Usp Org Reference Standards. To confirm accuracy and reproducibility usp reference standards are rigorously tested and evaluated by multiple independent laboratories including usp commercial regulatory and academic labs. There are two types of standards.
Usp provides safety data sheets sds for all reference standards and usp certificates for some reference standards. There are two types of standards. Not all standards are created equal.
These standards help to assess the quality strength identity and purity of chemical medicines biologics food chemicals and ingredients dietary supplements among other items.
Developing documentary standards and reference standards is the core of what we do at usp. Not all standards are created equal. Usp provides safety data sheets sds for all reference standards and usp certificates for some reference standards. Reference standards from the united states pharmacopeial convention usp are highly characterized chemical specimens pure materials or mixtures of chemicals that have been tested in multiple laboratories intended for quality control use in conducting assays and tests in usp s documentary standards for drugs in the united states pharmacopeia national formulary usp nf for dietary supplements in the usp nf and dietary supplements compendium and for foods in the food chemicals codex.
