USADA Now Recommends BSCG Certified Drug Free
Nov 13, 2026
What USADA’s new recommendation means for certified brands and the athletes who use their products.
To Our Valued Customers and Subscribers,
Athletes who look up USADA’s supplement guidance will now find BSCG Certified Drug Free on its list of recommended certification programs. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) added BSCG to that list after a comprehensive review of certification programs in 2026.
USADA expanded its recommendations because athlete surveys asked for wider access to certified products around the world, and because qualified banned substance testing programs have proven effective. BSCG is also currently recommended by Operation Supplement Safety (Department of Defense) and the NFL.
“In 2004 BSCG helped create a new industry focused on third-party certification of supplements for banned substances in sport,” said Oliver Catlin, President of BSCG. “We are excited that USADA has elevated the importance of third-party certification and recognized us and other industry leaders as vital resources for protecting clean athletes.”
For Certified Brands
If your products carry the BSCG Certified Drug Free seal, they are now certified by a program USADA recommends to athletes. USADA recommends certification programs. It does not approve or endorse individual supplements, so we suggest using the same wording when you mention this in your own marketing.
For Athletes
USADA advises athletes who use supplements to choose only products certified by a program that tests for substances prohibited in sport. It also tells them to check that the specific lot was tested before they use it. You can look up any certified BSCG product and lot in our online database at bscg.org
USADA also cautions that certification greatly reduces the risk of a positive test but cannot remove it completely.
The Standard USADA Put in Writing
USADA’s 2026 review added criteria that every recommended certifier must meet. A recommended program must:
- Have no record of a certified product causing a positive drug test
- Retain records and samples that can support anti-doping investigations
- Test every lot, or at minimum clearly identify which lots are certified
- Certify other consumer products athletes use, such as creams and massage oils
In more than 20 years, no BSCG Certified Drug Free product has resulted in a positive drug test. Our standard testing covers more than 450 banned substances, including more than 400 on the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List.
“Athletes deserve proof, lot by lot, with records that hold up when someone checks,” Catlin said. “USADA’s criteria put that standard in writing. We’ve been testing every lot since day one as we don’t want any gaps in the protection.”
Four Decades of Clean Sport
“My father founded the first U.S. sport drug testing lab at UCLA in 1982, so clean sport has been our family’s work for more than four decades,” Catlin added. “We have been proud to carry on the tradition for more than 20 years at BSCG and to play our part by offering certified products that athletes, military service members and other consumers can trust.”
Thank you for trusting BSCG with your products and your training.
The BSCG Team
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