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New seals on labels will ensure quality
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In the coming years, consumers will have a new
tool for determining the quality of dietary supplements—and it will
be right on the label. The National Nutritional Foods Association,
an industry trade group, is introducing a new quality assurance
program that will guarantee the product was manufactured safely
from start to finish.
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The National Nutritional Foods Association (NNFA) developed the
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Certification Program based on
dialogs with natural products manufacturers, suppliers, trade
associations, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Launched in July of this year to be fully implemented in three
years, the program provides independent, third-party verification
that supplement manufacturers maintain safety and quality
standards. After meeting the program’s criteria, a company
acquires the right to use the NNFA GMP Certification Seal on its
products.
“The NNFA GMP Certification Program is one of the most important
initiatives in the dietary supplement field today,” says Logan
Chamberlain, Ph.D., publisher of Herbs for Health and a member of
NNFA’s education committee. “The public must have a simple and sure
way to identify products that have been manufactured to specified
quality standards.”