AHPA on USP ingredient information
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The American Herbal Products Association asks U.S. Pharmacopoeia to "refrain from requiring cautionary statements" on "USP-quality black cohosh and USP powdered decaffeinated green tea extract" in its newly adopted ingredient safety classification system. Instead, AHPA suggests USP use a safety information section in supplement ingredient monographs to present findings from DSI-EC. This would allow manufacturers "to intelligently apply the findings of the DSI-EC as is appropriate on a product-by-product basis," the group says. The current system adopted by USP classifies ingredients into three categories: Class 1, (safe with no labeling statement), Class 2 (safe with suitable labeling statement) and Class 3 (not safe)...