Dietary Supplements

Four leading trade associations representing the dietary supplement industry—the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), and United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA)—today announced their collective support for the re-establishment of the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus in the 119th Congress.

2025 data highlights widespread consumer use and value in supplements and clear support for modernizing the regulations overseeing the category.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today announced the appointment of M. Scott Furness, Ph.D., to serve as its new Senior Vice President of Regulatory & Scientific Affairs. Dr. Furness comes to CHPA from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) where he spent more than 25 years in various leadership roles, most recently as Director of the Division of Product Quality Assessment XVIII at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s (CDER) Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ), overseeing the scientific review and quality evaluation of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) section of regulatory applications and providing strategic guidance on pharmaceutical quality issues. Dr. Furness takes the role previously held by Mike Bailey and officially began his work at CHPA on May 6, 2025. He will serve as a member of CHPA’s Senior Management Team and report to President and CEO Scott Melville.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) released the following statement today after submitting comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) regarding its Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients: