Upcoming
Events
Below are descriptions and links to some of the upcoming conferences,
seminars, and workshops that may be of interest to learn more on adulteration.
UNPA Dietary Supplement Analytical Summit
Salt Lake City, UT: November 5th-6th,
2015
The New York Attorney General’s (NY AG’s)
investigations of botanical dietary supplements have triggered a national
debate over dietary supplement quality, labeling, and analytical testing
procedures. This two-day
analytical summit will explain and examine critical issues, with the objective
of arming attendees with the knowledge and insights needed to understand,
adapt, and succeed in a very fast-changing and unsettling dietary supplement
marketplace. Ample time will be provided for Q&A and general discussion.
Topics of discussion will be the current state of
affairs concerning the NY AG investigations, GNC and Nature’s Way settlements
and the status of plaintiff class-action litigation against retailers and
companies, and other state attorneys general activities involving dietary
supplements, quality testing, and consumer protection. Further topics include
the strengths and limits of DNA barcoding and how it can be integrated with
established dietary supplement testing procedures, how national retailers and brand
leaders are being forced to become a new gatekeeper of quality and regulatory
compliance, and how far DNA barcoding will go.
Featured speakers are Loren Israelsen (United Natural
Products Alliance), Jim Sander (GNC), Guru Ramanathan, PhD (GNC), Lori Kalani (Cozen O’Connor’s State Attorneys General Practice), Joseph
M. Betz, PhD (Office of Dietary Supplements), Brian Smith, PhD (PerkinElmer),
Roy Upton (American Herbal Pharmacopoeia) Nandakumara Sarma, RPh, PhD (United
States Pharmacopeia), John Travis, PhD (NSF International), Paula N. Brown
(British Columbia Institute of Technology), James Neal-Kababick (Flora Research
Laboratories), James Traub (Waters Corporation), Stefan Gafner, PhD (American
Botanical Council), Élan Sudberg (Alkemist Labs), Aaron Secrist (NOW Foods),
Michael McGuffin (American Herbal Products Association), and Ikhlas
Khan, PhD (National Center for Natural Products Research, University of
Mississippi).
For more information: https://unpa.com/events
USP Workshop on Adulteration and Fraud in Food
Ingredients and Dietary Supplements PLUS Food Fraud Mitigation Course
Rockville, MD: December 2nd – 4th,
2015
Cosponsored by the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical
Adulterants Program and USP, this third USP workshop in a series
of biennial workshops will bring together global experts to discuss the current
state and necessary next steps to help protect public health from the risks of
adulterated food and dietary supplements from economically motivated
adulteration (EMA) and food fraud. Participants will obtain insights
into the latest technologies, tools, and regulatory developments for dealing
with EMA; learn about current and in-development USP standards and other tools
for combating food and dietary supplement fraud; and participate in exchange
about current needs and help shape the discussion of what is needed to help
protect food and dietary supplement safety and integrity.
For more information: http://www.usp.org/meetings-courses/workshops/adulteration-and-fraud-food-ingredients-and-dietary-supplements
