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Patricia Knight, former chief of staff to retired Sen. Orrin Hatch, reflects on the forces that led to DSHEA.  By Patricia Knight, senior political advisor, United Natural Products Alliance | Sep 03, 2019
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. Returning to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a Deputy Assistant Secretary didn’t work so well, either. President George H. W. Bush lost his re-election, and I lost my job. As luck would have it, on January 21, 1993—the day after President Bill Clinton’s inauguration—I started a new volunteer job at Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch’s office. I didn’t have a desk. I didn’t have a paycheck. What I did have was a fantastic opportunity to be a part of history-in-the-making, learning the legislative process from a world-class master who never stopped his relentless effort to get the job done. And with the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), Hatch got the job done.
With a new name, the UNPA Asia Report, UNPA has published its second quarterly special section, this one in the 4Q17 issue of Asiaceutical Insights, a trade publication published in China by Herbridge Media, with distribution throughout China, Japan and southeast Asia. This special business-to-business section is an ongoing feature in the magazine.
The UNPA Asia Report strives to highlight market information, trends and developments within the U.S. dietary supplement industry for Chinese, Asian and U.S.-based companies and will feature a number of UNPA member companies and MOU partners, with a focus on UNPA’s ongoing efforts to improve regulatory compliance and product quality and transparency within the U.S. marketplace. If you are interested in participating in editorial content and/or advertising, please contact Frank Lampe, 720.398.8172. View and download a PDF (4.8 MB) of the 4Q17 issue of the UNPA Asia Report View and download a PDF (65 MB) of the entire 4Q17 issue of Asiaceutical Insights Asiaceutical Insights (Herbridge Media) website: http://www.herbridge.com/html/en/ UNPA created a 16-page special section that has been included in the Fall 2017 issue of Asiaceutical Insights, a trade publication published in China by Herbridge Media, with distribution throughout southeast Asia. The special section serves as a primer about the U.S. dietary supplement market for Chinese and Asian companies and features a number of UNPA member companies and MOU partners, with a focus on UNPA’s ongoing efforts to improve product quality and transparency within the U.S. marketplace.
View and download a PDF (2.3 MB) of this special section: “The U.S. Dietary Supplement Market: An Overview Of Issues And Trends”. View and download a PDF (115 MB) of the entire Fall 2017 issue of Asiaceutical Insights. Asiaceutical Insights (Herbridge Media) website: http://www.herbridge.com/html/en/ |
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