How Dietary Supplements Are Made Flashcards
1
Q
Tableting
A
- pressed
- sent to lab for quality control and potency check
- released or rejected
- coated (not all go through this step)
- packaged (if all tests are passed)
- product labels coded
2
Q
Encapsulation
A
- sampled and assayed
- released to encapsulation
- encapsulation
- sent back to lab
- packaged
- product labels coded
3
Q
Product Packaged
A
- bottled (with inner safety seal and outer heat seal) and labeled
- package inspected and released
- samples for each batch kept for 5 years (to be analyzed if there are problems)
- stability testing (to test potency and deterioration)
