TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS
Nov 23, 2022
THANK YOU
In this season of Thanksgiving and in honor of National Veterans and Military Families Month, Veteran’s Day and National First Responder Day, BSCG would like to celebrate all the tactical professionals out there in the world. We appreciate all that you do for us in keeping our country and communities safe.
At Banned Substances Control Group, or BSCG, we work hard to keep you safe when it comes to your dietary supplements. We call ourselves the gold standard in dietary supplement certification and testing as we are built on a deep foundation of 25 years at the forefront of sport drug testing, hence the gold, but also because we are dedicated to providing the best third-party certification in the industry.
Third-party certification can be complex. In simple terms it is a third-party evaluation of a product or process with recognition of passing the program usually identified by use of a program seal. Many different types of programs are out there including those that focus on things like Organic, Non-GMO, Kosher, Halal, Banned Substances, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), or product contents.
To understand what we do you can think of BSCG as Banned Substances, Contents, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) as those are the key elements involved in all of our certification programs. Our flagship BSCG Certified Drug Free program is designed for protection of athletes and drug tested professionals like first responders, tactical experts, and military service members.
Perhaps most important to tactical professionals, every lot of BSCG Certified Drug Free supplements are tested for more than 505 drugs including 296 drugs banned in sport or tactical drug testing programs and 209 over-the-counter, illicit or prescription drugs – the most comprehensive testing menu in the industry today. The Certified Drug Free program starts with an initial audit of manufacturing quality control, claims, compliance, and GMP. Verification of label claims and environmental contaminants is required annually.
Put simply, BSCG helps ensure you get what is on the supplement label, nothing more and nothing less.
Operation Supplement Safety (OPSS) offers supplement guidance to the U.S. Department of Defense including a checklist for making good supplement choices that acknowledges the BSCG Certified Drug Free program. The OPSS mission notes that, “in March 2022, DoD issued the Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 6130.06, Use of Dietary Supplements in the DoD, in which DoD establishes OPSS as the “go-to” program for dietary supplements. It states that OPSS will maintain the official DoD Prohibited Dietary Supplement Ingredient list, and provide educational training on the topic of dietary supplements.”
BSCG is proud that OPSS recognizes the BSCG Certified Drug Free program as one of the leaders in third-party certification for banned substances alongside Informed Sport and NSF Certified for Sport. BSCG Certified Drug Free and Informed Sport are the only programs that test every lot of supplements for banned substances.
Make sure to lookup the lot number stamped on the supplement bottle in the program database to make sure it has been tested! This could be one of the most important things you do in your career. If your lot hasn’t been tested then you aren’t protected!
There are a number of fake or meaningless seals to wade through on supplements these days but a seal from the BSCG Certified Drug Free program or others like it can keep your career on path. An inadvertent drug testing positive may be around the corner if you don’t choose supplements wisely.
BSCG is proud to certify more than 85 brands and 500 products available in more than 100 countries and counting. Please take time to explore the BSCG Certified Drug Free list of clients and the other resources we have available on dietary supplement safety. We are always available for your questions at info@bscg.org.
Stay tuned for more from us in the future and thank you once again for your service as a tactical professional…
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