USDA wants to inspect my herbs dispensary.

[Guest guest]

Hello group. I had a couple of interesting visitors today at the clinic who were

very interested in looking around my herbal pharmacy. I'll reproduce the title

on the card below with name removed:

 

First Name Last Name

SITC Officer

 

United States Department of Agriculture

APHIS Plant Protection & Quarentine

Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance

 

Fortunately, I had all treatment rooms full and it was very apparent that I was

busy. They asked if they could look at my pharmacy. My office manager politely

said that I would have to give them a tour and that now was not a good time.

 

Meanwhile, my little brain is trying to determine if this is a request and if I

had a choice of if I needed to ask for a search warrant.

 

My question is what herbs are the USDA interested in right now?

 

For instance, I know that Tu Si Zi is really a problem, which is a drag, since

getting the bing (cake) form limits my abilty to do pao zhi.

 

Are there any others? For instance, no ma huang will be found any where in my

clinic, since I don't want to open that can of worms with the government.

 

The Officers were very nice and polite and the reiterated that they were just

there to be a resource and provide help. I get that they were sincere, but a

business card like that doesn't exactly foster warm snuggly feelings. I want to

foster good relationships with them, since they obviously know I am here.

 

Any thoughts and suggestions about how to deal with the situation would be most

helpful.

 

 

David Toone, L.Ac.

Health without Drugs or Surgery

105 Tivoli Gardens

Peachtree City, GA 30269

770.780.9608

info

www.davidtoone.com

[Guest guest]

Hello David,

I don't know why you had the FDA but I just had a recent trip

to the US where the issue of GMP for herbalists was raised. I have a product

that can help deal with part of this process (traceability and stock

management). Currently it works on PC but there are plans to develop it as an

app for iPhone and Mac. I am currently altering it to produce labels for

receiving stock and to work with Dymo printers for user customised labels.

 

Please contact me off list:

 

info

 

if you wish.

 

Lorraine Hodgkinson MNIMH MRCHM

HERBS AND HELPERS

www.herbalmedicineuk.com

 

 

Chinese Medicine , " davidetoone "

<davidetoone wrote:

>

> Hello group. I had a couple of interesting visitors today at the clinic who

were very interested in looking around my herbal pharmacy. I'll reproduce the

title on the card below with name removed:

>

> First Name Last Name

> SITC Officer

>

> United States Department of Agriculture

> APHIS Plant Protection & Quarentine

> Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance

>

> Fortunately, I had all treatment rooms full and it was very apparent that I

was busy. They asked if they could look at my pharmacy. My office manager

politely said that I would have to give them a tour and that now was not a good

time.

>

> Meanwhile, my little brain is trying to determine if this is a request and if

I had a choice of if I needed to ask for a search warrant.

>

> My question is what herbs are the USDA interested in right now?

>

> For instance, I know that Tu Si Zi is really a problem, which is a drag, since

getting the bing (cake) form limits my abilty to do pao zhi.

>

> Are there any others? For instance, no ma huang will be found any where in my

clinic, since I don't want to open that can of worms with the government.

>

> The Officers were very nice and polite and the reiterated that they were just

there to be a resource and provide help. I get that they were sincere, but a

business card like that doesn't exactly foster warm snuggly feelings. I want to

foster good relationships with them, since they obviously know I am here.

>

> Any thoughts and suggestions about how to deal with the situation would be

most helpful.

>

>

> David Toone, L.Ac.

> Health without Drugs or Surgery

> 105 Tivoli Gardens

> Peachtree City, GA 30269

> 770.780.9608

> info

> www.davidtoone.com

>