Natural Products Association, Virgo Publishing to Conduct In-depth GMP Training Before...

Natural Products Association, Virgo Publishing to Conduct In-depth GMP
Training Before SupplySide West

The extended course offers valuable guidance to industry professionals for the
FDA's Good Manufacturing Practices rule for dietary supplements

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When the FDA's GMP rule becomes
effective for your dietary supplement company, will your business be ready? It
isn't a question to gamble on -- noncompliance can damage your operations and
cripple your business. By June 25, 2010, all supplement manufacturers must be
in compliance with the final U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) good
manufacturing practices (GMP) rule published on June 25, 2007. Time is
running short, but the Natural Products Association can help you prepare for
the new rule with confidence.

The Natural Products Association, the voice of the natural foods industry for
over 70 years, has partnered with Virgo Publishing to offer a one and half day
educational seminar event to discuss the impact and provisions of the final
rule. This important regulation establishes new mandatory requirements for
dietary supplement manufacturers and dietary supplement distributors.
Attendees will learn about what is expected and the consequences of
non-compliance.

"An Advanced Course on the Final FDA GMP Rule for Dietary Supplements" will be
offered during SupplySide West, a conference and trade show presented by Virgo
Publishing, October 21, 2008, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., through October 22,
2008, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Venetian Resort and Sands Expo
Center in Las Vegas, Nev.

Seminar presenters include Carl Reynolds, vice president, EAS Consulting,
Cindy Beehner, president, Quality Design Systems, Aaron Secrist, director of
quality, Nature's Way, and Natural Products Association staff. Seminar
presenters have over 75 years combined experience in addressing FDA
regulations, especially in the area of good manufacturing practices and
dietary supplements. Beehner and Reynolds have first-hand experience working
with industry to meet the challenges of compliance to the laws and regulations
related to dietary ingredients and dietary supplements, and Secrist will
present an industry insider's perspective on meeting the requirements of the
new rule.

"An Advanced Course on the Final FDA GMP Rule for Dietary Supplements" course
is designed for companies with a good understanding of current industry GMPs
and will be relevant for anyone whose job responsibility requires a
comprehensive understanding of the FDA GMP rule for dietary supplements,
including management, and regulatory affairs, QA/QC, production and laboratory
personnel. Previous attendees called the course "...very informative" and said
"the speakers truly care about company's concerns and compliance issues;"
another attendee said he "...would recommend this course because of the depth
of knowledge of the presenters and range of topics covered."

The Natuural Products Association is the industry expert on GMP issues and
compliance and has been offering comprehensive dietary supplement GMP training
for over 10 years to more than 1,000 industry attendees around the United
States.

To read the agenda and get fee and registration information, visit
www.SupplySideShow.com. Interested natural products professionals may also
register by contacting Vicki Whitsitt of the Natural Products Association at
(800) 966-6632, ext. 243, or e-mailing her at
vwhitsitt@naturalproductsassoc.org.

About the Natural Products Association
The Natural Products Association, founded in 1936 and headquartered in
Washington, D.C., is the largest and oldest non-profit U.S. trade organization
dedicated to the natural products industry. Currently, the association
represents nearly 10,000 retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers and
distributors of dietary supplements, food and health and beauty aids. In
terms of the total U.S. marketplace, the Natural Products Association
represents well over half of all eligible manufacturers, distributors and
wholesalers of dietary supplements and about two-thirds of health food
retailers. www.naturalproductsassoc.org.

About Virgo Publishing
Virgo Publishing produces the SupplySide Trade Shows and Conferences, the
Focus on the Future Executive Conference and Retreat, and the online training
Web site nutrilearn.com; and publishes Natural Products INSIDER, Food Product
Design, Natural Products Marketplace and Inside Cosmeceuticals magazines.

SOURCE Natural Products Association

Sandra Jackson of Natural Products Association, +1-202-223-0101 ext. 104,
sjackson@NaturalProductsAssoc.org