Citizens' Watch
Dietary supplements now require a label of ingredients
by Citizens For Health and The Herb Companion Staff
July/August 1999
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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.”