‘TWAS TWO WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS AT AMIN TALATI
AND I WAS JUST STIRRING MY FIRST MARTINI
THE BRIEF HAD BEEN FILED IN THE COURT WITH GREAT CARE
IN THE HOPES THE DISMISSAL SOON WOULD BE THERE
THE ASSOCIATES WERE NESTLED ALL SNUG WITH THE REGS
WHILE QUESTIONS ‘BOUT ADDED SUGARS DANCED IN THEIR HEADS
ONE HAD SOME CANDY AND ONE HAD SOME FLOWERS
HAPPY THEY HAD HIT THEIR BILLABLE HOURS
THEN OUT ON THE INTERNET THERE AROSE SUCH A CLATTER
I SPRANG TO MY PHONE TO SEE WHAT WAS THE MATTER
ONTO THE TWITTER I FLEW LIKE A FLASH
A TWEET SAID A KARDASHIAN HAD GOTTEN A RASH
THEN TWEETS ABOUT SOMEONE NOT JUSTIN BIEB
THEY WERE ABOUT FDA COMMISSIONER GOTTLIEB!
WHAT COULD IT BE? WHAT WAS THE SCOOP?
FDA WAS FORMING A SUPPLEMENT WORKING GROUP!
HE SAID FDA WILL REVIEW LOTS OF FACTORS
TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND WEED OUT BAD ACTORS
25 YEARS AFTER DHSEA THE TIMING WAS RIGHT
TO TAKE STEPS TO IMPROVE FDA OVERSIGHT
HE SAID THERE ARE STILL LOTS OF CLAIMS FOR DISEASE
AND STILL LOTS OF COMPANIES WITH POOR GMPS
SOME ARE TAINTED WITH DRUGS - TSK TSK TSK
FDA WANTS TO BETTER MANAGE THAT RISK!
THEN CAME COMMENTS FROM CRN, AHPA AND NPA
UNPA ALSO HAD SOMETHING TO SAY
WE CANT JUST SIT BACK, WE CAN’T WAIT AND SEE
HOW THIS WILL IMPACT OUR GREAT INDUSTRY
THERE IS SOME ENFORCEMENT THAT FDA SHOULD TOUGHEN
SAID HEAD OF AHPA MICHAEL MCGUFFIN
NPA’S DAN FABRICANT SAID ON SOME THINGS WE AGREE
BUT WE SHOULD ALSO DISCUSS OTHER THINGS LIKE CBD
STEVE MISTER SAID CRN WILL WORK WITH FDA
TO PRESERVE THE BALANCE THAT WAS STRUCK BY DSHEA
UNPA’S FRANK LAMPE WAS WORRIED; WAS THERE A CATCH?
IS THE TIMING RELATED TO THE RETIREMENT OF HATCH?
WE NEED TO EMBRACE THIS EFFORT BY FDA
AND NEED TO MAKE CLEAR OUR SUPPORT FOR DSHEA
IN THE MEANTIME TO ENSURE THERE IS NO SURPRISE
LET’S ALL WORK TOGETHER AND FILE N.D.I.S
LET’S TRAIN OUR Q.A. AND HAVE S.O.P.S
THAT ARE REQUIRED BY G.M.P.S
LET’S LIMIT OUR CLAIMS TO STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
STAY AWAY FROM CANCER AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
WE ALL TRULY LOVE OUR GREAT INDUSTRY
THAT’S GROWN 10-FOLD THE LAST QUARTER CENTURY
WE MAKE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE, INCREDIBLE PRODUCTS
VITAMINS, HERBALS, AND PROBIOTICS
SO LET’S RAISE A GLASS FOR A HOLIDAY TOAST
TO THE GREAT COMPANIES THAT WE LOVE MOST
LET’S WORK WITH FDA AND KEEP OUR GOALS IN SIGHT
HAPPY 2019 TO ALL AND LET’S DO THIS RIGHT!