How does a product become Contents Certified NSF?Updated 11 days ago

Steps to Certification are included below.  Watch the short video for a summary.

Step 1 – GMP Registration

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) registration verifies that the product is manufactured, packaged, and stored in a facility that is audited annually for quality and safety in compliance with federal regulations for dietary supplements GMPs.

GMP registration includes:

• Audits of all production facilities that manufacture, package, warehouse, or distribute dietary supplements or functional foods

• Review of quality control testing procedures for raw materials and finished products

• Review of maintenance, housekeeping, cleaning, and sanitization procedures

• Review of sourcing and traceability procedures

• Review of training and qualification programs

• Review of internal SOPs

• Review of product recall procedures

Step 2 – Contents Tested & Certified Certification

Once step 1 is complete, NSF experts evaluate the product contents. They then test the finished product to verify that it contains no unsafe levels of contaminants and meets the claims and contents shown on the product label.

Annual Laboratory Testing/Analysis

• Label content verification

• Contaminants

• Microbiological and heavy metals
• Pesticides/herbicides

• Protein and caffeine verification

• Disintegration testing

• Ongoing monitoring

• Review of formulation/supplier changes by NSF experts, including documentation, and test if justified
• NSF auditor review and confirmation of formulation at future GMP audits
• Ongoing annual testing of the product for compliance