Mark Blumenthal
U.S. Sales of Herbal Supplements Increase in 2016
U.S. consumers spent an estimated 7.7 percent more on herbal dietary supplements in 2016 than in the previous year, according to the recently published HerbalGram Herb Market Report for 2016. The report, which appears in issue 115 of the American Botanical Council’s (ABC) quarterly, peer-reviewed journal HerbalGram, shows strong, continued growth for these products, with ...
Bill Brevoort, Chinese Herb Pioneer, Dies at 75
Iconic Chinese medicinal herb pioneer Bill Brevoort, 75, passed away at his home in Kona, HI on July 28. He had been recently diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. Brevoort was a truly remarkable man — intelligent, intrepid, focused and highly spiritual, as noted by the American Botanical Council (ABC). He and his wife Peggy Brevoort founded East ...
Associations Submit Comments on Revised NDI Draft Guidance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comments to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency’s revised New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) Draft Guidance.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 ...
Distinguished Scientist Joins ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program
ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program (BAP) announced the addition of John H. Cardellina II, PhD, as chief technical consultant and associate editor of the BAP, reported the American Botanical Council (ABC). Cardellina is a renowned, highly respected natural products and botanicals expert, who most recently worked in research and development at McCormick & Co., Inc., where ...
Gaia Herbs Presents ID Validation Program at USP Workshop
Gaia Herbs (Brevard, NC) was the only natural products industry representative invited to present at a U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) workshop hosted last week at the agency’s national headquarters in Rockville, MD, reported the company. The event, titled “DNA Methods for Quality Control of Botanical Products,” was co-organized by several other government departments including the ...
IADSA Endorses Botanical Adulterants Educational Program
The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA, Austin, TX ) has endorsed the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program, an international consortium of nonprofit organizations, analytical laboratories, industry members, professional scientists and others that advise industry, health professionals and researchers about the various challenges related to adulterated herb and botanical ingredients sold in commerce. IADSA, an ...
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