BGG and United States Pharmacopeia Award

BGG receives United States Pharmacopeia Award for work on elderberry extract.

BGG World has announced recognition from United States Pharmacopeia (USP) for its work with establishing standards for elderberry extracts. BGG received both a Certificate of Appreciation and a Donor Recognition Program award due to its extensive contributions to USP’s efforts, officially monographed as “European Elder Berry Dry Extract.”

USP noted that “BGG’s contributions add significant public benefit to the standards-setting process in support of the USP mission.” This latest achievement builds on several prior collaborations with USP involving other ingredients and represents another building block in BGG’s leadership in the Berry and Extract categories, according to the company.

“We were honored to participate and contribute to the development of this monograph, especially having our test methods validated and adopted. The monograph sets up the pharmacopeial standard of elderberry extract and will benefit all stakeholders of the elderberry industry to fight against adulteration and assure protection of public health,” said Christian Artaria, CEO of BGG Europe SA.

“At BGG, we believe that assisting third­party oversight organizations like USP comes with the territory of being market leaders. We’re always ready to pitch in and do our part to establish clear quality standards for the industry to follow.” www.bggworld.com