The Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC) was officially convened in November 2019, as the result of a Memorandum of Understanding between the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and the non-profit Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI).
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Our current charge is to evaluate the suitability of assays for botanicals as complex mixtures.
The BOTANICAL SAFETY CONSORTIUM will provide a sound scientific basis for integrating existing botanical safety & toxicity information with the latest toxicological tools.
This multi-partite, multi-stakeholder international effort will bring together key scientific experts to enhance the botanical safety toolkit and bring clarity to botanical dietary ingredient assessments.
BSC Launches ADME and Transcriptomics Working Groups
Help shape the next phase of botanical safety research The Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC) is exploring interest in forming two new Working Groups: 𝐀𝐃𝐌𝐄 𝐚𝐧𝐝…
Student Contributions Advance Botanical Safety Consortium Research
The Botanical Safety Consortium recognizes the contributions of Ms. Amani Abu Qanan and Mr. Jamie Lindsay, two students who supported the consortium while completing their MS degrees in…
2026 EMGS Virtual Annual Meeting
12 – 14 October 2026 The Botanical Safety Consortium will be attending the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EMGS) 2026 Annual Meeting.…
HESI is a non-profit, 501c3 charitable organization that convenes leading scientists from the public and private sector to identify emerging health challenges and solutions, translates science from research to application, and enhances the protection of human and the environment health worldwide.
For more information, please contact: botanicalsafety@hesiglobal.org.