Re: Sending tinctures to the US of A.

[Guest guest]

Hi Graham,

Good luck with this. I have tried several times to send Rx to America

and they have never been received. Just vanished into thin air! This is

all post 9/11. I suspect their postal service is on high alert

permanently. If you have better luck, please let me know. Perhaps start

with a small amount of Rx first to test the system rather than losing

stock and money...

Cheers,

Kerry

gcwhite wrote:

>Hi All

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>I have a patient who is returning to the USA and wants me to continue to

>send her her Rx.

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>Do I just take them down to the Post Office and send them or are there lots

>of forms to fill in?

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>Cheers

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>Graham White B.Sc. (Herb. Med.), MNIMH.

>Medical Herbalist

>Bishop's Stortford

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[Guest guest]

Graham:

I have been using UK suppliers for pretty much all of my dispensary

supplies. There is a heightened screening process of foods and herbal

supplements into the USA, specifically, regulations set by the FDA (Federal

Food and Drug Association) and Customs. Herbs and herbal products are

regarded as foods in this country. They are now subject to very tight

scrutiny when coming from international sources, and manufacturers/shippers

are required to register their companies with the FDA and the new bioterror

screening regulations. There was an August 12 deadline for this, and any

shipper of foods who is not registered will receive their packages returned

to them (and quite possibly after being tampered with by Customs). Check

with www.fda.gov for more details (I learn all of this via experience, quite

recently). Shipping food into this country has become a challenge, and

Customs and the FDA reserve the right to open your packages AND test/sample

them if they feel that the documentation is questionnable. Keep in mind,

also, that Ephedra is banned in the USA, so if your mixes contain it, you

may not even get the sampled product back. You will be asked if your

shipments contain food products by your carriers, and if you don't disclose

specifically what is inside, red flags are sent up and the package can not

only be detained for lengthy periods of time on " FDA Hold " to go over all

the documentation, but if they feel that the documentation is questionnable,

it can be detained even longer under an " FDA detention " and can/will be

opened and examined. I haven't called these next reference numbers yet to

ask my own recent questions about shipments placed on FDA Hold, as a recent

shipment of mine was delayed for over 3 WEEKS (and Fed Ex advises me that

shipments are usually sent back to the shipper within 5 business days if not

cleared): If your shipments are going to come in through the New York area

(most shipments do come through Port /Newark, NJ), you may call

001. (or 2389 as well) to ask further questions about the

policies and procedures you may have after researching the web site for

details.

I don't say all of this to scare you, but knowledge is power, and you are

better off being prepared in case there are any delays.

Tami B.

NJ, USA

Sending tinctures to the US of A.

> Hi All

>

> I have a patient who is returning to the USA and wants me to continue to

> send her her Rx.

>

> Do I just take them down to the Post Office and send them or are there

lots

> of forms to fill in?

>

> Cheers

>

> Graham White B.Sc. (Herb. Med.), MNIMH.

> Medical Herbalist

> Bishop's Stortford

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> www.gcwhite.co.uk

> gcwhite@...

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> List Owner

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> Graham White, MNIMH

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[Guest guest]

Hi Graham

I have been routinely sending tintures to California for about two or even

three years now, I always send by post in a padded envelope, and fill in the

customs declaration as " herbal remedy " of no commercial value, giving the

value as standard cost of tincture. I have only had one bottle go astray

(quite recently) although the substitute I sent got through. Expect bottles

to be opened, so internal plugs in bottles under the cap (like phytoproducts

use) is good, as otherwise the seal will be broken and contents will leak.

Best of luck,

Jane MNIMH

Chessington

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[Guest guest]

Dear Graham

I send them often and all I do is package as usual and complete a customs

slip which is a small tag. Not much to do really. I never have had a

problem.

Good Luck

Sending tinctures to the US of A.

> Hi All

>

> I have a patient who is returning to the USA and wants me to continue to

> send her her Rx.

>

> Do I just take them down to the Post Office and send them or are there

lots

> of forms to fill in?

>

> Cheers

>

> Graham White B.Sc. (Herb. Med.), MNIMH.

> Medical Herbalist

> Bishop's Stortford

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> www.gcwhite.co.uk

> gcwhite@...

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> List Owner

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> Graham White, MNIMH

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