![]() ![]() USP also sets standards for dietary supplements and food ingredients (as part of the Food Chemicals Codex). USP-NF standards also have a role in US federal law a drug or drug ingredient with a name recognized in USP-NF is considered adulterated if it does not satisfy compendial standards for strength, quality or purity. Drugs subject to USP standards include both human drugs (prescription, over-the-counter, or otherwise) and animal drugs. If a drug ingredient or drug product has an applicable USP quality standard (in the form of a USP-NF monograph), it must conform in order to use the designation 'USP' or 'NF'. The USP is published in a combined volume with the National Formulary (a formulary) as the USP-NF. The United States Pharmacopeia ( USP) is a pharmacopeia (compendium of drug information) for the United States published annually by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (usually also called the USP), a nonprofit organization that owns the trademark and also owns the copyright on the pharmacopeia itself. ![]()
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