05.20.10
The Joint Standardized Information on Dietary Supplement Ingredients (SIDI) Working Group—a coalition of the dietary supplement industry’s trade associations—has released the new Certificate of Analysis (CoA) Guideline, the latest in a series of voluntary guidelines for the supplement industry developed to assist finished product manufacturers with the process of qualifying their ingredient suppliers.
The voluntary CoA Guideline outlines the type and scope of information that should appear on a CoA provided by an ingredient supplier to its finished product manufacturer for a component or ingredient used in a dietary supplement.
“A requirement of the supplier qualification process involves verifying the information provided in an ingredient CoA, and manufacturers of dietary supplements rely on supplier CoAs to ensure finished products are GMP-compliant,” said Andrew Shao, PhD, spokesperson for the SIDI Working Group and the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s senior vice president, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs. “It’s essential for ingredient suppliers to have a form that can be consistently used, containing the appropriate information in a clear and concise format. By standardizing the information on CoAs, this voluntary guideline will benefit both ingredient suppliers and dietary supplement manufacturers.”
The voluntary CoA Guideline outlines the type and scope of information that should appear on a CoA provided by an ingredient supplier to its finished product manufacturer for a component or ingredient used in a dietary supplement.
“A requirement of the supplier qualification process involves verifying the information provided in an ingredient CoA, and manufacturers of dietary supplements rely on supplier CoAs to ensure finished products are GMP-compliant,” said Andrew Shao, PhD, spokesperson for the SIDI Working Group and the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s senior vice president, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs. “It’s essential for ingredient suppliers to have a form that can be consistently used, containing the appropriate information in a clear and concise format. By standardizing the information on CoAs, this voluntary guideline will benefit both ingredient suppliers and dietary supplement manufacturers.”