Food & Dietary Supplements
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Regulatory initiatives such as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) and the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) have had a profound impact on the food and supplement industries. The adoption of standardized content and format guidelines for nutrition facts labeling and nutritional testing have provided consumers with the tools to plan a diet rich in nutrients as well as given producers data to distance their product from the competition.
Covance has more than 60 years of experience in nutritional testing as well as phytochemical and botanical analyses and plays a leading role in the design of the testing regimen necessary to meet regulatory nutrition facts labeling requirements. Our expertise includes the complete spectrum of recognized nutrients and unparalleled range of sample matrices. In addition, our staff are recognized experts in the design of testing programs assured to comply with regulatory mandates (e.g., nutrients for nutrition facts label) and scientific standards (e.g., official methods of AOAC INTERNATIONAL).
To complement our established nutritional testing expertise, Covance also routinely develops and optimizes assays for newly identified nutrients and phytochemicals in unique matrices. In addition to quantitative nutritional testing, we can provide specialized methodologies to substantiate claims for quality, purity, consistency, stability, safety, and efficacy. In many cases, scientific information about the components of interest is relatively sparse and, as a result, requires the development or modification of analytical methods. Our scientists can provide the complete range of analyses required for NLEA and DSHEA labeling guidelines including testing to meet cGMP requirements. As a result of our extensive experience, we can provide invaluable insight on compliance issues related to nutrition facts label requirements and the recommended nutrient testing regimen. If serving sizes are provided, nutrient data can be reported in a format compliant with the nutrition facts label requirements.
For more information on nutrient and nutraceutical testing methods please click on the service area of interest below.
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