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). The 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 Adverse Event Monitoring System (AEMS). Launched March 11, 2026, this searchable database provides Adverse Event Reports (AERs) for drugs, biologics, vaccines, cosmetics, and animal food in a single dashboard. By the end of May 2026, AEMS will include real-time reports for all FDA-regulated products, including medical devices, human foods, dietary supplements, and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) and other tobacco products.

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’s Information on Select Dietary Supplement Ingredients and Other Substances. This directory of FDA actions and communications shows how FDA has evaluated select dietary supplement ingredients, with links to detailed enforcement actions.

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. Wondering if a catchy product name or slogan is already a registered trademark or service mark? You can check using the USPTO’s online searchable databases for U.S. patents, published patent applications, and trademarks.