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|Articles|January 9, 2012
First Retailer Gets NSF Certified for Sport Certification
NSF scientists tested The Vitamin Shoppe’s True Athlete products for over 165 athletic banned substances.
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The NSF Certified for Sport programs was created to ensure that absence of banned substances in sports nutrition and other dietary supplement products.
According to NSF International:
To earn NSF Certified for Sport® certification, The Vitamin Shoppe’s True Athlete products underwent a rigorous testing and inspection program to verify compliance to NSF/ANSI Standard 173, the only official accredited American National Standard for dietary supplements and ingredients. This included a Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) facility audit, label claim testing/verification and a contaminant review. NSF scientists also tested The Vitamin Shoppe’s True Athlete products for over 165 athletic banned substances.
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