About Us
HADSA, the Health Food and Dietary Supplements Association, was founded in India in 2004, with the key aim of ensuring the health and growth of the nutraceuticals industry in India, from domestic manufacture and consumption to marketing and exports.
Registered as a public trust under section 18 of the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 vide Certificate No. 641, dated 19th April 2004.
HADSA is an independent, not-for-profit, organization, which is why it can be trusted to be unbiased in its advocacy of the nutraceuticals industry.
HADSA is also a member of the International Alliance for Dietary Supplements Associations (IADSA), an alliance of more than 60 dietary supplement associations spread over 6 continents and based in UK. Membership of IADSA (The International Alliance of Dietary Supplement Associations) gives HADSA, and its members, access to the experience and expertise of nutraceutical professionals, dietitians, and regulators across all continents.
HADSA represents the interest of health foods, dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, and the healthcare industry in general comprising manufacturers and suppliers of vitamins, minerals, botanical products and sports nutrition products in India.
We achieve our mission by
- Recruiting a diverse membership united by shared ethics and a common vision. Fostering membership commitment, involvement, and mutual respect.
- Providing a comprehensive range of business services and professional enhancement and education programs that promote successful competition in a dynamic marketplace.
- Promoting and defending a favorable legal, legislative, and regulatory environment conducive to industry growth, free enterprise, and free speech.
- Creating standards and procedures towards self-regulation to assure quality, safety, and integrity of natural nutritional foods, products, services, and labeling information.
- Initiate timely actions that are likely to improve the regulatory climate, the reputation of the industry, consumer confidence in the industry and its products.
- Our commitment includes compliance with applicable laws and regulations consistent with international guidelines and standards, to seek to change or question those laws or regulations that are inconsistent with the best interest of the public.
- HADSA unites a diverse membership from retailers to the largest natural product supplier.
- We champion consumers’ freedom of choice in our marketplace. We strengthen and safeguard a free market economy.
- We build strong markets to fuel industry growth.
- We act together with uncompromising integrity, and we encourage all to reach ever higher standards of quality.
To strengthen health foods, dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, and the healthcare industry by;
- Representing the interest of manufacturers and suppliers of vitamins, minerals, botanical products and sports nutrition products.
- Supporting a science-based environment to ensure responsible marketing of health foods, dietary supplements, and nutraceuticals.
- Promoting and defending the regulatory environment and initiating timely actions that are likely to improve the regulatory climate, reputation, and consumer confidence and protection.
- Preventing, and eradicating malpractices, if any, and establishing a code of ethics, for observance by its members in line with the prevailing regulations.
- Securing the most favorable duty/ tax structure