Dietary Supplement Tools & Resources

USP White Paper

• USP White Paper: Access to Good Quality Dietary Supplements (Sept 2009)

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Comments & Letters

• USP Comments on FDA's New Dietary Ingredient Draft Guidance (02–Dec–2011)

Contributed Articles & Editorials

• Traditional Chinese Medicines and Western Regulatory Paradigms (Pharmaceutical Technology, Jul 2009)
• A Quality Standard (Nutritional Outlook, May 2009)
• FDA's Dietary Supplement CGMPs: Standards without Standardization (Food and Law Drug Journal, Nov 2008) No further reproduction is permitted.
• Heavy Metal Testing for Dietary Supplements (Natural Products Insider, Oct 2008)

Multimedia

• USP Verified—Choosing a Quality Dietary Supplement (USP YouTube Channel, May 2009 - Dr. Low Dog discusses the health benefits that certain vitamins provide for women, and how to choose a quality supplement, including looking for the USP Verified Mark.)
• "Choosing a Dietary Supplement" video: High Bandwidth or Low Bandwidth
• "USP Verified" Vitamins and Dietary Supplements on Facebook