• Sat. Dec 7th, 2024

California bill to restrict access to weight loss products fails

California bill to restrict access to weight loss products fails

California’s Senate Appropriations Committee failed to advance AB 82 to the main Senate floor for a vote, effectively ending the bill’s passage.

AB 82 was introduced in December 2022​, just a couple of months after a similar bill was vetoed by California Governor Gavin Newsom​, who said the work required by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to establish a list of dietary supplements that would be subject to the bill is beyond the scope of the department’s capabilities.

The new bill contained the same language and again put the onus on the State Department of Public Health to determine which dietary supplements for weight loss and over-the-counter diet pills would be subject to these restrictions. (Unlike similar bills in other states—most notably New York, where Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law in October 2023​—AB 82 did not include muscle building supplements, such as creatine.)

AB 82 has now failed to progress as far as its predecessor, being “held in committee” by the Californian Senate Appropriations.

‘A solid win for industry’

The result was hailed as a win by industry trade groups with Daniel Fabricant, PhD, president and CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA), telling NutraIngredients-USA: “For the second state legislative session in a row, the Natural Products Association was able to secure a solid win for our industry. Through our hard work AB82 was rejected, allowing Californians continue accessing health and wellness products.

If you’re a company in the dietary supplement space, you can’t afford to sit on the sidelines any longer. Working hand and hand with organizations like ours to advocate and educate is a great first step.”

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