John Mccain

Supplement execs have poured $4.5m into Romney’s campaign coffers

31-Jul-2012 By Elaine WATSON

Firms and individuals with ties to the nutrition and dietary supplement industry have poured more than $4.5m into Mitt Romney's campaign coffers, according to an analysis conducted by USA TODAY.

Food Safety Bill won’t penalize dietary supplements players

13-Dec-2010 By Shane Starling

Washington DC-based industry body the Alliance for Natural Health USA (ANH-USA) says the dietary supplements industry has been rewarded by the Food Safety Bill (S. 510), which could have included draconian measures to, “regulate away natural health”.

Disptaches from SupplySide West

Three industry chiefs discuss Capitol Hill elections and the McCain Bill

02-Nov-2010 By Shane Starling

With mid-term elections on Capitol Hill imminent, the heads of the three biggest trade groups in the US met at SupplySide West in Las Vegas to discuss its implications for the dietary supplements industry.

Can you afford to continue doing business without politics?

06-May-2010 By Shane Starling

Ingredients suppliers and supplements manufacturers must be more proactive in promoting and communicating key issues facing the dietary supplements industry, stakeholders are saying after a recent fundraiser for a pro-supplements Congressman confirmed...

USADA to name and shame contaminated supplements

27-Apr-2010 By Shane Starling in Secaucus, New Jersey

The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has been methodically buying dietary supplements from vendors and websites like amazon.com and will produce a list of branded products that contain banned substances by the end of the summer.

NPA chief: Industry must remain vigilant after McCain Bill victory

16-Mar-2010 By Shane Starling

John Gay, the executive director and CEO of the Washington DC-based Natural Product Association (NPA), commends industry for the lobbying effort that has led to Republican Senator John McCain agreeing to alter his highly unpopular Bill.

McCain ‘flip-flops’ on supplements reform Bill

15-Mar-2010 By Shane Starling

In this US regulatory round-up, New York-based food and drug attorney, Marc Ullman unpicks the reformed position of Republican Senator John McCain on the regulations governing dietary supplements.

McCain 'revisiting' supplements reform Bill

08-Mar-2010 By Shane Starling

Arizona Republican Senator, John McCain, has indicated he may withdraw support for the Bill he sponsored in February that would have severely amended the way the US dietary supplements industry is regulated.

McCain supplement reform statements are 'false'

26-Feb-2010 By Shane Starling

Leading dietary supplements trade group the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has sent a letter to Republican Senator John McCain addressing serious concerns it has about floor statements the Senator made on Monday which slammed dietary supplements...

McCain defends supplements reform bill

25-Feb-2010 By Shane Starling

Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona has issued a statement criticizing “lobbyists” of falsely attacking the Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010 he introduced at the beginning of the month, which seeks to amend DSHEA in several fundamental ways.

Industry attacks McCain Bill for “regulatory overkill”

04-Feb-2010 By Shane Starling

Industry groups and legal experts have condemned the Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010 as an unnecessary threat to existing legislation that is already empowered to ensure dietary supplements in the United States are safe.