John Venardos has played a role in shaping government and regulatory policies affecting the food and natural products industry around the globe since 1985, first with NutraSweet Company, then Pfizer, later Herbalife and Bodybuilding.com. Throughout his career, Venardos successfully lobbied the U.S. government to pass legislation (now law) mandating the reporting to FDA of all serious dietary supplement and OTC adverse events. He helped obtain Herbalife’s direct selling licenses in China. Under appointment by the US Trade Representative and the Secretary of Commerce, within the Office of the President during the Obama Administration, Venardos addressed distribution service issues around the globe. Most recently, in June 2019, Venardos lobbied the House to include report language in an appropriations measure mandating that FDA conduct a health hazard assessment based on available data to set a safe per-serving.