2018 March 16 SPDS

SPDS Kava Working Group Work To Date • One in‐person meeting  (September 23, 2017) • One teleconference  (October 26, 2017) • One SMPR Draft Completed • Determination of Kavalactones and/or Flavokavains   from Kava  (Piper methysticum) • Public comment period  (Jan 16 – Feb 26, 2018) • SMPR made ready for SPDS review & approval

Kavalactones Begin with Kava Kava is… a lot of things. A Polynesian name for the plant known as Piper methysticum G. Forst. (Piperaceae), intoxicating pepper. A domesticated plant cultivated in the South Pacific Islands with scores of cultivars.

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The beverage prepared from the plant.

The associated ceremony.

Root and rhizome raw material for ingredient manufacture. An ingredient for dietary supplement finished products. A variety of finished dietary supplement product forms.