Natural Products Association, Virgo Publishing To Conduct In-depth GMP Training Before SupplySide West

Main Category: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine
Also Included In: Nutrition / Diet
Article Date: 07 Oct 2009 - 16:00 PDT

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Are you ready for a visit from FDA? FDA promises a significant increase in GMP inspections in 2009 and if your company has more than 20 employees, your company could be one of them!

An Advanced Course on the FDA GMPs for Dietary Supplements will be offered at SupplySide West in Las Vegas in November. As the leader in dietary supplement GMPs, having launched the industry's first GMP third-party certification program in 1999, and providing GMP education to over 800 companies for more than 10 years, NPA is uniquely qualified and presents an outstanding program. You won't find another GMP course like ours!

The seminar presents comprehensive and concise discussion of many of the most complex aspects of the FDA cGMPs. The agenda focuses on areas of particular interest to FDA, including setting and confirming specifications for dietary ingredients, components and products, how suppliers are qualified, and criteria for using COAs to confirm raw material specifications. Other topics covered include testing requirements, laboratory operations, SOPs, records and other GMP documentation, master manufacturing and batch production records as well as a discussion of recent FDA GMP inspections and how to how to handle visits from FDA. The seminar will also cover GMP certification, a timely topic with FDA's focus on supplier qualification and the agency's positive remarks about third-party certification programs.

With more than 12 hours dedicated course time and the rule now being actively enforced by FDA, this course is extremely relevant and valuable for anyone whose job requires a comprehensive understanding of the final FDA GMP rule.

Seminar presenters include:

Carl Reynolds, president, Reynolds Regulatory Consulting
Cindy Beehner, president, QSD Consulting
Aaron Secrist, president, Quality By Design Group
Natural Products Association staff

See what previous attendees said about this popular seminar:

"The presentations, group project and speakers PERFECT!"
"Comprehensive, interesting, presents current GMP issues"
"This seminar opened my eyes to many new areas of the FDA GMPs"
"I would absolutely recommend this seminar to others; I was impressed by the knowledge of the speakers and their ability to answer questions"
"The seminar content and speaker exceeded my expectations"
"Hits the right points!"

To read the agenda and get fee and registration information, visit http://www.supplysideshow.com/.

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Natural Products Association
Virgo Publishing