Meet the BAPP BEST PRACTICES SOP

An ROI-based Solution to Remove Adulterated Products from the Global Herbal Medicine and Related Nutrition, Food, and OTC Supply Chains

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Economically motivated adulteration and contamination in the supply chain is real. It impacts product quality and safety and importantly, consumer trust and confidence.

In 2022, the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) released its "Best Practices SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for the Disposal / Destruction of Irreparably Defective Articles (IDAs),” a voluntary set of guidelines for use by suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors to rid the supply chain of economically motivated and all other adulterated and/or contaminated ingredients and finished products that should not and cannot be resold under any circumstances. 

The BAPP SOP solution is simple, unique, and easy to implement. It includes language for inclusion in purchase agreements, leading to the removal and certified destruction of ingredients and products both buyer and seller agree are adulterated (and possibly dangerous) in ways that cannot be lawfully remediated for intended use anywhere.   

Examples of IDAs: the use of dangerous, illegal chemicals (e.g., lead chromate, Sudan dyes), in herbal products; the use of deadly diethyl glycerol (DEG) to dilute glycerin; the addition of melamine to protein products to fool analytical methods.

Already adopted by leading brands, analytical labs, trade associations, suppliers, and buyers—and recently recommended in amended Compliance Program guidelines for the annual SupplySide trade shows in the US—please help stop the resale of IDAs, while reducing brand and product liabilities!

What to expect: Learn how to identify irreparably defective articles (IDAs) and understand why these remain a serious problem for global supply chains. Then, learn how the BAPP Best Practices SOP can help you solve this industry problem and how you can efficiently implement it.

Who should attend? This information- and resource-packed webinar is particularly appropriate for senior executives involved in risk management, regulatory affairs, quality assurance/control, purchasing, and legal affairs for foods, nutritionals, cosmetics, and OTC products.

BAPP, started in 2011, is the result of a collaboration among three leading nonprofit organizations-- the American Botanical Council (ABC), the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP), and the University of Mississippi's National Center for Natural Products Research (NCNPR)—to educate members of the herbal and dietary supplement industry about ingredient and product adulteration. The BAPP SOP further expands the scope of BAPP activity.

To date, BAPP has published 88 free-access, peer-reviewed documents regarding various aspects of adulteration and fraud in the global botanical marketplace (registration required).

To learn more about the BAPP SOP, visit https://www.herbalgram.org/resources/botanical-adulterants-prevention-program/laboratory-guidance-documents/bapp-sop/

Speakers include:  

• Mark Blumenthal, Founder and Executive Director, American Botanical Council 
• Stefan Gafner, PhD, Chief Science Officer and BAPP Director, American Botanical Council
• Michael D. Levin, Founder, Health Business Strategies, LLC; BAPP SOP Project Consultant and Primary Author of the BAPP SOP.