Natural Factors
Natural Factors

Quality assurance

At Natural Factors we are committed to providing the highest quality products to our customers. All of our products undergo rigorous testing at all levels of the production process in accordance with United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) guidelines. Our manufacturing is done according to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) guidelines laid out and regulated by the Health Protection Branch (HPB) of Health Canada. Factors Laboratories also follows Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) guidelines.

Standard Operating Procedures: A set of written procedures for conducting every operation in the laboratory.
Analyst Training Program: Every analyst has the minimum of a university Bachelor of Science degree and undergoes an intense training and safety program.
Method Validation: All methods are validated to ensure consistency of analytical parameters including selectivity, linearity, range, accuracy and recovery, precision and ruggedness.
Stability Program: Products are tested throughout the shelf-life and for one additional year to guarantee that the potency matches the label claim.
Instrument Validation and Calibration: To ensure the instrument performs consistently, we validate and calibrate each component of the High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) system as well as the other analytical instruments in the lab.
Data accountability: All data are recorded and kept as computer files and on hard copy for several years to ensure traceability of all results.

Our quality control and quality assurance programs guarantee that our products are among the highest quality available on the market today and our new product development research now includes clinical trials on specific products to ensure their usefulness in enhancing people's health.