Guest guest Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Just for CHA members' information, the FDA has been doing special tests on all Chinese herb products coming into the U.S. since the last batch of China product horror stories. The FDA will not say what they are testing for, and companies do not know how long the FDA will hold up their products. So expect your suppliers to be out of stock on various items for the next few months until things get sorted out. Because these tests are new, they are interrupting regular inventory control. Once we know how long these tests are routinely going to take, then we can add that time onto our ordering schedules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Honestly this is getting ridiculous. What testing is already done? I was under the impression that the extracts were already well evaluated especially if they came through CA. Which organization would be best to try to get some action with? Because these delays have caused considerable issue with my patients. On the plus side I have now tried most of the extracts available and have figured who is better based on patients reports of effect, taste and mixing, something I would not have found out had it not been forced upon me. -Darby On Dec 21, 2007 10:41 AM, Bob Flaws <pemachophel2001 wrote: > Just for CHA members' information, the FDA has been doing special > tests on all Chinese herb products coming into the U.S. since the last > batch of China product horror stories. The FDA will not say what they > are testing for, and companies do not know how long the FDA will hold > up their products. So expect your suppliers to be out of stock on > various items for the next few months until things get sorted out. > Because these tests are new, they are interrupting regular inventory > control. Once we know how long these tests are routinely going to > take, then we can add that time onto our ordering schedules. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Darby, Yes, most of the companies I know do do their own testing. For instance, Blue Poppy Herbs checks every batch of every formula two times -- once in China and once at an independent, GMP-certified, FDA-approved lab here in the U.S. However, that doesn't currently matter to the FDA at ports of entry. The current problems have to do with recalls of other Chinese-made products, and the people at the ports of entry are simply CYA (covering your ass). They are testing so that, if the shit hits the fan, they can show their superiors that they exercised their diligence. So I don't think there's anything to be done right now. If this becomes FDA SOP, then our companies will eventually reschedule their ordering and inventory control to reflect these new time-lines. Bob , " Darby Valley " <darby.valley wrote: > > Honestly this is getting ridiculous. What testing is already done? I was > under the impression that the extracts were already well evaluated > especially if they came through CA. Which organization would be best to try > to get some action with? Because these delays have caused considerable > issue with my patients. On the plus side I have now tried most of the > extracts available and have figured who is better based on patients reports > of effect, taste and mixing, something I would not have found out had it not > been forced upon me. > > -Darby > > On Dec 21, 2007 10:41 AM, Bob Flaws <pemachophel2001 wrote: > > > Just for CHA members' information, the FDA has been doing special > > tests on all Chinese herb products coming into the U.S. since the last > > batch of China product horror stories. The FDA will not say what they > > are testing for, and companies do not know how long the FDA will hold > > up their products. So expect your suppliers to be out of stock on > > various items for the next few months until things get sorted out. > > Because these tests are new, they are interrupting regular inventory > > control. Once we know how long these tests are routinely going to > > take, then we can add that time onto our ordering schedules. > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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