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Michael McGuffin
is president of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA). He has been active in the herbal industry since 1975, having owned both retail and manufacturing businesses in the field. He is the managing editor of AHPA’s Botanical Safety Handbook and of Herbs of Commerce and has represented the herbal industry at numerous state and federal hearings on regulatory issues. He is a member of the FDA’s Food Advisory Committee Working Group on Good Manufacturing Practices for Dietary Supplement. Mr. McGuffin also serves as treasurer of the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia, as a board member of United Plant Savers and as an advisor for the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy’s Regulatory Sciences Program.
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Sydney Wolfe, MD
is the director of the Public Citizen Health Research Group and one of the nations leading consumer advocates on health care. Since joining Public Citizen in 1972, he has fought for protection against unsafe drugs, foods, medical devices and workplaces, and for greater consumer control over health decisions. He is the author of numerous books and articles and has testified before Congress and federal regulatory agencies more than 100 times. He has served as a consultant to the National Cancer Institute and currently teaches at Johns Hopkins University, Case Western Reserve and Cornell University. In 1990, Dr Wolfe received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
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