title: [Quality control in herbal supplements].
abstract: Quality and safety of food and herbal supplements are the result of a whole of different elements as good manufacturing practice and process control. The process control must be active and able to individuate and correct all possible hazards. The main and most utilized instrument is the hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) system the correct application of which can guarantee the safety of the product. Herbal supplements need, in addition to standard quality control, a set of checks to assure the harmlessness and safety of the plants used.
authors.affiliation: Aboca S.p.A., Stabilimento di Via della Libertà 37/ter, 06010 Pistrino di Citerna (Perugia), Italy. loelker@aboca.it
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Oelker
mesh_terms: D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D004340:Drug Contamination; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000592:standards; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards; D029001:Herbal Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D007881:Legislation, Food; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances; D028321:Plant Preparations