Botanical Nutrition

How can you help protect the health freedoms enacted by DSHEA? Read below to take action.

In my recent interview on Whole Earth Radio with legal expert Ashish Talati, we got into some of the details of the DSHEA 2.0 potential legislative and regulatory changes that would affect the sale of dietary supplements. You can hear that interview here

In a recent article on NutraIngredients, Whole Foods Market senior technical advisor Kathy Wickenden said of proposed MPL (mandatory product listing) would “benefit FDA [the US Food & Drug Administration, a government agency] from the standpoint of having a list of brands in their related facilities, but it wouldn’t really help us in what we’re aiming to do, which is ensure compliance, ensure efficacy and safety.” Read the entire article here.
Would an MPL benefit retailers? Whole Foods says no.

Coming up I’m also going to be interviewing Dr. Daniel Fabricant of the Natural Products Association on why the industry should be fighting against MPL (mandatory product listing), or at the very least working hard to ensure that any proposed MPL contains language to protect the natural products industry and not just “make things easier” for government, which potentially giving others the power to limit their sale at both the state and federal level. These health freedoms are currently protected by DSHEA (Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994), but might not be protected by a ‘DSHEA 2.0’ unless industry keeps up the good fight.

Here’s a link to an interview Dr Fabricant recently did on the Danny Jones podcast that touches on the issue.

If you want to tell your elected officials that you support health freedom and oppose an MPL that would limit access to supplements, you can support the NPA’s efforts by taking action here.