Dietary Supplements & Herbal Medicines

Ensuring the quality of dietary supplements and herbal medicines, from raw materials to finished products, is essential for protecting public health. That’s why USP has developed quality standards – monographs, general chapters, and reference standards – specifically for these health products, giving manufacturers the tools they need to provide high quality products to support the health of their customers.

By adhering to USP’s globally recognized science-based quality standards, you can bolster product quality and consistency, while helping mitigate risks such as adulteration, recalls, and regulatory actions.

Dietary Supplements Compendium

Dietary Supplements Compendium

The annually updated Dietary Supplements Compendium (DSC) provides access to in-depth, comprehensive information for all aspects of quality in dietary supplements, including research and development, quality control, quality assurance, and regulatory/compendial affairs. Information on ingredient safety and intake level reviews supports the development of new dietary supplements.

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Standards Development

Standards Development

Participate in standards development by contributing materials, methods and related information to support USP's monographs or General Chapters and their supporting Reference Standards. Learn about the standards development process, and which standards are currently in the pipeline.

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Herbal Medicines

Herbal Medicines

Ensuring the quality of all medicines, including herbal medicines, is critical to protecting public health. Learn about our work supporting the quality of cannabis for medical use, and our free, online Herbal Medicines Compendium (HMC), which houses standards for traditional herbal medicines from different regions of the world.

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Verification Services

Verification Services

USP’s Verification Program is universally recognized as the trusted standard for verifying the quality of dietary supplements and dietary ingredients. Our comprehensive, multi-step approach helps companies not only build quality into their systems but maintain it, while meeting retailer quality requirements and differentiating their verified products and dietary ingredients in a competitive global market.

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Find Reference Standards and Documentary Standards

Check out the full USP portfolio of standards and solutions for dietary supplements and herbal medicines here.

Share Your Feedback on Proposed USP Standards

Share your feedback on USP standards that are open for public comment in Pharmacopeial Forum (dietary ingredients and finished products) and the Herbal Medicines Compendium (herbal medicines).

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