GMP and Stork Brand Teapills

[Guest guest]

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