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.
AHPA-AHP Workshop on Botanical,
Macroscopic, and Organoleptic Assessment of Herbal Ingredients for cGMP Compliance
Portland,
OR: June 15th – 16th, 2015
This
upcoming hands-on, two-day workshop will provide a detailed orientation of
botanical, macroscopic, and organoleptic identification methods, discuss
quality assessment techniques and terminology, and demonstrate how these
techniques are used to evaluate crude plant parts in a scientifically valid
manner. The workshop will cover the following topics:
- Botanical identity current good manufacturing practice (cGMP)
compliance requirements; Strengths and weaknesses of various analytical
technologies (botanical, morphological, microscopic, chemical, DNA);
- Botanical terminology and botanical identification of plant
materials; Language of botanical pharmacognosy and organoleptics;
- Terminology and assessment techniques for roots, leaves, stems,
barks, flowers, fruits, seeds;
- Developing and documenting macroscopic and organoleptic assessments
in a scientifically valid manner;
- Common and uncommon botanical adulterants: how to detect and how to
avoid them; sourcing of botanical reference materials and developing
internal standards.
For
more information: http://www.ahpa.org/default.aspx?tabid=66, and
subsequent clicking on the link to the workshop.
56th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP)
Copper
Mountain, CO: July 25th - 29th, 2015
This
meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy is focused primarily on the
discovery of new therapeutic lead compounds from natural resources. Since this
is the largest meeting on natural products research in North America, this is a
good meeting to stay current on new analytical trends and applications of
analytical instruments for the analysis of botanicals, and on the latest
research on adulteration of botanical materials. In this regard, a visit of the
three poster sessions, which are held on July 25th (7:00-10:00 pm),
July 26th (3:30-5:30 pm), and July 27th (3:30-5:30 pm) is
highly recommended.
For
more information: http://asp2015.org/
Botany 2015: Workshop — Introduction to Next Generation Sequencing
Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada: July 26th, 2015
The goal of this workshop, which is part of the
“Botany 2015” conference, is to introduce participants to the essentials of Next
Generation Sequencing, a new approach to sequencing the DNA of plants using
technologies that produce billions of base pairs of sequence data per
experiment. After the workshop, participants can develop and initiate their own
projects in phylogenetics, population genetics, and gene expression using this
technology. In the morning, the available technologies, applications, and protocols
for sample preparation and sequencing will be described. In the afternoon,
participants will then have an opportunity to work with data from the Illumina
platform using Geneious software. Topics covered will include plastome sequence
assembly and probe design for nuclear gene target enrichment. The presenter is
Shannon Straub from the Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Biology; Geneva, New
York.
For
more information: http://2015.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=9
USP Workshop on Adulteration and Fraud in Food Ingredients and Dietary
Supplements
Rockville,
MD: December 3rd – 4th, 2015
This third USP workshop in a series of biennial 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.
For
more information: http://www.usp.org/meetings-courses/workshops/adulteration-and-fraud-food-ingredients-and-dietary-supplements
