Guest guest Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 Neil, Stork brand should be able to show you 3rd party lab tests (certificates of analysis) which should calm down the parents. Not everything from China is dirty and not everything from America is clean. At the same time, no one is really keeping track of the claims made by the myriad companies here in the U.S. I've seen everything from " organic " , " wild-crafted " etc.. without any documentation from several companies. Australian TGA standards are extremely strict. Can someone comment on the new cGMP standards? K On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 9:12 AM, neil <npregozen wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > I have some nuts and bolts questions that are probably less stimulating > than esoteric herbology books: > > I recently purchased some Stork Brand teapills for a child and have no > previous experience with this brand although they seem to be popular in the > NYC area. The parents decided against giving the teapills to their child and > before I ask them as to why (which I believe may have a lot to do with all > of the recent press regarding adulteration of products coming out of China), > I was hoping to acquire some more info regarding the product, something that > I should have probably done prior to ordering them. > > I called the distributer, Kamwo, and unfortunately, the person who was the > most knowledgeable was off for the holidays and will back back this week. > The label on the product says " produced in international GMP-certified > factory, This product is made from sulfur-free and organic or low pesticide > residue genuine herbs which pass SDA (State Drug Administration of China) > standards . . . meeting quality controls according to USA and Europe health > standards. " > > The person at Kamwo did say that he believed that the GMP guidelines that > Stork brand follows are USA-based, not Australian. The appendix 3 on GMP by > Lorenzo Puertas in jake fratkin's book on patent remedies, describes > Australian GMP as being quite rigorous, including on-site inspections. > However, it says that the US government " does not have uniform GMP standards > for herbal manufacturing facilities in the US or overseas . . . A GMP > standard has been proposed by the National Natural Foods Association (NNFA) > . . but the NFFA standard is not widely recognized, and is not known to > manufacturers in China " . > > If anyone have any experience or relavant knowledge that they would believe > to be helpful, I would appreciate hearing it. > > Happy Holidays, > Neil pregozen > > > > -- "" www.tcmreview.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 11:20 PM, <johnkokko wrote: > > > Can someone comment on the new cGMP standards? > I don't know of any new standards. This issue is getting confused with the FDA's recent announcement that it will exercise discretion in NOT enforcing GMP criteria among practitioners who engage in 1-to-1 (such as private practice) compounding/prescribing. -- , DAOM Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. http://twitter.com/algancao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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