Building up associations

IADSA has been involved in establishing more than 15 of its associations over the past decade. We work with companies and authorities to build national associations in countries where one does not exist.

IADSA Events

2001	First African Conference on Food Supplements: ‘Towards a Global Regulatory Model’, Cape Town, South Africa.
2002	Workshop: 'The Global Challenge', Vancouver, Canada. 'First Asia conference on food supplements', Bangkok, Thailand.
2003	'First Latin American Conference on Food Supplements', Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. To read the conference report click here.
2004	Conference on 'The Future of Food Supplements in Europe', Prague, Czech Republic. To read the conference report click here.
2005	Conference: ‘El Futuro de los Suplementos Alimenticios en México’, México City. International conference on ‘Food Supplements in Europe: Challenges for the Future’, Berlin, Germany. To read the conference report click here. Expert workshop on health food policy and regulation, in co-operation with the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), Beijing, China.
2006	International Symposium on Food Supplements, Ankara, Turkey.
2007	Workshop: ‘International Perspectives on Dietary Supplements Regulation’, Yokohama, Japan. Organised in conjunction with its four Japanese member associations JHNFA, JIHFS, NFTS and NNFA-J. To read the report on the workshop click here. Expert training session by senior officials from Russia's Federal Agency for Consumer Rights and Human Wellbeing on ‘Dietary Supplements in Russia: Regulation, Registration and Certification - Mastering the approval processes’, Washington DC, United States. Organised by IADSA conjunction with US food supplement associations AHPA, CRN, NPA and UNPA.
2008	First IADSA Scientific Forum in Verona, Italy Conference in co-operation with the Mexican Ministry of Health and IADSA's Mexican member association Anipron: ‘Congreso de Expertos Regulacion de Los Suplementos Alimenticios’, Mexico City, Mexico Latin American workshop for regulators from Argentina, Chile and Brazil: ‘Tendencias regulatorias a nivel mundial, regional y nacional’, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009	Latin American workshop organised in conjunction with IADSA's Latin American Working Group on global, regional and national regulatory trends: ‘Tendencias regulatorias a nivel mundial, regional y nacional’, Lima, Peru. Food Supplement Training Forum (South East Europe) organised in conjunction with IADSA member associations EHPM and ERNA, Sofia, Bulgaria. 2nd IADSA Scientific Forum, Moscow, Russia. Brazilian Workshop - ‘Food Supplement Regulatory Scenario: An Overview’ -organised in conjunction with the Brazilian member association ABIAD, Brasilia, Brazil.