For me the most important thing I think about when purchasing Kratom is if the company tests their raw product for the widest variety of contaminants, including biologics, heavy metals, and pesticides. The company and staff also need to practice GMP (Good Manufactoring Practices.) A number of the companies are taking this much more seriously since the FDA's bad press. I personally feel the FDA's reports were all about the loss of revenue for Big Pharma with this plant. However, the fact that suppliers realize the future of the plant is somewhat dependent on them I would consider that to be the silver lining from the FDA's report.