Weight Management Products

NY AG seeks motion to dismiss NPA’s lawsuit challenging restrictive supplement law

01-Feb-2024 By Stephen Daniells

The New York Attorney General’s office is seeking to file a motion to dismiss a lawsuit by the Natural Products Association (NPA) that challenged a new law seeking to restrict access to specific categories of dietary supplements.

‘Resources are going to be needed’: The fight against state-led restrictions on supplements

30-Jan-2024 By Stephen Daniells

Lawmakers in New York, California, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Maryland—the most important states for dietary supplements sales—are making moves to restrict access to certain products. This year, more states could follow suit.

Trade associations mobilize to oppose restrictive Massachusetts bill on fitness, weight supplements

17-Nov-2023 By Stephen Daniells

Dietary supplement trade associations headed to Boston this week to provide testimony in opposition to bills that would restrict access to weight loss and sports nutrition dietary supplements for consumers under the age of eighteen.

AHPA’s McGuffin: We oppose the reorganization of FDA’s food and supplements program

17-Jul-2023 By Stephen Daniells

The Board of the American Herbal Products Association will oppose FDA proposals to reorganize its dietary supplements program into a new Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements, and Innovation.

CRN: State-led restrictive bills could drive young people to the ‘dark corners of the internet’

27-Mar-2023 By Stephen Daniells

Multiple states have introduced bills that attempt to restrict access to weight management and sports nutrition supplements over the past couple of years, but such bills lock down legitimate retailer and could force young people to look elsewhere…

Colorado joins State efforts to restrict weight management supplements

14-Mar-2023 By Stephen Daniells

After similar efforts in Maryland, California, New York, and elsewhere, Colorado has become the latest state to introduce legislation that aims to restrict access to weight management supplements.

Trades testify in Maryland against state bill to restrict supplement access

03-Mar-2023 By Stephen Daniells

Maryland is the latest state to propose legislation to restrict the access for minors to dietary supplements for weight management.

State-led restrictive bills back to the fore for 2023

25-Jan-2023 By Stephen Daniells

With bills in New Jersey, Massachusetts, and California already working through the State legislatures, the dietary supplements industry is bracing for another year of attempts to restrict access to products.

NPA urges NY governor to veto supplement sales ban, while similar NJ bill faces vote today

15-Dec-2022 By Hank Schultz

Bills aimed at restricting the sale of weight management and muscle building supplements to minors have advanced in both New York and New Jersey. The Natural Products Association claims they’re based on unsupported assertions from a group at Harvard...

NPA testifies against NJ bill to restrict some supplement sales

14-Nov-2022 By Hank Schultz

The Natural Products Association opposed a bill to restrict some sales of dietary supplements in New Jersey brick and mortar locations in testimony offered about a bill making its way through the state legislature.

Newsom vetoes California weight loss bill

30-Sep-2022 By Stephen Daniells

California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed AB3141, California's age restriction bill to prohibit retailers from selling certain dietary supplements for weight loss without a prescription or ID to those under 18.

Confused regulatory position of hordenine, octopamine figures into warning letter

29-Sep-2022 By Hank Schultz

Hordenine and octopamine—ingredients of concern for FDA—made another appearance in a warning letter sent to a New York-based supplement manufacturer.

California weight management supplement bill advances past committee

23-Jun-2022 By Stephen Daniells

A California bill that seeks to place restrictions on the sale of some weight management supplements to minors has passed the State’s Judiciary Committee, and now moves forward to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

California weight management supplements bill still alive after slight amendments

14-Jun-2022 By Stephen Daniells

A controversial California bill that seeks to place restrictions on the sale of some weight management supplements to minors has been amended but is still alive in the state's legislature.

NPA pushes back against Rhode Island bill that would restrict supplement sales

23-Mar-2022 By Hank Schultz

The Natural Products Association has testified against a proposed Rhode Island law that would restrict the sale of supplements to minors. The bill could have far ranging implications, NPA warns.

Sabinsa introduces curcumin analogue ingredient rich in Calebin A

01-Mar-2022 By Hank Schultz

Longtime turmeric purveyor Sabinsa has extended the product line for this venerable ingredient family with a new offering derived from a related species that is high in the compound Calebin A.

High protein, low carb, calorie restricted diets linked to positive gut outcomes, study asserts

11-Feb-2022 By Hank Schultz

New research has found significant positive shifts in gut microbiome makeup among subjects participating in a weight loss program with the most beneficial changes occurring in subjects who showed low diversity at the outset.

Successful losers show way forward for weight management sector

10-Feb-2022 By Hank Schultz

A new study that examines the mindsets of successful weight losers illustrates a trend in the industry in which companies take a holistic approach to the issue, a consultant says.