IADSA to release global GMP guide

The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA) will release its guide to good manufacturing practice (GMP) for food supplement manufacturers across the globe next month.

The Global Guide to Good Manufacturing Practice for Supplements aims to provide guidelines for the promotion of best practice in the production of supplements, including manufacturing, quality control, packaging, distribution and storage.

Expected to be an important tool for both companies and governments worldwide, the guide covers quality management, premises and equipment, personnel and training, product and process development, manufacture, storage, transport and distribution.

It also gives recommendations in areas critical to the manufacture of high quality products, including the recovery or re-working of materials, documentation, self-inspections, sub-contracting operations, laboratory testing, complaints procedures, product recall and emergency procedures.