United Natural Products Alliance

The use of AI continues to increase, as do the ramifications. Thanks to NutraIngredients for the great coverage of our last virtual meeting, "AI or Humans: Who Owns Intellectual Property?" held on June 27th, with Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, with presenters Michael Messinger and Iona Kaiser. Virtual meetings are for UNPA Members. To learn more about joining, or membership, please reach out to Kira@unpa.com. Great recap and highlights here: https://lnkd.in/gAweZ8Wm

Today, United Natural Products Alliance hosted a webinar on AI and the future of IP. Top AI lawyers, Michael Messinger and Iona Kaiser from Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, provided insights on where AI is headed. A notable point discussed was the ability to synthetically replicate a person's voice, writing style, or image. This raises critical questions about the future. The latest developments on this topic were covered in a recent article in the WSJ. Stay informed! #AI #intellectualproperty #futureoftechnology And just for fun I had AI re-write this post, which I have never done before. I feel like I just cheated on a school exam. I guess these are the dilemma's we will be dealing with on a daily basis going forward.

We are eager to see the impact Canomiks can make with this new grant from National Science Foundation (NSF). Leena Pradhan-Nabzdyk, PhD, MBA and the Canomiks team will use the money to develop its technology platform to benchmark and measure the biological effect of botanical ingredients and their impact on human health. 👏 Additional Coverage: Nutraceuticals World https://lnkd.in/ghCB2dPm NutraIngredients https://lnkd.in/g36mJi3J Liz Beckmann https://lnkd.in/gaumVTXf

This has been a monumental year for us, and the entire industry. Shoutout to Stephen Daniells and the NutraIngredients team for all the work they did behind the #DSHEASummit and all the great conversations that have come as a result, with many more to come. Stay tuned and be well.

Having a healthy microbiome can impact many aspects of our long-term health, including cognitive decline, fitness and activity level, inflammatory status, and digestive and immune health. Next month, the Naturally Informed virtual conference series is back with Microbiome: Mastering the Market, presented in partnership by WholeFoods Magazine & Industry Transparency Center! During this 3-day virtual conference, experts will uncover the latest news and research related to the microbiome, overall health, longevity, and more!

We were honored to share the stage with old friends who led the charge to pass #DSHEA Patricia Knight, Peter Reinecke, Scott Bass, George Paraskevakos, and industry champions Jim Emme, Christine Burdick-Bell, FDA's Cara Welch, Ph.D. and Bob Durkin former FDA / leading FDA lawyer. Thanks to Stephen Daniells and the NutraIngredients team for seeing the vision of a #DSHEASummit which will be remembered as a once in a generation event. Photo Cred: Clinton Calder

Make sure you're reading those product labels, great advice from our friend Bill Chioffi. See the full story below.

Our friends at Holistic Primary Care | News for Health & Healing are hosting a webinar on the "Quality & Integrity of Botanical Therapies: A Clinician's Guide" on June 18th from 2 to 4 p.m. (Eastern). We are delighted to see some familiar faces! UNPA members Elan Sudberg, CEO of Alkemist Labs, and Bhaumik Darji, QA Manager at Verdure Sciences, will be speaking along with other panelists. It looks like a terrific program! We encourage anyone who is interested to attend. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gpbaYH5a

I’m still trying to process all that we covered at the #DSHEASummit. We’ll have more in depth coverage coming up on NutraIngredients-USA, but here’s a taster of some of my favorite quotes from the event: “DSHEA was envisioned and built around a concept that did not look to the future but to correct past problems that we didn’t want to see repeated, but we had no idea what the future would look like.” - Loren Israelsen “The thing to understand is what propelled DSHEA is what is propelling the industry today during Covid and after. People have lost confidence in their health care systems. People want to take self-care as the way to stay healthy.” - Scott Bass “I think when the NDI process works, it works great. Unfortunately, there are too many situations where it doesn’t work.” – Cara Welch “I don’t think it’s FDA’s responsibility to protect business interests but I want to have a strong regulated marketplace.” - Cara Welch “I think industry will implode if we don’t keep consumers at the forefront of our mind.” - Christine Burdick-Bell “Rules are there for a reason, and they are only as good as the people who follow them. There are a lot of good companies in our industry trying to do the right things for the right reason.” - Jim Emme “DSHEA is good bones. It has done well for 30 years and can do well in the future.” – Bob Durkin Huge thanks to our inspirational speakers and the impressive 200+ folks gathered in the room.

Loren’s color coordinated shoes are the real MVP. #dsheasummit Did Stephen Daniells leak the color scheme??