United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP)

The United States Pharmacopeia is an official public standards–setting authority for all prescription and over–the–counter medicines and other health care products manufactured or sold in the United States. USP also sets widely recognized standards for food ingredients and dietary supplements. These standards ensure the quality, purity, strength, and consistency of products critical to the public health. USP's standards are recognized and used in more than 130 countries around the globe, and have helped to ensure public health throughout the world for close to 200 years.

USP is a non-governmental, not-for-profit public health organization whose independent, volunteer experts work under strict conflict–of–interest rules to set its scientific standards. USP's contributions to public health are enriched by the participation and oversight of volunteers representing pharmacy, medicine, and other health care professions as well as academia, government, the pharmaceutical and food industries, health plans, and consumer organizations.