Silver Spring, MD -- Saw palmetto prices are running three times the average of 2017 due to excessive rains which affected the total berry harvest, the American Herbal Products Association reports. AHPA has been in communication with several of its members and other companies actively involved in the saw palmetto...
Washington, DC -- The trade war is on. President Trump announced he is ordering 10% tariffs beginning Sept. 24 on the $200 billion worth of Chinese imports on a list released July 10, NPR reports. The list included a variety of items the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) and the...
Silver Spring, MD — The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has submitted comments to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to request that a proposed 25% duty on Chinese imports be revised to remove from this new tariff burden numerous ingredients used in dietary supplements and other...
Washington, D.C. — Timing is everything and it's a big day for the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) to meet on Capitol Hill for the annual Day on the Hill. Review of the Farm Bill of 2018 is set to begin, with the...
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has posted a revised version of its insurance primer for the dietary supplement industry. It answers common questions about product liability insurance, outlines the insurance purchasing process, and addresses common issues companies encounter when obtaining product liability insurance. Among the questions addressed in the...
An updated, free resource for the health supplement industry called Guidance on Formulation and Marketing of Dietary Supplements Under the National Organic Program (NOP) has been released by the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the Organic Trade Association (OTA), and Quality Assurance International Inc. (QAI). The AHPA and QAI created...
Silver Spring, MD — The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has named Holly E. Johnson, Ph.D., a pharmacognosist with more than 20 years of experience, its new chief science officer. “We are excited to welcome Dr. Johnson to AHPA. Her extensive experience and knowledge will be a valuable...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leading dietary supplement trade associations have come out with a caution that supplements cannot be considered a treatment for opioid addiction and abuse -- accompanied by a reminder that federal law does not allow dietary supplements to claim to treat or cure any disease. The American Herbal...
The FDA has recently issued a consumer warning about the use of SARMs, or selective androgen receptor modulators, in bodybuilding products. The administration wants against the potentially dangerous ingredients that pose serious health concerns to consumers, including (but not limited to) increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and life-threatening liver...
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has developed and launched free assessment tools to be used in conjunction with its recently released Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for Botanical Materials. According to the AHPA website, the guidance and assessment tools are to serve as...
