WHY SSCI?
Our vision is that the Supplement Safety & Compliance Initiative (SSCI) will enhance the safety, authenticity, and regulatory compliance of supplements for consumer use worldwide.
RESOLVING ISSUES
We recognize the growth of public mistrust and confusion about the safety and authenticity of dietary supplements. There is a lack of harmonization among retailer standards, and no real consistency of what is expected from manufacturers. Additionally there are many certification marks, which is confusing for the consumer. All add up to a misperception that the industry is unregulated and potentially unsafe.
ACCOUNTABILITY
SSCI will create a minimum standard of equivalence for all manufacturers to meet to be accepted into major retailers offering quality assurance from harvest to retailer shelf.
SOLUTIONS
SSCI creates a management system to address the authenticity, safety, and regulatory compliance of dietary supplements through harmonized benchmarking to determine equivalency between various dietary supplement certifications and standards.
Customer awareness and demand for transparency, traceability, quality, safety and sustainability.
Helps to support industry with increasing state and federal regulatory inquiries.
Conflicting information in the media on quality of botanical impacts consumer confidence
WHY SSCI
SSCI is retailer led and industry driven – and we have an open access to additional participation for suppliers and producers to help implement best practices in benchmarking, testing protocols, microbiological standards, safety and shelf stability areas of interest.
Focused on improved traceability and identification protocols to provide maximum safety for end users
Patterned after GFSI which has been very successful in its implementation across the grocery marketplace.
Customers are aware and asking for greater transparency, traceability, quality, safety and sustainability.
