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ABC Market Report: Dietary supplement sales fell for the first time in 20 years

05-Mar-2024 By Danielle Masterson

Supplement sales jumped in 2020 and 2021 as consumers became hyper-aware of immunity and overall well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic. However, sales in 2022 decreased for the first time since 2003 as the market readjusted.

BAPP SOP update: Adopters say guidance is moving commerce needle

05-Jun-2023 By Danielle Masterson

The Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) Best Practices Standardized Operating Procedure (SOP) for the Disposal / Destruction of Irreparably Defective Articles (IDAs) is a voluntary standard to remove “irreparably defective” substances that...

ABC’s Annual Celebration and Botanical Excellence Awards to stream online May 25

21-May-2021 By Stephen Daniells

The American Botanical Council’s 16th Annual Celebration and Botanical Excellence Awards will stream live on Tuesday, May 25, at 5pm EDT on ABC’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.

NEWS IN BRIEF

American Botanical Council names Dick Griffin as ABC Champion for 2017

23-Feb-2018

The nonprofit American Botanical Council (ABC) announces insurance broker Richard “Dick” Griffin as the recipient of its ABC Champion Award for 2017.

Transparency is making headway — but is it enough?

05-Sep-2017 By Hank Schultz

Transparency is becoming more of a watchword for the industry, says Mark Blumenthal of the American Botanical Council.  Whether it's a word to live by or to hide behind is the question, he said.

ABC announces recipient of 2016 James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award

08-Mar-2017

Handbook of Essential Oils: Science, Technology, and Applications, 2nd edition, edited by K. Hüsnü Can Başer, PhD, and Gerhard Buchbauer, PhD, is the recipient of the 2016 ABC James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award.

Josef Brinckmann receives ABC Champion Award

07-Mar-2017

Medicinal plant expert Josef Brinckmann has been named the recipient of the American Botanical Council (ABC) Champion Award for 2016.

ABC adds 12 members to advisory, peer review board

10-Nov-2016 By Hank Schultz

The American Botanical Council announced that addition of 12 new members to its advisory board. The new board members’ expertise includes pharmacognosy, analytical testing and Chinese medicine.

Nature’s Way adopts 5 botanicals through ABC Adopt-an-Herb program

12-Aug-2016

Nature’s Way has adopted black cohosh (Actaea racemosa), hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), umckaloabo (Pelargonium sidoides), lavender (Lavandula spp.), and ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) through the ABC Adopt-an-Herb Program.

‘Herbal Ed’ Smith named ABC Champion Award recipient

07-Mar-2016 By Stephen Daniells

Ed Smith, medical herbalist and co-founder of Herb Pharm, has been named the recipient of the American Botanical Council’s second Champion Award.

2015 ABC Varro E. Tyler Award for Phytomedicinal Research recipient announced

26-Feb-2016 By Stephen Daniells

The American Botanical Council (ABC) is giving its Varro E. Tyler Award for Phytomedicinal Research to MediHerb of Warwick, Australia.

SFI adopts Bacopa through ABC’s Adopt-an-Herb Program

11-Dec-2015

Soho Flordis International has ‘adopted’ the traditional Ayurvedic herb bacopa through the ABC Adopt-an-Herb Program.

Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe

ABC taps into European herbal insights via new advisory board member

09-Jun-2015 By Hank Schultz

Europe, and especially Germany, has historically been a hotbed of herbal lore, science and product development. The American Botanical Council recently tapped into this knowledge in a more fundamental way by adding Joerg Gruenwald, PhD, to its advisory...