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.

History of IADSA

1997	First global meeting of food supplement associations in Brussels, Belgium - agreement on the need to create an International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA).
1998	IADSA formed in London with 21 member associations. IADSA obtains 'observer' status in Codex Alimentarius.
2000	IADSA releases its first publication: ‘Dietary Supplements Policy - The Guide to Global Decision-Making Bodies’.
2001	Second publication: ‘Creating a Global Framework for Dietary Supplements’. First African Conference on Food Supplements: ‘Towards a Global Regulatory Model’, Cape Town, South Africa.
2002	Workshop: 'The Global Challenge', Vancouver, Canada. First IADSA scientific report published: ‘Nutrition in Transition: The Role of Micronutrients’. 'First Asia conference on food supplements', Bangkok, Thailand. Spanish version published of IADSA publication ‘Nutrition in Transition: The Role of Micronutrients’.
2003	'First Latin American Conference on Food Supplements', Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. To read the conference report click here.
2004	Scientific publication released: ‘The Safety of Vitamin and Mineral Supplements: Safe levels identified by risk assessment’. 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. IADSA membership surpasses 50 member associations. Codex Alimentarius Guidelines for Vitamin and/or Mineral Food Supplements adopted, incorporating comments from IADSA. IADSA scientific publication released on health claims: ‘The Scientific Substantiation of Health Claims’ (English and Spanish Version). 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	Publication of FAO/WHO Model for Establishing the Safety of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances. This model shares the principles of IADSA's 2004 report on 'The Safety of Vitamin and Mineral Supplements'. International Symposium on Food Supplements, Ankara, Turkey. IADSA Scientific Group publishes ‘The Risk Assessment and Safety of Bioactive Substances in Food Supplements’.
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. Publication of report: ‘Nutrition, Health Ageing and Public Policy’ 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	IADSA releases Spanish version of ‘Nutrition, Health Ageing and Public Policy’ IADSA celebrates its 10 year anniversary at AGM in Verona, Italy 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.