In two interviews with Natural Products INSIDER, AHPA President Michael McGuffin looks back at 2014 to make predictions for the industry in 2015 and analyzes how the industry will likely be impacted by the 2014 mid-term elections.

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) submitted another round of comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to supplemental notices of proposed rulemaking for the proposed regulatory language to implement portions of the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA).

Congress passed the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act (DASCA) of 2014 (S. 2012) last night, clearing the bill to be signed into law by President Obama. 

Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) yesterday recognized Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) as the next Democratic leader in the U.S. Senate for safeguarding access to dietary supplements. Heinrich's agreement to take on this role was communicated at a meeting at Sen. Hatch's office attended by all three senators and representatives of several dietary supplement trade associations including American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) President Michael McGuffin.

Long-time supplement supporter Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) delivered an emotional farewell address to the Senate today after serving 30 years as a Senator and 10 years as a Representative.

Lawmakers discussed the safety, labeling and regulation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food during a hearing held today by the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health.

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) urged National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins to increase the budget of the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) for fiscal year (FY) 2015 to at least the same level of the prior fiscal year.

The 114th Congress: Outlook and opportunities for the supplement industry by Pete Evich, AHPA legislative consultant, Van Scoyoc Associates and much more...

Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), the co-chair of the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus, narrowly beat out Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) to replace vocal supplement industry critic Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) as the ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

In its most recent effort to improve California Proposition 65 (Prop 65), the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) joined a coalition of nearly 140 organizations and companies to submit comments in response to the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment's (OEHHA's) proposal to reform this law.