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.
Ninth Joint Natural Products Conference [AFERP, ASP,
GA, SIF, JSP, PSE]
Copenhagen, Denmark: July 24th – 27th, 2016
This is the joint meeting of the Association Francophone pour
l’Enseignement et la Recherche en Pharmacognosie (AFERP), American Society of
Pharmacognosy (ASP), the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product
Research (GA), the Società Italiana di Fitochimica (SIF), the Japanese Society
of Pharmacognosy (JSP), and the Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE). The
joint natural products conference is the largest gathering of scientists with
interest in natural products research. It is a prime opportunity to exchange
ideas and network with members of the natural products research community
worldwide. The conference covers a
broad range of scientific disciplines within natural
products research, including medicinal plant analysis. A day-long
pre-conference symposium gives an overview on advances
in (bio)analytical techniques applied to natural products research, presented by Mark O’Neil-Johnson (Sequoia Sciences)
and Dan Stærk (University of Copenhagen). More details
will be available as the program evolves.
For more information: http://www.conferencemanager.dk/JointNaturalProductsConference2016/home.html
AOAC International Annual Meeting & Exposition
Dallas, TX: September 18th – 21st, 2016
The preliminary program of this year’s AOAC meeting includes a number of
sessions that are of interest to those working in the field of botanical
analysis. Yanjun
Zhang (Herbalife) presides over a session entitled “Botanical Dietary
Supplement Ingredient Identity Authentication: Determining Appropriate
Reference Materials for Botanicals and their Extracts,” and James Harnly
(United States Department of Agriculture [USDA]) and Joe Romano (Waters
Corporation) chair the session, “Current Approaches in Authentication and
Adulteration for Herbal and Dietary Supplements (HDS).” Also relevant for the
dietary supplements industry are the sessions, “Estimation of Measurement
Uncertainty and Reference Materials” (chaired by Sidney Sudberg [Alkemist Labs]
and Catherine Rimmer [National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)])
and “‘Seed to Shelf’ Analytical Roundtable for Regulators and the Regulated: Analytical
Methods, Botanical Quality/Safety, FSMA and Dietary Supplements cGMP” (chaired by Joseph Betz
[National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)] and
Amit Chandra [Amway]).
For more information: http://www.aoac.org/iMIS15_Prod/AOAC/Mtgs/16AM/16AMSS/AOAC_Member/MtgsCF/16AMCF/16AM_SS_tab.aspx?hkey=9276b69b-58c0-48b4-b2fa-4ac2bd05d905
