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Are Your Supplements Quality?
USP Verified Mark
During a climate of increased government scrutiny and consumer concerns about the quality of dietary supplements, the USP Dietary Supplement Verification Program can help enhance a manufacturer’s competitive position and brand recognition by promoting the manufacturer’s commitment to produce quality products for consumers.
Seeing the USP Verified Mark on a dietary supplement label indicates that the product: Contains the ingredients listed on the label, in the declared potency and amounts. Tests have shown that contents of some supplements don’t match the label and some contain significantly less or more than the claimed amount of key ingredients. USP Dietary Supplement Verification helps assure customers that they are getting the value they expect from a product they are purchasing.
Does not contain harmful levels of specified contaminants. Some supplements have been shown to contain harmful levels of certain heavy metals (e.g., lead and mercury), microbes, pesticides, or other contaminants. At specific levels these contaminants can pose serious risks to one’s health.
Will break down and release into the body within a specified amount of time. If a supplement does not break down properly to allow its ingredients to be available for absorption in the body, the consumer will not get the full benefit of its contents. USP Dietary Supplement Verification tests products against performance standards.
Has been made according to FDA current Good Manufacturing Practices using sanitary and well-controlled procedures. Assurance of safe, sanitary, well-controlled, and well-documented manufacturing and monitoring processes indicates that a supplement manufacturer is quality-conscious, and that the supplement will be manufactured with consistent quality from batch to batch.
How do I obtain the USP Verification Mark?
Dietary supplement products that meet the program’s strict testing and evaluation criteria are awarded the distinctive USP Verified Mark. The Mark can be used on product labeling, packaging, and promotional materials to help distinguish USP Verified products in the marketplace and aid consumers in their decision-making process. Since the program’s inception, the USP Verified Mark has appeared on more than 700 million labels/packages of dietary supplements.
To obtain the USP Verification Mark, manufacturers must undergo: Manufacturing facility audit for compliance with USP General Chapter <2750> Manufacturing Practices for Dietary Supplements and FDA current Good Manufacturing Practices (21 CFR Part 111)
Review of manufacturing and quality control product documentation;
Laboratory testing of samples of dietary supplements for conformance to standards of quality found in the USP–NF, or to appropriate pharmacopeial or manufacturer specifications and Off-the-shelf testing of USP Verified dietary supplements to confirm that the product continues to meet science-based quality standards.
NSF: Supplement and Vitamin Certification
Product and ingredient certification ensures an extra layer of quality for dietary supplements.
In the last decade, the dietary and nutritional supplements industry has grown tremendously. The fact that these products do not receive the same regulation as prescription or over-the-counter drugs raises questions in the minds of many consumers. This is why NSF developed the nation’s first independent testing standard and product certification program strictly for dietary supplements. The program protects consumers by testing for harmful levels of contaminants and certifying that supplements contain the ingredients listed on the label and nothing else.
How Supplements Become NSF Certified
NSF certifies products against NSF/ANSI 173, the only American National Standard that establishes requirements for the ingredients in dietary and nutritional supplements. There are three main components of the NSF dietary supplements certification program:Label claim review to certify that what’s on the label is in the bottle
Toxicology review to certify product formulation (we don’t test for efficacy)
Contaminant review to ensure the product contains no undeclared ingredients or unacceptable levels of contaminants
Special Requirements for Sports Supplements
In addition to certification under NSF/ANSI 173, supplements specifically intended for use by athletes are evaluated to NSF Certified for Sport®. This program helps protect against the adulteration of products and verifies label claims against product contents. NSF screens supplements for 280 substances banned by most major athletic organizations as well as undeclared ingredients including stimulants, narcotics, steroids, diuretics, beta-2-agonists, masking agents and other substances.
The NSF Certified for Sport® is recognized by the NFL, NFL Players Association, MLB, MLB Players Association, PGA, LPGA and Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sports.
A Truly Independent Program
NSF is the only independent, third-party testing organization that offers true testing of dietary supplements. NSF does not simply evaluate test data submitted by manufacturers or analyze just a single sample of a product and give it our okay. We conduct product testing in our own accredited laboratories to confirm that the actual contents of the supplement product match those printed on the label. We also check to make sure no unlisted ingredients or potentially harmful levels of impurities are present in products that carry our certification.
With NSF certification, you get the continued assurance that only our ongoing testing programs can provide. Unlike some other programs, NSF conducts annual audits and periodically retests each dietary supplement to ensure continued compliance against the toughest testing standard in existence today.
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