Quality control in herbal supplements
Oelker, L.
Annali Dell'istituto Superiore di Sanita 41(1): 43-48
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-2571 PMID: 16037649 Document Number: 589514
The quality and safety of food and herbal supplements is the result of a combination of different elements as good manufacturing practice and process control. The process control must be active and able to individualize and correct all possible hazards. The main and most utilized instrument is the hazard analysis critical control point system, where the correct application can guarantee the safety of the product. Herbal supplements need, in addition to standard quality control, a set of quality standards to assure the harmlessness and safety of the plants used.