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Dear NASC Members & Affiliates,

Jennifer Gornnert Joins NASC Team as Compliance Specialist

NASC membership continues to grow and we now have 285 Primary Suppliers. With the increase in membership, we also have seen a significant increase in members asking for assistance in completing their audits. We knew we needed to add another team member to help with the workload and we are thrilled to announce that Jennifer Gornnert accepted our offer to join the NASC team as a Compliance Specialist! Jennifer is the former Director of the Division of Regulatory Services for the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food. If she looks familiar to you, it is because she was also NASC's AAFCO Liaison for several years and has presented at the past two NASC Virtual Conferences. Jennifer earned her BSc. at Penn State University and spent six years teaching high school agricultural education before pivoting her career to a regulatory focus. Jennifer has extensive industry experience in labeling, claims and auditing to various established standards. She started with NASC on October 4 and has already proven to be a valuable asset to our team. You can reach her by email at j.gornnert@nasc.cc or by phone at 760-751-3360 ext. 107. Please join us in welcoming Jennifer!

Newly-Audited Members Earn NASC Quality Seal

Congratulations to the following companies for completing their first NASC audit in 2021. Each company has displayed an unwavering commitment to quality and continuous improvement and can now proudly display the NASC Quality Seal on their products and marketing materials!

Ready to schedule your audit?

More retailers than ever are requiring the Quality Seal on supplements they stock, which is good news for NASC members! The Quality Seal differentiates products and provides consumers with peace of mind that they are buying brands they can trust.

If your company is considering its first audit, there are a few things that must be done before you can schedule:

Label review/training with your NASC auditor to ensure your labels are compliant with labeling guidelines and claims allowances
Entry of your products into the NAERS database by your company
QC manual and SOP review by your NASC auditor to ensure you are following NASC cGMPs and are ready for the audit process

Unless your company is a brand-new member, it is likely you have already completed steps 1 and 2. If you're unsure or have questions, please reach out to your assigned auditor to get the ball rolling.

Newly-Audited
NASC Welcomes New Preferred Suppliers

We are excited to welcome 14 new companies to the NASC Preferred Supplier program so far in 2021. These new members are listed below and we hope you will take time to visit each company's profile to learn about the product/service offerings. (You must be logged into the NASC website to see a supplier's full profile.) Remember, the Preferred Supplier program exists to save your company money and time by vetting and qualifying suppliers so you can accept them without additional documentation required by NASC cGMPs and FSMA.

Aker BioMarine Raw Materials	Hau Processing Contract Manufacturer
Alliance Nutra Contract Manufacturer	HS Custom Formulations Service Provider
Colorcon Raw Materials	Kerry Raw Materials
Elite Health Partners Raw Materials	Natural Immunogenics Raw Materials
Embria Health Sciences Raw Materials	Nutrasource Service Provider
GenCanna Raw Materials	Recall InfoLink Service Provider
Golden Omega Raw Materials	The Law Offices of John G Moore Service Provider

Newly-Audited Members Earn NASC Quality Seal
NASC in the Media

Promotion of the NASC and its membership is undertaken on a continuous basis by the NASC team. One way we achieve this is to act as an industry voice on behalf of our mission and members. We are often invited to take part in media opportunities and we always jump at the chance to talk about NASC and the commitment our members are making to successful self regulation, which is helping to shape and secure the future of our industry. Below are links to some recent podcasts and articles we were part of:

All My Children Wear Fur Coats
August 30, 2021

Bill Bookout chats with host Peggy Hoyt in this podcast about the origins of NASC and how our members are fulfilling our mission to promote pet wellbeing while elevating the animal supplement industry.

Understanding CBD
September 26, 2021

Hosts Max & Steven are joined for this podcast by Bill Bookout, who offers a well-rounded view of the pet supplement industry as both a loving pet owner and a professional navigating the federal and state regulatory environments.

Food and Drug Law Institute
September 30, 2021

Bill Bookout contributes his thoughts to the article "Fido Has it All Figured Out: Lessons Learned from Animal Supplements May be Useful to Those Seeking a Human CBD Supplement Pathway."

Pet Business Magazine
October 1, 2021

Bill Bookout comments on the ups and downs of the hemp and CBD market during the pandemic, and how NASC helps to differentiate quality companies from bad actors in the article "The Flourishing CBD & Hemp Market."

Newly-Audited Members Earn NASC Quality Seal
Video Resources on NASC Website

Just a reminder that video recordings from the 2021 NASC Virtual Conference, the 2020 NASC Basic Training, and the brand-new NASC Preferred Supplier Educational Webinar Series are archived in the members-only area of the NASC website. Login is required to access them:

If you have an NASC website login, go to the NASC homepage, click Member Login at the top and enter your username and password. Next, navigate to the Membership tab, click on Primary Supplier or Preferred Suppliers in the dropdown (depending on your membership type), then click on Meetings in the right-hand menu.
If you are a member but do not have login credentials, please register here by completing the online membership form for your member type. Once your form is received, an NASC team member will activate you and send an email confirming that you now have access to the members-only content.