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    DHS-CISA updates their guidance, cites "dietary supplement" workers as essential critical infrastructure workers

    Revised guidance provides numerous and significant additional details in identifying essential critical infrastructure workers and sectors

    Revised guidance provides numerous and significant additional details in identifying essential critical infrastructure workers and sectors in several categories, including, among others, healthcare, law enforcement, transportation, and food and agriculture.

    Dietary supplement, other herbal product, and cannabis operations identified as “essential businesses” and “critical infrastructure”

    Designation implied by numerous regulatory agencies; explicit in California

    Federal, state, and local governments’ actions to address the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 have consistently included recommendations promoting or directives requiring social distancing as a key protective measure to minimize community spread of this disease. In making stay-at-home recommendations or issuing shelter-in-place orders, health agencies and other official bodies have identified certain industries as “essential businesses” or “critical infrastructure” whose employees and operations are (or should be) exempt from these recommendations and directives.

    FDA to limit domestic inspections to “mission critical” cases; pre-announce the majority of such inspections; waive certain FSMA onsite audit requirements

    Much of the teleconference was focused on the Agency’s online resources, such as its FAQ page, which was recently updated

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) convened a teleconference meeting on March 18 (FDA Briefing for Foods Stakeholders on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)), which was attended by AHPA president Michael McGuffin and by representatives of AHPA’s general counsel, Kleinfeld, Kaplan & Becker, LLP.

    AHPA joins leading health and food organizations to urge lawmakers to clearly define exemptions to shelter-in-place orders

    March 19, 2020: Three letters urge clear definition of employee exemptions for shelter-in-place orders

    In a series of three letters to federal, state, and local governments, AHPA joined healthcare and food organizations to request that uniform language be included in shelter-at-home orders that provide direction to employees working in various industries related to dietary supplements, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals.

    AHPA sustainability resources

    These resources are compiled to help members and the herbal industry on their sustainability journey

    Resources included on this page are intended to assist our members on their sustainability journey and inclusion does not represent verification or endorsement by AHPA. If you feel there are resources missing or if something is included here that does not meet high sustainability standards, please let contact AHPA.

    AHPA Continuity of Service To Our Members

    AHPA services and commitment to shared goals continue during COVID-19 outbreak

    As we all try to adapt to rapid changes, please note that the services AHPA provides and the commitment we share with you to our mission to support responsible commerce in herbal products will not change. We are taking precautions in response to this current emergency, so AHPA’s staff are now all working remotely. Each of us can be reached at our normal phone numbers and email addresses (see here).

    AHPA COVID-19 Resources Web Center

    Updated March 22, 2021

    AHPA has compiled answers to frequently asked questions and resources to help prepare for and respond to COVID-19. This page will be revised and updated regularly as new information about the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and possible impacts on the herbal products industry and the people who work in this trade becomes available.

    AHPA Cannabis Committee Celebrates a Decade of Industry Leadership

    AHPA Cannabis Committee Celebrates a Decade of Industry Leadership

    March 10, 2020: For 10 years AHPA’s Cannabis Committee has been actively involved in the regulatory, legislative, and technical aspects of moving cannabis (including hemp-CBD) into the legal marketplace

    Silver Spring, MD – The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the voice of the herbal products industry, celebrates the 10-year anniversary of its Cannabis Committee today. The Committee was established on March 10, 2010 to address issues related to the safe use and responsible commerce of legally-marketed products derived from Cannabis species, including hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD).
    Adverse event reporting tells the story of dietary supplement safety

    Adverse event reporting tells the story of dietary supplement safety

    March 3, 2020: FDA AER data often lacks fields that may prevent misinterpretation, including FDA’s assessment of causation

    Washington, D.C. — At the initial Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus briefing of 2020, held last week, Dr. Richard Kingston, president, regulatory and scientific affairs and co-founder of SafetyCall International, educated congressional staffers on the types of evidence used to monitor dietary supplement safety, including adverse event reports, emergency room visits and poison control center data. Dr. Kingston is an expert on clinical toxicology and pharmacology, poison control, product post-market surveillance, and drug and dietary supplement safety.
    IADSA update on international supplement regulations

    IADSA update on international supplement regulations

    February 2020 IADSA Newsflash

    The European Food Safety Authority issued a report regarding potential exposure to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) from high consumption of hemp-based foods, the European Commission is finalizing limits for pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food supplements, Italy has set maximum limits on THC in hemp-derived foods and ingredients, the French ban on titanium dioxide in food supplements took effect on January 1, 2020, the German Institute for Risk Assessment has issued a recommendation against the consumption of red yeast rice supplements, and more in this issue of the IADSA Newsflash.

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