American Herbal Products Association
AHPA Launches Sustainability Subcommittee
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) Botanical Raw Materials Committee has launched a Sustainability Subcommittee to further AHPA’s ongoing efforts to ensure sustainable supplies of valuable botanicals. The subcommittee will be a vehicle for increasing awareness of sustainability issues and best practices, provide a forum to discuss and develop industry-wide standards, and promote existing sustainability ...
Excess Rain Limits Supply and Drives Up Saw Palmetto Prices
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has been in communication with several of its members and other companies actively involved in the saw palmetto berry harvest in Florida, who contributed to this report. The harvest season began in early August in Florida and the total berry harvest for the season should be known early this ...
AHPA NDI Database Shows Increase of Recent Notifications Filed Successfully
Eight of the 21 new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) between January 1, 2018 and May 31, 2018 were filed by the agency without substantive comment. The vast majority of these (17) complied with all submission regulations (21 CFR 190.6). The recently received data have been analyzed and ...
Industry Applauds FDA Action on Highly Concentrated Caffeine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently took an important step to better protect consumers from the dangers of highly concentrated and pure caffeine products. These products present a significant public health threat because of the high risk that they will be erroneously used at excessive, potentially dangerous doses. Highly concentrated and pure caffeine, ...
FDA, Stakeholders Meet, Mull Over Pre-DSHEA Dietary Ingredients List
On October 3, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public meeting to discuss the development of a list of pre-Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) dietary ingredients. According to a release from Washington, D.C.-based law firm Keller and Heckman LLP, the meeting featured two stakeholder panels that presented on ...
Caucus Briefing Focuses on Responsible Use of Supplements in Sport and Fitness
The 30th Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus luncheon briefing, held on June 21, featured celebrated U.S. soccer player Christie Pearce (formerly Rampone), who said dietary supplements saved her and her family’s lives. Speaking before an audience of 115 Congressional staffers and guests, Pearce shared personal stories and discussed the role dietary supplements have played in supporting ...
Supplement Industry Groups Collaborate on Congressional Advocacy
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) are joining forces for a cooperative advocacy effort—Day on the Hill—on June 21 in Washington, D.C. The event will bring together industry executives from across the country to visit with Congressional members and their staff to discuss the benefits of dietary supplements ...
NDI Database Shows 15 of 59 Recent Notifications Acknowledged Without Objection
Fifteen (or roughly 25 percent) of the 59 New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) notifications submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) between November 2015 and October 2016 were acknowledged without objection, according to the latest data uploaded to AHPA’s (American Herbal Product Association) NDI Database. Several of these 15 notifications were for ingredients that a company ...
Associations Submit Comments on Revised NDI Draft Guidance
Some of the natural product industries’ leading associations, including the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), American Botanical Council (ABC) and Natural Products Association (NPA), recently submitted comments to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency’s revised New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) Draft Guidance. FDA issued on August ...
AHPA Submits Vinpocetine Comments to FDA
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) recommends the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) consider initiating rulemaking to declare vinpocetine to be lawful dietary ingredient in comments submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). AHPA also strongly encouraged FDA to clarify that if vinpocetine is either found to be currently in the ...
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