Old ingredient database
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The American Herbal Products Association is asking its members and other manufacturers to submit records on "old dietary ingredients" (ODIs) that were marketed prior to Oct. 15, 1994. President Michael McGuffin said AHPA wants to put together the database so manufacturers can know "once and for all" if an ingredient needs a New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) notification. The company specifically is soliciting pre-1994 printed records, such as labels, product catalogues, invoices, packing lists, certificates of analysis, product specification sheets, and production or packaging records, which document the marketing or sale of individual dietary ingredients or their presence in a company's product line. AHPA intends to use this information to create a centralized "ODI Substantiation Database"...