IN THIS ISSUE

DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE

2. Message from Executive Director Jane Wilson

SPECIAL TOPICS

3. Doctoral thesis finds aloe vera is a powerful cellular regenerator

3. AHPA updates guidance on regulatory, liability implications for herbal products under Prop 65

4. AHPA urges submission of supplement labels to online databases

INSIDE IASC

4. IASC exhibits at Food Ingredients Europe for first time

5. IASC board meeting update

IASC AND ALOE IN THE NEWS

5. Links to various IASC and aloe-related news articles

THE SCIENCE OF ALOE

6. Recently published studies on the science of aloe

REGULATORY NEWS

10. FDA’s history of deeming supplements drugs (or not) by Anthony L. Young, Kleinfeld, Kaplan & Becker LLP and AHPA General Counsel

12. Dispatches from SupplySide West by Anthony L. Young

INDUSTRY CALENDAR

14. Upcoming Events