Here are a few of my favorite online resources:

American Botanical Council (ABC). When it comes to therapeutic herbs, you can’t get more authoritative than the experts at ABC.

American Herbal Products Association (AHPA). Michael McGuffin and his team of experts at AHPA keep a finger on the pulse of all things herbal. Their educational webinars are ideal for budget- and time-strapped supplement manufacturers and marketers.

Dietary Supplement Label Database. The National Institutes of Health’s searchable database of labels for dietary supplements marketed in the U.S.

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR). Need a quick check of Title 21 (Food and Drug) of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)? Here you’ll find an electronic version with daily updates by the Office of the Federal Register.

FDA Alerts, Advisories & Safety Information. Includes links to public health alerts, consumer advisories, and other safety information related to food and dietary supplement products.

FDA Food Ingredient and Packaging Inventories. Basic and advanced searches across multiple datasets.

FDA Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts. A searchable database of certain recalls of FDA-regulated products.

FDA Warning Letters. A searchable database of FDA warning letters (a formal notice to a company or individual when the agency believes they have violated FDA regulations).

NAD Newsroom. Stay current on the resolution of inquiries about the truthfulness of national advertising with press releases from The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus.

PlainLanguage.gov. Clear messages are critical for health literacy. Use plain language to get your message across to more people in the shortest time possible.

PubMed. Make your research a bit easier by tapping into PubMed with more than 36 million citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life science journals (some with links to full-text articles).

United States Patent and Trademark Office. Want to know if that catchy product name or slogan is a registered trademark or service mark? The USPTO offers searchable databases for U.S. patents, patent applications (public only), and trademarks.