Botanical Safety Consortium Annual Meeting 2021
BSC 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting June 2021 Click to access PDFs for select presentations: Welcomes & Objectives (Connie Mitchell, HESI) Botanical Safety Consortium Introduction & Updates (Dr. Cara Welch, US FDA) Keynote 1: The hERG Screen Project: Enhancing Botanical Safety by Cardiotoxic Risk Assessment (Dr. Ulrike Grienke, University of Vienna) Chemical Analysis for Ashwagandha Root Extract (Dr. Vincent Sica,…
Session at ICSB 2021
20th Annual Oxford ICSB March 28th – 30th, 2022 The Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals is an annual meeting to discuss approaches for post market surveillance, risk and safety assessment, quality control and adverse event reporting (AER) for botanical dietary supplements (BDS) and natural products as well as regulatory aspects with perspectives…
2020 Virtual SOT Session
“Applying Modern Toxicology to Botanical Dietary Supplements” Click to access PDFs of the presentations: Applying Modern Toxicology to Botanical Dietary Supplements. Michelle Embry (HESI, Washington, DC) Chemical Analysis: The Foundation of Botanical Safety. Joshua Kellog (Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA) Developing and Applying In Vitro Liver Models to Address Potential Hepatotoxicity of Botanical Dietary Supplements. Amy Roe…
ABC’s Stefan Gafner and Colleagues Give Lecture on Botanical Ingredient Safety Evaluation for Pharmacy Students in Malawi
In April 2021, American Botanical Council (ABC) Chief Science Officer Stefan Gafner, PhD, and colleagues took part in a virtual lecture series on botanical ingredient safety at the University of Malawi College of Medicine in Blantyre, Malawi. The online event was attended by approximately 30 pharmacy students and faculty members and was initiated by Dallas…
Botanical researchers aim to fill gap in safety testing
Of the approximately 28,000 plants that have medicinal properties, only a few have been assessed for safety. Scientists discussed an ambitious effort to fill that gap at the first public meeting of the Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC) on May 29. [BSC seeks to] enhance the botanical safety toolkit and bring clarity to botanical dietary ingredient assessments for…
Botanical Safety Taken on by New Consortium (NIH Record)
Looking to address concerns about the safety of botanicals, NIEHS joined forces with FDA and the nonprofit Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI) to form the Botanical Safety Consortium, through a recent memorandum of understanding. The group serves as a collaborative forum on botanical safety research, drawing global scientists from government, academia, consumer health groups,…
Botanical safety taken on by new consortium
Looking to address concerns about the safety of botanicals, NIEHS joined forces with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the nonprofit Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI) to form the Botanical Safety Consortium. The consortium, which launched a website in March, will serve as a collaborative forum on botanical safety research. The group hopes to draw global…
FDA: Botanical Safety Consortium Formally Convened
Silver Spring, MD—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in a constituent update that the Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC) has formally been convened. Calling it a “milestone,” FDA said the BSC is the result of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that between the FDA, the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the Health and Environmental Sciences Institute…
FDA convenes the Botanical Safety Consortium
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that the Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC) has formally been convened. This milestone is the result of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that was recently signed between the FDA, the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the Health and Environmental Sciences Institute…
FDA unveils Retail Program Standards and Botanical Safety Consortium
The FDA has issued the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards, which outlines an effective retail food regulatory programme, as well as the convening of the Botanical Safety Consortium, which aims to strengthen the regulation of dietary supplements. Read full article here
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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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BSC Webinar: An In-Silico Method To Predict Cardiotoxicity In Botanical Substances
29 November 2022 The HESI Botanical Safety Consortium will host a webinar on Tuesday November 29 at 11 am ET from Dr. Jeremy Billson (InoCardia) entitled “An In-Silico…
BSC at the 33rd German Society for Environmental Mutation Research Meeting (GUM)
6 October 2022 The Botanical Safety Consortium is hosting a session at the 33rd German Society for Environmental Mutation Research Meeting (GUM). When: October 6th, 2022 4:15 – 5:45pm…
BSC Annual Meeting
27 September 2022 Due to continued uncertainties with COVID-19, feedback from our stakeholders and the goals of the meeting, we have decided to make this year’s Botanical Safety…
BSC at ICT2022
18 – 21 September 2022 International Congress of Toxicology in Maastricht, the Netherlands 18 September to 21 September “New Approach Methodologies to Evaluate Botanical Safety” – poster by Dr. Michelle Embry,…
BSC at the 70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)
August 28-31, 2022 The BSC is planning a workshop during the 70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA),…
BSC at the International Conference on Environmental Mutagens, Ottawa
27 August – 1 September 2022 International Conference on Environmental Mutagens in Ottawa, Canada 27 August to 1 September 2022 – “A Strategy for Developing a Framework of Genotoxicity Assays for…
BSC at ICSB 2022
March 28-31st, 2022 The Botanical Safety Consortium will have a session at the International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB 2022) entitled “Botanical Safety Assessment: Updates from…
BSC at SOT 2022
March 27-31st, 2022 The Botanical Safety Consortium presented at the 2022 Society of Toxicology meeting, which was held virtually and in person in San Diego, CA March 27-31,…
Botanical Safety Consortium Stakeholder Council Webinar Series February 22, 2022 @ 11am EST
Chemical Safety of Phytomedicines – Perspectives for in vitro testing strategies? The Botanical Safety Consortium hosted an open webinar on Tuesday 22 February 11 am -12 pm ET.…
A public-private partnership to enhance the botanical safety toolkit
Botanical dietary supplement and herbal medicine use is increasing both in the United States and worldwide. Products made from botanicals can be variable in chemical composition, with many…
