USP Dietary Supplements Compendium

Coming soon, the new 2012 USP Dietary Supplements Compendium (DSC) has been significantly expanded and updated, and will be published in two volumes. The new DSC will feature USP 35–NF 30 standards with information from the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), Eighth Edition, plus regulatory and industry documents, helpful tools and resources, and new and revised Safety Reviews.

Highlights & Features

Updated and expanded content in the new edition has been reorganized and re-indexed into two volumes. To help you find the information you need, each volume will feature a master Table of Contents (TOC) as well as section TOCs. All monographs will be in a new streamlined format.

Volume One

• General Notices and Requirements
• USP General Chapters: tests, assays, procedures, and information for dietary supplements from USP 35–NF 30
• USP–NF Monographs: More than 400, featuring 64 new dietary supplement monographs and approximately 150 excipient monographs. New or revised specifications for Ginkgo, Turmeric, Centella asiatica, and more.  View sample monograph.
• FCC General Provisions
• FCC Monographs: More than 150 monographs for ingredients used in dietary supplements from the FCC, Eighth Edition
• FCC Appendices with relevant FCC tests, assays, procedures, and information
• Reagents, Indicators and Solutions

Volume Two

• Reference Tables
• 26 Safety Reviews, with reviews on Melatonin, Boswellia serrata, Garcinia cambogia, and Maca. View sample Safety Review.
• Verification Program Documents: Information about USP's Verification Programs
• Regulatory Framework
• Guidance Documents
• Illustrations: Over 230 pages of full-color illustrations and images, macro/micro photographs, and chemical structures and chromatograms (TLC and HPLC or GC). View sample.

Subscription Information

• Available as a two-volume print set, in English only. The DSC is updated and published every two years.

Benefits & Applications

The DSC contains comprehensive specifications, established methods, and industry information helpful for producing and authenticating the quality of dietary supplements and their ingredients. Manufacturers and suppliers will find the DSC especially useful for

• Developing, manufacturing, and testing new products
• Qualifying raw materials
• Preparing for internal QC and GMP audits
• Reference tables, charts, and guidance documents from the US FDA, US FTC, APHA, and industry
• Conducting in–process and batch-release tests
• Accurately packaging, labeling, and storing products

A Valuable Resource

The DSC was developed for scientists and professionals working in or with

• Dietary supplement finished product manufacturing
• Dietary supplement ingredient and excipients manufacturing
• Dietary supplement and excipient supply chain qualification
• Dietary supplement and excipients distribution
• Contract laboratory testing