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.
Botanical Safety Consortium Formally Convenes
Following the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the FDA, the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI), the Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC) has formally been convened, establishing its framework.
FDA Announces Convening of the Botanical Safety Consortium
Constituent Update November 14, 2019 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today 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…
The Development of a 21st Century Framework for Assessing the Safety of Botanical Dietary Supplements
This article discusses steps to improve the safety of botanicals in dietary supplements. The authors discuss several US legislative initiatives and efforts by several nongovernmental organizations, such as the Council for Responsible Nutrition and the American Botanical Council, to track patterns of botanical use, and the Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology’s efforts to…
March 2020 Press Release
FDA-NIEHS-HESI Led Botanical Safety Consortium Announces Call for Participants & 2020 Activities The Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC) was officially convened in November 2019, as the result of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , the National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) , and the non-profit Health and Environmental Sciences Institute…
April 2020 NIEHS Environmental Factor Article
Botanical safety taken on by new consortium The Botanical Safety Consortium launches call for diverse groups to join. BY MARLA BROADFOOT 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.
Botanical Safety Consortium Annual Meeting 2020
BSC 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting May 2020 The Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC) was officially convened in November 2019, with a mission to enhance the botanical safety toolkit and bring clarity to botanical dietary ingredient assessments for manufacturers and regulators. The BSC is the result of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the US Food and…
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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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New publication: Prediction of physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties of botanical constituents by computational models
A newly published study from the Botanical Safety Consortium used computational models to predict the physiochemical and pharmacokinetic properties of botanical constituents. This study investigated 103 major compounds from…
New publication: Within-laboratory reproducibility of Ames test results: Are repeat tests necessary?
A cross-sector group of experts from the Health and Environmental Sciences Institutes (HESI)’s Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC) and Genetic Toxicology Technical Committee (GTTC) analyzed data from the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Ames…
Botanical Safety Consortium Summit 2024
Thursday October 10 and Friday October 11 2024 In-person: The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Durham, NC, USA Virtual: TBA The Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC) will…
New publication: Advancing botanical safety
Advancing botanical safety: A strategy for selecting, sourcing, and characterizing botanicals for developing toxicological tools. Waidyanatha et al., February 2024. Food and Chemical Toxicology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2024.114537 Increases in botanical use,…
New publication in Food and Chemical Toxicology
Neuroactivity screening of botanical extracts using microelectrode array (MEA) recordings Regina G.D.M. van Kleef, Michelle R. Embry, Constance A. Mitchell, Remco H.S. Westerink. Food and Chemical Toxicology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2024.114438 The…
International Congress on Natural Products Research (ICNPR)
13 – 17 July 2024 The Botanical Safety Consortium is holding a training course as part of the meeting on Saturday 13 July entitled “Cultivating Safety: Toxicology 101 of Botanicals…
ICSB 2024
15 -18 April 2024 The Botanical Safety Consortium will be in attendance and presenting at the 22nd International Conference on the Science of Botanicals. Speakers include Connie Mitchell (HESI), and committee…
34th German Society for Environmental Mutation Research Meeting (GUM)
20 – 22 March 2024 The Botanical Safety Consortium will present two posters at the 34th German Society for Environmental Mutation Research Meeting (GUM). When: 20 – 22…
SOT 2024
10 – 14 March 2024 The BSC will be presenting at SOT 2024 in Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Monday, March 11@1:45-4:30pm Symposium Session: Botanical-Induced Toxicity: Liver Injury and…
Botanical Safety Consortium: Introduction and Updates
18 January 2024 Connie Mitchell, Michelle Embry & Julie Krzykwa will be presenting to the US FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) to update the…