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AHPA kombucha education program supports industry compliance

Kombucha experts provide guidance and resources

AHPA presented three webinars as part of its recently launched kombucha education program aimed at encouraging and supporting compliance with kombucha manufacturing, labeling, and sales regulations

NIH Office of Dietary Supplements seeks comments on Dietary Supplement Label Database

AHPA Provides Perspective on Emergency Room Visits Purportedly Associated with Supplements

When placed into context, study demonstrates relative safety of supplements

Article published in New England Journal of Medicine

overstates emergency room (ER) visits associated with dietary supplements. Study also shows supplements are relatively safe compared to other product categories.

AHPA provides regulatory insight on essential oils at aromatherapy conference

American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) Special Regulatory Counsel Tami Wahl provided an overview of federal regulatory compliance issues pertaining to essential oils during the Alliance of International Aromatherapists' (AIA) 2015 International Aromatherapy Conference and Wellness Expo last week in Denver.

FDA issues final FSMA preventive controls regulations for human and animal food

September 2015: AHPA Update

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week released two final Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations with sweeping new requirements for manufacturers of human food and animal feed.

Physician provides data on Americans' alarming nutrient deficiencies at Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus briefing

CDC data show that Americans don't get sufficient essential nutrients from food alone

Washington, D.C., Sept. 11, 2015 -- Data from the Centers on Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that tens of millions of Americans aren't getting enough essential nutrients to ensure their bodies function optimally, a stark contrast to headlines and soundbites that assert Americans get the nutrients they need from food alone.

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FDA Inspections & Emerging cGMP Compliance Issues for Dietary Supplements

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) will present a two-hour educational webinar titled "FDA Inspections & Emerging cGMP Compliance Issues for Dietary Supplements--Recent 483s," on Thursday, October 1, 2015, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. EDT.

AHPA urges USP to use more precise terminology in proposed general chapter

August 2015: AHPA Update

AHPA expresses concern that USP's proposal confuses unlawful misbranded drugs with legal dietary supplements

Microscopy workshop

Convened August 2015

This workshop will familiarize participants with various plant parts at the microscopic level to help them understand the characteristic cellular features of each plant part examined using botanical microscopy techniques.

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