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Sixth Annual Botanical Congress

September 29, 2017 - SupplySide West - Mandalay Bay -- Las Vegas

AHPA Launches GACP-GMP Assessment Program

Free resources help industry ensure quality of botanicals at every step of the supply chain

AHPA has developed a set of free assessment tools to help the herbal products industry evaluate and document policies and procedures that ensure high quality herbs and herbal ingredients throughout the supply chain. The assessment tools are designed to be used with AHPA's recently released Good Agricultural and Collection Practices and Good Manufacturing Practices for Botanical Materials (GACP-GMP).

Rep. Mia Love takes on new leadership role as co-chair of the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus

Leading supplement trade associations applaud Rep. Love’s new DSC position

Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, has taken on a new leadership role as a co-chair of the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus (DSC). Love replaces Rep. Jason Chaffetz, formerly a DSC co-chair, who retired from the House of Representatives this summer.

AHPA Participates in 23rd Meeting of the CITES Plants Committee

AHPA's participation helps inform the committee

AHPA President Michael McGuffin participated as an observer for the private sector at the 23rd Meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Plants Committee held in Geneva, Switzerland last week.

AHPA Meetings and Events at SupplySide West

Join AHPA for the Member Reception, Botanical Congress, Committee Meetings and More

September 25-29, 2017 -- SupplySide West -- Mandalay Bay -- Las Vegas, NV

AHPA-ABC HerbWalk at Expo East to Tour Jim Duke's Green Farmacy Garden

Renowned herbalists teach about culinary and medicinal herbs and their traditional uses

Sept. 13 from 1:00-5:00 PM EDT in Baltimore

CA Prop 65: Regulatory, Compliance and Litigation Developments

An overview of the clear and reasonable warning regulation, including recent changes and amendments

Recorded July 25, 2017 -- Member cost: $199. Nonmember cost: $399.

IADSA update on international supplement regulations

IADSA June 2017 Newsflash

This issue of the IADSA Newsflash includes an overview of Turkey's new food supplement regulations and the Netherlands action against numerous products in the libido, weight loss, and sports supplement categories for containing unauthorized substances.

American Herbal Products Association and ASTM International Sign MOU on Cannabis Standards

Groups will work together on standards for the cannabis industry

Global standards organization ASTM International and the American Herbal Products Association announced a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on standards for the cannabis industry. The news comes in advance of the first meeting of ASTM International’s new cannabis committee, June 11 and 12.

AHPA encourages EPA to reform pesticide regulations

Vast majority of herbal crops are specialty or minor crops so they are seldom the subject of attempts by pesticide chemical producers to establish a pesticide tolerance

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) submitted comments yesterday encouraging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reform current regulations to maintain protections for consumers and the environment and reduce burdens on food companies that use specialty or minor crops such as herbs and spices in their products.

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