Dietary Supplements
Chemical Solutions Ltd. (CSL) has over ten years experience in the trace elemental analysis of dietary supplements and other nutritional products. When establishing the purity and quality of your materials, you can trust CSL’s familiarity with a variety of product types and be assured in the integrity of your results.
Types of Samples:
- Herbs and Botanicals
- Vitamin Products
- Nutraceuticals
- Functional Foods
- Finished Products and Raw Ingredients
Methodology:
- ICP-MS
used to assay trace and ultra-trace elements at part per billion (ppb) or lower levels
Elements Commonly Analyzed:
- CA Prop. 65 Metals
Lead, Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury, Nickel, Beryllium - USP Heavy Metals
Antimony, Arsenic, Bismuth, Cadmium, Copper, Lead, Mercury, Molybdenum, Silver, Tin - Minerals
Boron, Calcium, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Phosphorus, Potassium, Selenium, Sodium, Tin, Vanadium, Zinc
Regulations:
- FDA GMPs
Each company’s quality assurance program has to ensure the identity, purity, quality, strength, and composition of their products. The deadline for compliance is based on company size with all companies complying by July 2010. - California Proposition 65
The State requires that no person in the course of doing business shall introduce any CA resident to a chemical known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without first giving a clear and reasonable warning. A list of those substances and their safe harbor levels is provided annually by the state.