RBC Life Sciences receives GMPs certification from NSF International

IRVING, Texas A provider of proprietary nutritional supplements, wound care and pain management products, announced Tuesday that it has been certified as being compliant with good manufacturing practices for the dietary supplement industry.

RBC Life Sciences said that NSF International -- an accredited, not-for-profit organization that developed the American National Standard (NSF/ANSI 173) for dietary supplements -- has certified that RBC Life Sciences' facilities and manufacturing process comply with NSF/ANSI Standard 173-2008. This standard coincides with GMP regulations instituted by the Food and Drug Administration.

"RBC Life Sciences has dedicated itself from its founding to maintaining the highest safety and efficacy standards in the industry," said the company's president and CEO John W. Price. "Certification by NSF International assures our consumers they are receiving dietary supplements produced in a high-quality, safe environment."

When Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, it requested the FDA to write good manufacturing practices for manufacturers to follow. The FDA recently published these GMPs, which require manufacturers to evaluate the purity, quality, strength and composition of dietary supplements to ensure safe, accurately-labeled products.