American Herbal Products Association
Frontline Segment: Skewed & Misleading, AHPA Says
A segment aired on January 19 on PBS’ Frontline presented dietary supplements as inherently unsafe by misrepresenting the rigorous safety provisions established for these products under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, the strict liability statute under which supplements are regulated. The segment, titled “Supplements and Safety,” relied on anecdotal reports of noncompliant products ...
FDA Updates Webpages to Reduce Confusion Between Legal Supplements and Illegal Drug-Spiked Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently updated language on several pages of its website to more accurately describe illegal, drug-spike products and to remove references to these as dietary supplements after the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) requested the changes. FDA usually uses terms such as “marketed as dietary supplements” or “masquerading as ...
AHPA Issues Cannabis Oversight Recommendations for Regulators
The American Herbal Products Association (Silver Spring, MD, AHPA) has published recommendations for regulators to address issues related to the safe use and responsible commerce of legally marketed products derived from Cannabis species. Several states, including Massachusetts, Oregon, Nevada, and Illinois have considered AHPA’s recommendations in the development of state medical marijuana program regulations and AHPA’s recommendations ...
New FDA Inspection Tips from AHPA
The American Herbal Products Association’s (AHPA) teleseminar played a large role in helping the dietary supplement industry recognize and observe good manufacturing practices. The two-hour teleseminar, held in the middle of May, had industry legal experts, including Justin Prochnow, Esq, Marc Ullman, Esq and Ashish R. Talati, Esq provide pertinent tips on U.S. Food and ...
AHPA Launches Free Botanical References Compendium
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has launched the AHPA Botanical Identity References Compendium as a resource for manufacturers and researchers to identify botanical ingredients. The AHPA Compendium is a cooperative and centralized source of information on physical characteristics and test methods that can be used by qualified and experienced analysts to determine the identity ...
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