Guidelines for qualifying suppliers
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The Joint Standardized Information on Dietary Supplement Ingredients Working Group issues a new Certificate of Analysis Guideline, the latest in a series of voluntary guidelines for the supplement industry. The guidelines assist finished product manufacturers in qualifying their ingredient suppliers. The guide outlines the type and scope of data that suppliers should include in the CoA they provide manufacturers, said SIDI, a coalition of dietary supplement industry trade associations, in a May 20 release. Andrew Shao, a spokesman for the SIDI Working Group and a senior VP with the Council for Responsible Nutrition, noted that supplement manufacturers rely on supplier CoAs to ensure finished products comply with GMPs. "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," Shao noted. The coalition said the guidelines will benefit both ingredient suppliers and dietary supplement manufacturers. CRN previously called on FDA to help it develop ingredient supplier qualification guidelines, including standardization of what information should appear on CoAs, to help thwart economically motivated adulteration (1"The Tan Sheet" Aug. 17, 2009)