green papaya powder benefits_nutraceutical raw material suppliers

Many dietary supplement manufacturers were relieved Saturday after the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the Department of Homeland Security issued new specific guidance about essential critical infrastructure workers related to the COVID-19, or coronavirus outbreak.
Version 2.0 was issued over the weekend and specifically carved out dietary supplement manufacturers—and a host of other industries—whose employees and operations can be considered exempt from the stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders sweeping many states.

“AHPA appreciates that dietary supplement workers are now specifically identified as 'essential critical infrastructure’ in this latest guidance from the Department of Homeland Security,” Michael McGuffin, president of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), is quoted as saying in a press release. “However … companies and workers should check state and local recommendations and directives in making status determinations for operations that qualify as essential critical infrastructure.”

Other newly named protected industries ranged from grocery and pharmacy workers, to food manufacturers and suppliers, to animal and food testing, to sanitation and pest control workers.
The guidance letter specifically notes its recommendations ultimately are advisory in nature, and the list should not be considered a federal directive. Individual jurisdictions can add or subtract essential workforce categories based on their own requirements and discretion.