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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does AHPA track of certified organic product
sold?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Thank you for posting this.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Penny</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=KRobin@ahpa.org href="mailto:KRobin@ahpa.org">Karen Robin</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org
href="mailto:mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org">mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 25, 2008 12:14
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [MPWG] AHPA Submits Comments on
Special Forest Products andProposed Fees</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">AHPA Submits Comments on <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Special</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Forest</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Products and Proposed
Fees<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">(January 25, 2008) — The American Herbal Products
Association (AHPA) has submitted comments to the USDA Forest Service in
response to that agency’s proposed rule governing the sale and disposal of
nontimber forest products that are harvested on National Forest System lands.
The proposed rule, which was issued last October, sets requirements for the
Forest Service to monitor such harvests and ensure that they occur at
sustainable levels, and establishes programs for collection of fees from
harvesters. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“Our National Forests and National Grasslands provide
many commercially valuable plants to the trade,” said AHPA President
<st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">Michael
McGuffin</st1:Street></st1:PersonName>. “AHPA and its members are committed to
sustainable use of our plant resources and we applaud the Forest Service for
its management efforts. We are also supportive of reasonable fees that can be
used to manage those resources, but those fees must be established at levels
that do not disrupt the income of individual collectors and other small
businesses that are engaged in sustainable harvest operations.”
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Among its comments to the Forest Service, AHPA
suggested that fees for harvested forest products be calculated at the point
of harvest, rather than further along the distribution or value-added chain,
and that these fees should be 3 percent of each product’s value at the point
of harvest. AHPA also suggested that existing resources should be used in both
monitoring and pricing activities. These include AHPA’s tonnage surveys, the
AHPA/AHP Good Agricultural and Collection Practice for Herbal Raw
Materials(1), and the ISSC-MAP(2).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Federal Register notice for the Forest Service’s
proposed rule can be downloaded at: <A
href="http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-20658.pdf">http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-20658.pdf</A>.<FONT
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">AHPA’s comments are available <FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">are at:</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"> <A
href="http://www.ahpa.org/Portals/0/pdfs/08_0122_AHPAComments_USFS.pdf">http://www.ahpa.org/Portals/0/pdfs/08_0122_AHPAComments_USFS.pdf</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><I><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">Notes:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></I></P>
<P class=MsoFootnoteText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">1) Jointly published in December 2006 by AHPA and the
American Herbal Pharmacopoeia, this document is available at <A
href="http://www.ahpa.org/portals/0/pdfs/06_1208_AHPA-AHP_GACP.pdf">http://www.ahpa.org/portals/0/pdfs/06_1208_AHPA-AHP_GACP.pdf</A>.<B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">2) International Standards for Sustainable wild
Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, available at <A
href="http://www.floraweb.de/proxy/floraweb/MAP-pro/Standard_Version1_0.pdf">http://www.floraweb.de/proxy/floraweb/MAP-pro/Standard_Version1_0.pdf</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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