 2022

Dear Colleagues — I am pleased to inform you that on January 10 the FDA issued the attached constituent update advising the Center for Magnesium Education

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From Tumultuous start supplement industry now enters into gold future, says Nutrachampion Israelsen
Jul 20, 2021

Nutrachampion Loren Israelsen said he’s grateful that the award signifies that decades later his peers think he’s still contributing in a meaningful way

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UNPA Interview | Welcoming Vorys eControl to our Membership
Jun 28, 2021
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Introducing one of our newest members, Vorys eControl. Vorys aims to develop and implement comprehensive solutions to help companies protect and grow their

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UNPA’s Israelsen on DSHEA 2.0 & CBD: ‘Unless there is unity, it just gets harder’
Apr 29, 2021
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Proposed modernizations to the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) and solutions to the CBD issue require “an outstanding effort by industry

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UNPA received the Market Development Cooperator Program (MDCP) award from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA)
Jan 27, 2021

Since 2017, UNPA has broadly engaged Chinese peer associations, chambers of commerce, and other organizations to assess the opportunity to assist US companies

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UNPA visits the “Herbal Cowboy”, and the Case Mill Homestead
Aug 18, 2020
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You all know him as the Herbal Cowboy. I am new in town (to the herbs and natural products industry) so I approached

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