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Piracy blights fragile global botanicals sector

Piracy blights fragile global botanicals sector

By Shane STARLING

The global botanical medicines and supplements sector is a fragile one, and one whose fragility is being amplified by a small number of – let’s not beat about the sea buckthorn bush – dodgy players.

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© RomarioIen / Getty Images The rule of 3: Amazon prioritizes 3 categories and 3 labs with new dietary supplement policy © Image courtesy of The Vitamin Shoppe The Vitamin Shoppe now offers GLP-1 medications Finding delicate balance along a volatile botanical supply chain Finding delicate balance along a volatile botanical supply chain © AscentXmedia / Getty Images Ayana Bio gets $300K NIH grant for plant cell-cultivated saffron Are weight loss supplements marketed to the military mislabeled and adulterated? Are weight loss supplements marketed to the military mislabeled and adulterated? Amazon, like most brick-and-mortar retailers, should act as a gatekeeper to filter out misleading brands and products, said one stakeholder. @ ljubaphoto Getty Images Amazon’s new third-party testing could raise supplement industry standards Getty images / PeopleImages America is anti-aging Kratom in market and legislative limbo Kratom in market and legislative limbo Oxford ICSB 2024: A botanist, FDA official and lab tech walk into a conference… Oxford ICSB 2024: A botanist, FDA official and lab tech walk into a conference…

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