Botanical Product Regulations and Health Claims Rules

Do you make botanical products like salves and teas from products you grow on your farm? Understanding who regulates your product and the rules they enforce with your production, labeling, and marketing is confusing. Is it the FDA, or your state Department of Agriculture, or even maybe your local health department? What health claims can you make about the benefits your products can provide to your customers? And if you overstep, what agency will be enforcing the rules? Get answers to these questions and more in this video tutorial, which is designed to help you sort out the issues and prioritize next steps for your operation.

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Recommended Reading:

• Farmers’ Legal Guide to Botanical Products – How to market, label, and safely prepare specialty crop botanical value-added products like teas, tinctures, syrups, oxymels, hydrosols, and salves