Data Collected on 01/01/2012
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FDA Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) are one of the most critical definitions of quality control when selecting a good quality nutritional supplement. The main purpose of the GMPs is to ensure that a product is made the same each time producing reliable, consistent results free from any contaminants or wrong ingredients providing a high level of safety for the consumer.
GMPs represent guidelines established by the FDA to ensure nutritional supplements are produced with quality controls throughout the manufacturing, packaging, labeling, storing, and testing of ingredients and finished products. Aspects of production and testing protocols require manufacturers to evaluate the identity, strength, purity as well as the composition of nutritional supplements. Guidelines also include requirements for clearly documenting and recordkeeping practices.
GMPs help protect the consumer with outlines for quality outcomes which result in consistent, quality supplements with accurate labeling.
Each of our manufacturers has established their own Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to comply with the GMPs guidelines. Several key aspects among many established procedures are provided below:
- Raw Materials - authenticity, potency and purity testing
- Documentation - all phases of manufacturing processes
- Finished Product - verification, expiration date & stability testing
- Independent 3rd party testing and audit
- Employee training and cleanliness of the facility
We are proud to introduce our partners who adhere with these distinctive, quality assurance GMPs guidelines to ensure quality and safety of their products. A summary of compliance by partner is provided below.
| | Douglas Labs | ITI | Metagenics | Nordic Naturals | Pure Encapsulations | Thorne Research | | GMPs Compliance |  Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Compliance Based on: | NSF | MHRA
NSF
TGA | NPA
NSF
TGA | EPS
CA Proposition 65 | NSF (US)
NSF (Canada) | TGA |
Third party compliance verification detail:
- California’s Proposition 65: Limits PCBs as <0.09 ppm per day
- EPS: European Pharmacopoeia Standard
- MHRA: The United Kingdom's government agency responsible for ensuring that medicines, herbal medicines, homeopathic remedies and medical devices work, and are acceptably safe
- NPA: GMP manufacturing quality assurance certification issuer
- NSF: Public Health and Safety Company, providing public health and safety risk management solutions to companies, governments and consumers around the world
- TGA: The pharmaceutical regulatory agency of Australia. Considered the toughest regulatory agency in the world, the TGA inspection and certification is conducted at a pharmaceutical level standard
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