Additional Services

BSCG – ADDITIONAL DIETARY SUPPLEMENT TESTING SERVICES

Supplement Ingredient, Label Claims and Contamination Testing

The BSCG Certified Drug Free programs include verification of ingredients or label claims and testing for a complete suite of contaminants. This testing is performed annually according to program details and the technical details below. We also offer these additional dietary supplement quality control testing services à la carte as desired. Please contact us with any questions or for pricing.

Ingredient Verification / Quantification:

Verification and quantification of most ingredients by themselves or in finished products. We evaluate them based on available monographs and/or analysis by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LCMS), microscopy and other appropriate methods.

Heavy Metals and Trace Elements:

We offer a standard heavy metal screen for arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead and mercury using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). We use the lower of International Conference for Harmonization (ICH) or American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 173 thresholds.
We can also analyze for an array of other nutritional elements including copper, aluminum, nickel, iron, selenium and more.

Microbiological Agents:

We provide testing for standard microbiological agents including: plate count, yeast and mold, coliform, e. coli, staphyloccus aurea, salmonella. Testing meets or exceeds the requirements of United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) and , ANSI 173, American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) or other industry guidelines as appropriate.

Pesticide Residues:

Testing meets or exceeds the standards in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pesticide Analytical Manual, USP, ANSI 173, AHPA or other industry guidelines as appropriate.

Solvents:

We can test for Class I, II and III solvents based on need. Our primary panel focuses on Class I solvents with the highest level of toxicity (benzene; carbon tetrachloride; 1,2-dichloroethane; 1,1-dichloroethene; and 1,1,1-trichloroethane) in accordance with USP.

Aflatoxins