09.01.14
A consortium of non-profit herbal advocacy and research organizations has published a new e-newsletter, the “Botanical Adulterants Monitor.”
The publication’s purpose is to provide information related to the prevention and detection of herbal adulteration, quality assurance challenges facing the global botanical products community and the work of the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program, led by the American Botanical Council (ABC), the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) and the University of Mississippi’s National Center for Natural Products Research (NCNPR).
The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program was created in 2011 to educate members of the international herbal and dietary supplements industry about botanical ingredient and product adulteration. The program focuses on accidental adulteration that occurs as a result of poor quality control procedures as well as intentional adulteration of plant-based products for financial gain.
“The purpose of our program is primarily educational,” said Mark Blumenthal, founder and executive director of ABC, and founder and director of the program.
Inside each issue of the “Botanical Adulterants Monitor,” readers will find news from the Botanical Adulterants Program, recent FDA regulatory activity and/or regulatory agencies in other countries, publications from other organizations, reviews of recently published analytical methods and additional resources related to detection and prevention of botanical ingredient adulteration. The newsletter will be free-access and available to all interested parties.
The publication’s purpose is to provide information related to the prevention and detection of herbal adulteration, quality assurance challenges facing the global botanical products community and the work of the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program, led by the American Botanical Council (ABC), the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) and the University of Mississippi’s National Center for Natural Products Research (NCNPR).
The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program was created in 2011 to educate members of the international herbal and dietary supplements industry about botanical ingredient and product adulteration. The program focuses on accidental adulteration that occurs as a result of poor quality control procedures as well as intentional adulteration of plant-based products for financial gain.
“The purpose of our program is primarily educational,” said Mark Blumenthal, founder and executive director of ABC, and founder and director of the program.
Inside each issue of the “Botanical Adulterants Monitor,” readers will find news from the Botanical Adulterants Program, recent FDA regulatory activity and/or regulatory agencies in other countries, publications from other organizations, reviews of recently published analytical methods and additional resources related to detection and prevention of botanical ingredient adulteration. The newsletter will be free-access and available to all interested parties.