ABC announces search for day-to-day replacement for founder Blumenthal
American Botanical Council founder Mark Blumenthal said he plans to step back into a more advisory role as the organization seeks a new Executive Director. NutraIngredients-USA photo.
“Just to clarify, I’m not leaving,” Blumenthal told NutraIngredients-USA.
“I’ll still be around as someone who can provide institutional memory.”
Blumenthal noted that ABC has grown tremendously since he founded the nonprofit platform in 1988. The original purpose was to provide greater support for the newsletter he was already publishing under the aegis of ABC’s progenitor, the Herb Research Foundation.
“It was a newsletter we created on a typewriter and pasted it up with glue sticks,” Blumenthal said.
The Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act represents ‘the best way’ to deal with the hemp-CBD issue for dietary supplements, says CRN’s Steve Mister, and once that’s clarified then the FDA and industry can address safety.
To summarize, the key aspects required by Amazon are:
1. A Certificate of Analysis (CoA) from an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory (in-house or third party) for each dietary supplement you are applying to list OR product enrollment in an Independent Quality Certification Program, such as NSF International Sport, BSCG, Informed-Choice/Informed-Sport, or active participants of USP Dietary Supplement Verification Program
2. A Letter of Guarantee from the brand owner of the product that guarantees compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (21 CFR Part 111); assurances that the products only contains lawful and safe ingredients (as defined in section 402 (f) of the FD&C Act); and that labels are accurate.