MAHO is a 15-state regional trade association committed to supporting the natural products industry
MAHO EXPO “SUMMER SPLASH”
CONVENTION & TRADE SHOW
July 25-27, 2025 – Hilton Columbus at Easton
Membership
MAHO members are Independent Natural Products Industry Retailers, Manufacturers, Brokers and Distributors throughout the Midwest.
Trade Show
The MAHO Expo and Summer Splash Convention is the annual premier event bringing association retailers, exhibitors and industry professionals together.
Advocacy
With your participation we continue to effect policy change and ensure that we maintain your right to sell products, and the rights of your customers to make healthy choices.
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Homeopathy, a centuries-old system of medicine based on highly diluted substances that stimulate the body’s natural healing process, has been formally recognized and protected by U.S. law for over 80 years. In the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), Congress recognized homeopathic medicines as distinct from conventional drugs, allowing them to be regulated differently due to their long-standing safety record and unique manufacturing processes. There was a Homeopathic physician in Congress who had the US Homeopathic Pharmacopeia grandfathered into the FDA regulations.By treating homeopathic remedies as “new drugs,” the FDA’s guidance requires that homeopathic medicines undergo pre-market approval and clinical trials in the same way as conventional drugs. This presents an insurmountable obstacle for the homeopathic industry, as these remedies cannot be patented because they are all natural and manufacturers cannot afford the high costs associated with drug approval.However, the FDA’s guidance issued in December 2022 now subjects all homeopathic drugs to the same pre-market approval standards as conventional pharmaceuticals. Make no mistake—this requirement is a threat to the entire modality of homeopathy along with the millions that have benefited from it—and the many more that might benefit from it in the future. Our lawsuit argues that this change is based on unsubstantiated concerns and ignores decades of data showing the safety and efficacy of homeopathic remedies.
For years, the FDA has been threatening the future of homeopathic medicine; it’s now time for it to stop. Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE This week, the Alliance for Natural...
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