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Recommended Links to the World of Herbs
Regulatory/Legal Issues
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American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) - http://www.ahpa.org/
Mission statement: The American Herbal Products Association exisits
to serve its members by promoting the responsible commerce of products
which contain herbs and which are used to enhance health and quality
of life.
Business Guide For Dietary Supplement Industry Released by FTC Staff
- Guide Will Assist Industry In Ensuring Truthful Ads (document)
- http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1998/9811/dietary.htm
Citizens For Health - http://www.citizens.org/
Citizens For Health is the national grassroots organization committed
to protecting and advancing consumer access, choice, information and
safety for natural health products and therapies.
Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels (document) - http://web.health.gov/dietsupp/
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) - http://www.crnusa.org/
The Council for Responsible Nutrition is dedicated to helping to reduce
health care costs and enhancing the public's health through good nutrition,
including the appropriate use of dietary supplements. To fulfill this
mission, CRN supports a science-based environment for the responsible
marketing of dietary supplement products and provides its member companies
with legislative guidance, regulatory interpretation, scientific information
on supplement benefits and safety issues, and communications expertise.
Dietary Supplement Quality Initiative (DSQI) - http://www.supplementquality.com/
This SupplementQuality.com (SQ) website is the most publicly visible
part of the Dietary Supplement Quality Initiative (DSQI). In addition
to our consumer-oriented activities, we are committed to developing
comprehensive quality practices and standards for dietary supplements.
We believe increased levels of research in combination with widely accepted
standards will benefit those who use, prescribe and make dietary supplements.
In promoting a science-based understanding of the health benefits associated
with supplementation, we believe the quality, safety and availability
of dietary supplements can only increase.
FDA Guide to Dietary Supplements (article) - http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdsupp.html
Food & Drug Administration - Center for Food Safety & Applied
Nutrition, Dietary Supplements - http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/supplmnt.html
Overview of dietary supplement regulation by the FDA.
Herb Research Foundation: Political
News and Industry
News
National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements -
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/
The ODS supports research and disseminates research results in the
area of dietary supplements. The ODS also provides advice to other Federal
agencies regarding research results related to dietary supplements.
NNFA - National Nutritional Foods Association - http://www.nnfa.org
The National Nutritional Foods Association, founded in 1936, represents
the interests of some 3,000 retailers and 1,000 manufacturers, suppliers
and distributors of health foods, dietary supplements, natural ingredient
cosmetics and other natural products. The NNFA is the heart of a growing,
vital industry committed to health, well-being, and a sustainable environment.
NNFA promotes and protects the unique values and shared interests of
retailers, and suppliers in the natural nutritional foods and products
industry.
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