AHPA Approves DMAA Labeling Requirement

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), Silver Spring, MD, has approved a trade requirement for the labeling of products containing the ingredient 1,3-dimethylamylamine (DMAA). The trade requirement, which becomes effective on January 13, 2012, requires that AHPA members do not label 1,3-dimethylamylamine, whether identified by this name or any synonym, as geranium oil or as any part of the geranium plant, whether by the common name of geranium or by the botanical name of any plant known as geranium. Nothing in the new requirement prevents labeling of any compound that is in fact derived from geranium plant materials by that compound’s common or usual name.