USP “Fingerprint” Library Aims To Fortify Product Safety
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
USP plans to use numerous analytical techniques to gather spectra from across a range of materials, including supplements, vitamins, active drug ingredients and excipients, to separate more rapidly compliant products from those that are adulterated or contaminated.
You may also be interested in...
Ingredient Safety Concerns Rise Among FDA Enforcement Priorities
Ingredient safety, new dietary ingredient notifications, adverse event reporting, claims substantiation and disease claims are all drawing FDA attention in the supplement space, Daniel Fabricant says. Compliance for good manufacturing practices still heads the priorities for enforcement, he says.
FDA Counterfeit Screening Tool Gets Field Test In Ghana; Corning Prepares Device For Mass Production
FDA currently employs the CD3 in its laboratories and at a number of international mail facilities and other points of entry to the U.S. to screen cosmetics, foods, medical devices and cigarettes, as well as drugs.
Rx Misbranding Penalties Should Be Stronger To Stop Counterfeiting, FDA Says
Industry also seems supportive of the idea, while Pew touts the power of the power of track-and-trace as a deterrent.