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.
2026 American Society of Pharmacognosy Annual Meeting
26 – 29 July 2026 The Botanical Safety Consortium will present a poster at the 2026 American Society of Pharmacognosy Annual Meeting…
Birth Defects Research and Prevention 66th Annual Meeting
16 June 2026 HESI Global will be attending the Birth Defects Research & Prevention 66th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Botanical Safety Consortium Session:…
New publication: A screening strategy for identifying the developmental and reproductive toxicity potential of botanicals
HESI Global is pleased to share a new publication from the Botanical Safety Consortium, “A screening strategy for identifying the developmental and reproductive toxicity potential of…
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.