Global Gateway: Supply Chain Uncertainty
Innovating in the Global Tariff and Supply Chain Environment: Bringing Dietary Supplements into the 21st Century
Join World Trade Center Utah and the United Natural Products Alliance for the first session in a new quarterly series designed to help Utah companies navigate global tools, risks, and strategies—starting with the ingredient supply chains behind our $15 billion dietary supplement industry.
This discussion introduces a new initiative to modernize and strengthen the integrity of imported ingredients that support both local manufacturers and the broader $75 billion U.S. market.
The program brings together industry, trade, and standards organizations, including World Trade Center Utah, the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP), the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Medicines and Health Products (CCCMHPIE), Merieux NutriSciences, J.P. Morgan, and qualified ingredient suppliers.
Core elements of the initiative include:
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ)–enabled warehousing requiring direct imports to support tariff management, compliance oversight, and chain-of-custody integrity
Direct supplier engagement that minimizes reliance on opaque intermediaries
Laboratory-verified testing and documentation to confirm identity, purity, and specification compliance
U.S.–China standards alignment and data transparency
A unified compliance framework supporting the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
We’ll explore how companies can:
Establish qualified direct supplier relationships
Enhance traceability and analytical testing
Reduce regulatory and tariff exposure
Prepare for an increasingly complex global trade environment
The day is organized into two complementary sessions: a morning business track focused on supply-chain resilience, Foreign-Trade Zones, tariff mitigation, and trade finance, followed by an afternoon technical track focused on ingredient quality, compliance, analytical testing, and supplier qualification.
Our Q1 session will focus on high-risk ingredient categories where adulteration, inconsistent quality, and documentation gaps persist. Presenters will outline how laboratory partners, policy tools, and FTZ-based infrastructure can reduce these risks and create a more transparent, competitive operating environment for manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and brands.
Who Should Attend
This seminar is intended for stakeholders in the dietary supplement and natural product industries involved in sourcing, manufacturing, quality, and risk management, including brand owners, contract manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, and legal and regulatory professionals. Attendees will gain practical insight into supply chain modernization, FTZs, FSMA requirements, supplier qualification, and managing tariff and regulatory risk in a complex global trade environment.
This event also serves as the initial briefing for stakeholders interested in joining the pilot working group that will guide the development of this initiative. A recording of the seminar will be available to registrants.