Current Regulations For Herbal Products

Abstract

Officinal plants and their products have great social and economic consequences, and today they are used in four principal sectors: food, cosmetics, health and medicine. The medicinal use of the herbal drugs, Phytotherapy, is differently controlled in different countries, but with only marginal differences because phytotherapeutic products must possess quality, safety and efficacy. The use of herbs as health foods, as well as food supplements, complicates the formulation of regulations by countries throughout the world. The increasing supply of herbal products to international markets makes it necessary for international organizations, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop standards relative to their commercialization throughout the world. The classification of drugs varies from country to country, with active foods, dietary supplements and traditional medicines being included in certain categories. The stability of those products is also unknown and complex to the critical problem in the analysis of herbal products that this is a complex ingredient combination, as well as the elements responsible for the treatment effects. In order to identify the changes to the newly introduced regulations or regulations, detailed literary searches and online searches for herbal medicinal products regulations have been made in South-east Asia and European countries.