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Placenta Remedies are Food Product – FSA Statement 2020

On a cold December day in 2020, after an exciting training day for one of our last PRISM trainees for 2020, we heard some long awaited news from Placenta Remedies Network. The FSA (Food Standards Agency) has reached a decision which has been much needed in relation to the dossier of evidence handed to them in 2014 regarding consumption of human placenta and placenta products. From the FSA; Placenta is considered as a ‘food’ in Read more

By Nikki Mather, ago

PRISM Fusion: Advanced Placenta Training & CPD for Existing Providers

Elevate Your Practice and Future-Proof Your Birth Business Are you an established Placenta Remedies Provider who originally qualified through another training body (such as APPA, IPPA, IPEN, or ProDoula)? The maternity care climate, local council expectations, and UK food safety standards are constantly evolving. The PRISM Fusion course is a fast-track bridge program designed specifically for experienced practitioners. It lets you skip the absolute basics while giving you full access to up-to-date legal frameworks, modern Read more

By PRISMADMIN, ago

The Development of the Placenta

Have you ever wondered how the placenta is developed? Let’s have a look into some of the research that has happened behind this amazing organ during development and beyond. Fertilisation leads to the development of the blastocyst, which consists of the embryoblast (this is cell mass from which the embryo develops) and trophoblast (from which the fetal membranes and elements of the placenta develop). During implantation, the embryonic pole of the blastocyst is connected to Read more

By PRISMADMIN, ago

Lactation and the placenta

As a Placenta Remedies Provider, Remedies Trainer and Lactation Consultant, I am often asked about the impact placenta pills have on breastmilk supply. As a birth worker, my work revolves around finding all the information, and not cherry-picking biased pieces to fit the answer sought. I am not of the belief that placenta pills are a completely magical cure for all ills, however, I do believe the parents who share a review of the effects Read more

By PRISMADMIN, ago

PRISM – Placenta Remedies Training

PRISM are a UK based organisation offering placenta remedies training and development, supporting placenta remedies providers with a range of different training packages to build a business in the industry from the ground up. Many people who choose to offer placenta encapsulation services to parents have often experienced the use of remedies themselves or have supported families in other roles such as midwifery, doula work or teaching during antenatal and postnatal classes. If you are Read more

By PRISMADMIN, ago
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Placenta Encapsulation – UK current climate

Placenta encapsulation is under intense scrutiny at this moment in time, and from many different angles. The Food Standards Agency (FSA), Environmental Health Officers within local councils (EHO’s), Trading Standards Officers (TSO’s), the Advertising Standard Agency (ASA), the media, bloggers, and various health professionals, are all taking the time to have an input on Placenta Businesses and how they should be run, or whether they should run at all.   Let’s take them one at a Read more

By PRISMADMIN, ago