SPDS eBook March 2017

Stakeholder Panel on Dietary Supplements (SPDS)

• Set 5 Ingredients: Aloe Vera, Protein, Vitamin B 12 – Launched in March, 2016 – SMPRs Approved in September, 2016: • Identification of Proteins in Dietary Supplements

– Animal Derived ( 2016.015 ) and Non‐Animal Derived ( 2016.016 ) • Identification and Quantitation of Proteins in Dietary Supplements – Animal Derived ( 2016.013 ) and Non‐Animal Derived ( 2016.014 ) • Quantitative Measurement of Vitamin B 12 in Dietary Supplements and  Ingredients ( 2016.017 ). – Call for Methods and Experts will follow approval of SMPRs – Quantitation of Aloe Vera Polysaccharides in Dietary Supplements  was presented to SPDS in September, 2016 but  the stakeholder  panel requested additional work.  Working group reconvened and  developed another SMPR,   Identification of Aloe Vera in Dietary  Supplements and Dietary Ingredients. 

Stakeholder Panel on Dietary Supplements (SPDS) • Set 6 Ingredients: Amino Acids, Ginger, Vitamins K 1 and K 2 – Launched in September, 2016  – SMPRs sent to SPDS for approval in March, 2017: • Identification and Quantitation of Free Alpha Amino Acids in Dietary  Ingredients and Supplements • Quantitation of Select Nonvolatile Ginger Constituents • Determination of Vitamins K1 and K2 in Dietary Supplements and Dietary  Ingredients – SMPR Approval Expected March, 2017