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What Does It Take to Be Certified for Sport®

NSF’s Certified for Sport® program helps athletes, dieticians, coaches, and consumers make safer decisions when choosing sports supplements, functional foods and cosmetics/personal care products. Certified for Sport® is the only independent third-party certification program recognized by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, and the Canadian Football League. Certified for Sport® is also recommended by the NFL, NBA, PGA, LPGA, CCES, CPSDA, iNADO, Ironman, NASCAR, Taylor Hooton Foundation, and many other organizations seeking to mitigate the risks of contaminated dietary supplements.

Manufacturers that pursue certification undergo product testing for 290 banned substances, label content confirmation, a formulation and label review, production facility and supplier inspections, and ongoing monitoring in line with prohibited substance lists of the NFL and MLB as well as NSF Annex C.

Steps to NSF Sport Certification

Companies that pursue certification to Certified for Sport® go through these steps: Step 1 – GMP Certification Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification verifies that the product is manufactured, packaged and stored in a facility that is audited annually, or bi-annually based on grade, for quality and safety in compliance with federal regulations for dietary supplements, functional foods or cosmetics/ personal care GMPs. GMP Certification includes:

Audits of all production facilities that manufacture, package, warehouse or distribute dietary supplements, functional foods or cosmetics/ personal care products
Review of quality control testing procedures for raw materials and finished products
Review of maintenance, housekeeping, cleaning and sanitization procedures
Review of sourcing and traceability procedures
Review of training and qualification programs
Review of internal SOPs
Review of product recall procedures

Step 2 – Contents Tested & Certified Certification Once step 1 is complete, NSF experts evaluate the product contents. They then test the finished product to verify that it contains no unsafe levels of contaminants and meets the claims and contents shown on the product label. Annual Laboratory Testing/Verification

Label content verification
Contaminants
Microbiological and heavy metals
Dietary supplement specific testing (not inclusive):
Protein and caffeine verification
Disintegration testing
Residual solvents
Pesticides/herbicides
Cosmetics/Personal Care specific testing (not inclusive):
PFAS- all products
Based on formulation:
1, 4-dioxane
Benzene
Nitrosamines
Methanol
THC
Asbestos
Sulfates
Phthalates
Parabens

Step 3 – Certified for Sport^® Certification Once steps 1 and 2 are completed, production lots are then tested to ensure they are free from 290 banned substances. NSF experts continue to integrate newly banned substances to ensure we are on the cutting edge of banned substance testing in the marketplace. Certified for Sport^® is recognized and respected by many major sport organizations. At this point, the Certified for Sport^® mark can be shown on the product label. Banned substance testing includes:

Drugs of abuse
Anabolic agents
Diuretics
Beta-2 agonists
Masking agents
Hormone antagonists
Hormone and metabolic modulators
SARMs
Growth hormone-releasing peptides
Stimulants
Beta blockers
Lots tested will be listed online at nsfsport.com and in the Certified for Sport® app.

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