Austin, TX—The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) has published a new Laboratory Guidance Document (LGD) on St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) raw material and products, according to a press release. The document provides guidance for industry, academic, and regulatory analytical laboratories, allowing them to accurately and adequately test for...
Austin, TX—The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) has released a Botanical Adulterants Prevention Bulletin (BAPB) on pomegranate juice and extracts, according to a press release. Pomegranate seeds can be consumed raw, or after being pressed into pomegranate juice. For supplements, the whole fruit, rind, seed, or seed oil can...
Austin, TX—The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) has published a new Laboratory Guidance Document (LGD) on olive oil, according to a press release. Olive oil is used for culinary purposes; in topical creams, ointments, and lip balms; and as a carrier for fat-soluble vitamins and herbal extracts in dietary...
Austin, TX—The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterant Prevention Program (BAPP) has announced a new article, published in the March issue of the American Botanical Council’s (ABC’s) HerbalEGram newsletter, that details results from analytical laboratories on ingredients and products containing or claiming to be elderberry. The report—which covers bulk powder, bulk extracts, and...
Austin, TX—The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterant Prevention Program (BAPP) has completed 10 years of research and educational activities in the international herb and medicinal plant communities, according to a press release. Mark Blumenthal, Founder of BAPP and Founder & Executive Director of the American Botanical Council (ABC), said in the press...
Austin, TX—The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) has issued the second draft of its “Best Practices Contract Language and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Templates for the Disposal/Destruction of Irreparably Defective Articles.” A press release states that the revised documents are open for public comment until December 14, 2020. Michael...
Purdy, MO—Demand for elderberry ingredients surged as the COVID-19 pandemic set in and remains high today, making adulteration a concern. In its continued efforts to raise awareness to this problem and to combat adulteration, INS Farms announced the company’s continued commitment to the authenticity of its elderberry. A press release...
Austin, TX—A new Botanical Adulterants Prevention Bulletin (BAPB), on milk thistle fruit, is now available from the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP), according to a press release. Supplements made from the extract of milk thistle fruit are used to support liver health, the press release says. Milk thistle supplements...
Austin, TX—The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) has announced the publication of a new Botanical Adulterants Prevention Bulletin (BAPB) on oil of English lavender, also known as common lavender. English lavender oil is obtained by the distillation of the flowering tops of Lavandula angustifolia, a shrub in the mint...
Fort Wayne, IN—Berryceuticals specialist Artemis International, Inc., announced that the company is strengthening its partnership with American Botanical Council’s Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) and botanical testing specialists Alkemist Labs in investigating suspicions of adulterated elderberry ingredients entering the U.S. market as raw ingredients and in finished products. “It was...
