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Appointed to Head NSF's Dietary Supplements & Athletic Banned
Substances Certification Programs
Recent Media Coverage on Steroids Reinforces Need for Certification
Ann
Arbor, MI - NSF International today announced that
Edward Wyszumiala has been appointed general
manager of NSF's Dietary Supplements, Functional Foods
and Athletic Banned Substances Certification programs.
The new appointment comes at a crucial time as recent media
articles on steroids reinforce the need for increased testing
and certification of supplements and nutritional products.
Leveraging
his years of experience in the dietary supplements and nutraceuticals
industry, Wyszumiala will oversee all of NSF's Dietary Supplements
programs. This includes playing a key role in the overall expansion
of NSF's Athletic Banned Substances program, a program recommended
by Major League Baseball, the National Football League, and
the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, to minimize the risk
that a dietary supplement or sports nutrition product contains
banned substances.
Most
recently, Wyszumiala served as the Account Manager for NSF's
Dietary Supplement programs, where he led the development and
implementation of integrated sales strategies and certification
initiatives to meet clients' increasing needs. He also managed
quality assurance policies for NSF's Good Manufacturing Practices
(GMP) program.
Prior
to his appointment at NSF, Wyszumiala was the Chief Operating
Officer (COO) for Graminex, a leading manufacturer of botanical
products. As COO, he was in charge of Graminex's international
pharmaceutical and nutraceutical operations and the expansion
of these services into new markets including South America,
Asia, Australia and Europe.
"In
his new position, Ed will play a key role in positioning NSF's
certification and GMP programs as solutions for dietary supplement
and sports nutrition manufacturers that produce quality products,"
said Kristen Holt, NSF senior vice president. "With the
increasing number of news stories on steroids present in supplements,
certification and testing is more important than ever. As an
independent certification organization, NSF will continue to
make sure manufacturers certified by NSF follow good manufacturing
practices and meet all certification requirements to ease the
public's as well as athletes' concerns."
Background
on NSF's Dietary Supplements Certification Programs NSF International
is an independent, not-for-profit organization accredited by
the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Standards
Council of Canada (SCC) to provide GMP registration as well
as dietary supplements, functional foods and sports nutrition
product certification. NSF also developed and maintains the
only accredited American National Standard for dietary supplements
- NSF/ANSI Standard 173.
For
more information on NSF's Dietary Supplements Programs, please
visit here.
NSF's
Dietary Supplement Programs include:
Athletic
Banned Substances Certification
NFL/NFLPA
Supplement Certification
Good
Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Registration
One
Step Ahead GMP Registration Program
GMP
9000 (GMP + ISO 9001 Registration)
GMP for SportT Registration (GMP + Athletic
Banned Substances)
Ingredient Certification
About
NSF International: NSF International, an independent,
not-for-profit organization, helps protect you by certifying
products and writing standards for food, water and consumer
goods (www.nsf.org).
Founded in 1944, NSF is committed to protecting public health
and safety worldwide. NSF is a World Health Organization Collaborating
Centre for Food and Water Safety and Indoor Environment. Additional
services include safety audits for the food and water industries,
management systems registrations delivered through NSF International
Strategic Registrations, organic certification provided by Quality
Assurance International and education through the NSF Center
for Public Health Education.