Programs
The right tool for each herb
BQA strengthens botanical supply chains through Herb Diagnostics, focused working groups and cross-herb programs.
BQA Programs
Programs That Build Trust
Science-based collaboration that strengthens botanical ingredient quality, safety, authenticity, traceability, and transparency.
Our Focus
Practical Programs for Quality
BQA programs connect the people and practices needed to protect the integrity of herbal ingredients and dietary supplements.
Quality Standards
Advance consistent, science-based approaches to botanical identity, purity, and testing.
Education & Resources
Share practical tools and learning opportunities for stronger quality decisions.
Industry Collaboration
Bring suppliers, manufacturers, laboratories, and researchers together to solve shared challenges.
How We Work
From Evidence to Action
Our programs turn shared expertise into practical progress across the global botanical supply chain.
Authenticity & Adulteration
Support stronger methods for identifying botanical materials and addressing adulteration and mislabeling risks.
Traceability & Transparency
Encourage clearer documentation and responsible information-sharing from source to finished product.
Testing & Verification
Promote fit-for-purpose testing practices that help organizations make confident quality decisions.
Fair Competition
Help create a marketplace where investment in quality is recognized, supported, and rewarded.
Programs in the BQA toolkit
Each program supports a different link in the botanical quality system.
Herb Diagnostics
Assess the supply chain and identify the priority gaps for a candidate herb.
Herb Working Groups
Select three to six tools and deliver a focused one-year scope.
BCOQ
Use cost-of-quality ranges to guide proportionate verification.
Analytical Methods
Review methods, compare laboratories and strengthen authentication.
Origin Capacity
Support good practices, traceability and producer-side capability.
Education
Create practical learning for buyers, exporters and lab analysts.
India Initiative
Build an origin-to-market bridge with the India Botanical Quality Initiative.
Rapid Response
Develop evidence-based responses to safety and regulatory developments.
From diagnostic to action
A consistent cycle keeps programs focused, accountable and responsive to evidence.
01
Nominate
Members, partners or BQA staff propose a herb and describe the quality challenge.
02
Diagnose
A desk review and stakeholder interviews produce a concise Herb Diagnostic.
One toolkit. A different mix for every herb.
03
Act
A working group selects the tools, deliverables and scope that fit the evidence.
04
Sustain or sunset
The diagnostic is revisited each year to continue, narrow or close the work.
Collaboration
Bring your expertise
BQA programs are built with the people closest to the challenge, from origin through finished ingredient.