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.

USP Workshop on Adulteration and Fraud in Food Ingredients and Dietary Supplements

Rockville, MD: February 27th – 28th, 2018

The fourth in a series of biennial USP 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.

Further details have not been published.

18th Annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB)

Oxford, MS: April 9th - 12th, 2018

The 18th Oxford ICSB is a unique event to discuss current issues in the herbal dietary supplement industry and to stay informed on the latest research with regard to herbal medicine. Topics of the conference include post-market surveillance, risk and safety assessment, quality control and adverse event reporting (AER) for botanical dietary supplements, as well as regulatory aspects with perspectives from government, manufacturers, and trade associations. To this end, the program will include relevant presentations by government officials, nonprofit research organizations, major trade associations, and industry representatives on pressing topics that affect herbal dietary supplements and their impact on consumers.

For more information: http://oxfordicsb.org/

14th Annual Meeting of the Natural Health Products Research Society of Canada

Guelph, ON, Canada: May14th – 18th, 2018

Entitled “Innovation at the NHP/Food Interface,” this conference is a smaller event which provides many networking opportunities for the attendees. Given the fact that the meeting will be help in Guelph, the location of several research groups focusing on genetic authentication of botanical ingredients, discussions around DNA-based authentication of plant materials can be expected to take a prominent part at the conference. However, details of conference program have yet to be published.

For more information: http://www.nhprs.ca