09.01.01
NSF International, Ann Arbor, MI, has released NSF Draft Standard 173-Dietary Supplements for Trial Use. This draft provides the methodology and evaluation criteria to ensure that a dietary supplement product contains the identity and quantity of dietary ingredients declared on the product label. It also ensures that the product does not contain levels of specific contaminants that may pose a health risk. NSF-173 includes requirements for conformation to GMPs as submitted by industry to FDA. Once FDA issues a final version of GMPs for dietary supplements, it will be adopted into the draft standard.