03.01.07
United States Pharmacopeia (USP), Rockville, MD, has formed a collaboration with the Therapeutic Research Center and Consumer Reports to include its USP Verified Mark in their nationally recognized online health databases: Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database and ConsumerReportsMedicalGuide.org. The mark will appear next to dietary supplement products that have passed USP’s verification process. Inclusion of the green and gold USP Verified Mark in the databases provides health professionals and consumers with an additional means of identifying supplements that have met USP’s testing requirements for purity, potency and quality. When consumers see the USP Verified Mark next to a brand name in the databases or on a label, they can be assured that the product: contains the ingredients listed, in the declared strengths and amounts; does not contain harmful levels of contaminants; will break down and release ingredients in the body within a specified amount of time; and has been manufactured under Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).