Colorado bill for protection of people with eating disorders amended to remove restrictions to dietary supplements

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A Colorado Senate Bill (SB 23-176) titled “Protections For People With An Eating Disorder” has been amended to remove restrictions to the sale of dietary supplements marketed for weight management. Industry trade groups and stakeholders such as the Natural Products Association (NPA; Washington, D.C.) and Natural Grocers have been actively lobbying lawmakers in Colorado to protect consumer access to dietary supplements. Similar bills targeting dietary supplements have been recently vetoed by governors in the states of New York and California.

“This is a big victory for consumer access in Colorado and we want to thank Majority Leader Moreno for his leadership and willingness to collaborate on a good solution. We wish more state lawmakers in other capitals would exercise the same approach to science, reason, and common sense,” said Kyle Turk, director of government affairs for the Natural Products Association (NPA; Washington, D.C.). “Far too often, legislators simply ignore science, data and the consequences of poorly-designed legislation that ends up hurting consumers, but this was not one of those instances. Our team immediately had the opportunity to share the impact language in the bill would have on consumers and industry stakeholders. We are grateful to the Majority leader and other stakeholders in the eating disorder community who considered the facts and recognized that there is no data point connecting eating disorders and the use of dietary supplements.”