SIDI Group Release CoA Guidelines

WASHINGTONThe Standardized Information on Dietary Supplement Ingredients (SIDI) Working Group, a coalition of the dietary supplement industrys trade associations, has released a new Certificate of Analysis (CoA) Guideline, designed to help finished product manufacturers with the complex process of qualifying their ingredient suppliers.  The voluntary guidelines cover the type and scope of information finished product manufacturer should see on a CoA provided by an ingredient supplier for a component or ingredient used in a dietary supplement.

A requirement of the supplier qualification process involves verifying the information provided in an ingredient CoA, and manufacturers of dietary supplements rely on supplier CoAs to ensure finished products are GMP-compliant.  Its essential for ingredient suppliers to have a form that can be consistently used, containing the appropriate information in a clear and concise format, said Andrew Shao, Ph.D., a spokesperson for the SIDI Working Group and CRNs senior vice president, scientific & regulatory affairs.  By standardizing the information on CoAs, this voluntary guideline will benefit both ingredient suppliers and dietary supplement manufacturers.

The voluntary CoA guideline, including sample CoA templates for botanical and non-botanical ingredients, is available on the five trade associations websitesCRN, Natural Products Association (NPA), American Herbal Products ASsociation (AHPA), Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) and United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA)where the original SIDI protocol materials can also be found.