A dietary supplement manufacturer must ensure that the Supplement Facts label and ingredient list for each product is accurate, that the dietary ingredients are safe, and that the content matches the amount declared on the label. On June 25, 2007, FDA published a final rule on Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) for dietary supplements. This uniform set of standards, which became effective for all companies in June 2010, establishes the procedures that dietary supplement manufacturers must undertake to ensure quality throughout the manufacturing, packaging, labeling, and storing of dietary supplement products. CHPA members have long had exacting quality standards in place, and this rule will help ensure that all manufacturers comply with stringent standards designed to prevent contaminants and impurities, and to certify that all products are accurately labeled with the type and amount of dietary ingredients they contain.
CHPA, in collaboration with the Council for Responsible Nutrition and the United Natural Products Alliance, participates in the Standardized Information on Dietary ingredients (SIDI) Workgroup, which is composed of expert volunteer member company representatives. The SIDI workgroup has developed a set of guidelines to assist dietary supplement manufacturers and ingredient or component suppliers with determining the acceptability of a potential vendor or supplier, ingredient or component for use in the manufacture of a dietary supplement. The guidelines are intended to help dietary supplement companies develop their own programs as part of complying with the Good Manufacturing Practices regulations.
