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December 8 , 2006
CONTACT: Roy Upton
Phone: 831.461.6317
Email: upton@herbal-ahp.org
Scotts Valley, CA - With a common purpose
of providing guidance to growers and collectors of
herbs that are used in consumer products, the American
Herbal Products Association (AHPA) and the American
Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) have completed a draft document
titled Good Agricultural and Collection Practice for
Herbal Raw Materials (GACP).
The goals of the draft AHPA-AHP GACP are to ensure
that herbal raw materials are accurately identified
and are not adulterated with contaminants that may
present a public health risk, are in full conformity
with all of the quality characteristics for which they
are represented, and are harvested and cultivated in
a manner that is environmentally sustainable. The GACP
has relevance to herbal raw materials in all herbal
products, including foods, dietary supplements, drugs,
cosmetics, etc. It is intended to have applications
to all herbal raw material producers, both large and
small and whether producing herbs by cultivation of
by harvesting from the wild.
The draft AHPA-AHP GACP can be found
online at http://www.ahpa.org/portals/0/pdfs/06_1208_AHPA-AHP_GACP.pdf and
http://www.herbal-ahp.org/06_1208_AHPA-AHP_GACP.pdf.
It is presented as a draft for discussion and review,
so comments are welcome, especially by farmers and
collectors who use the draft in their facilities and
operations. Revisions may be made to this GACP as additional
insights are gained through this review process. If
your company is in the business of growing or collecting
herbal raw materials, you are invited to review this
draft and submit comments and ideas about its application
in your operations to the AHPA email or physical address
on the cover of the document. |
