Compounding Chemicals

Product Quality Designations:

USP: Meets or exceeds the requirements of the U.S. Pharmacopeia

NF: Meets or exceeds the requirements of the National Formulary

FCC: Meets or exceeds the requirements as defined by the Food Chemicals Codex

ACS: Meets or exceeds the specifications as listed in Reagent Chemicals, published by the American Chemical Society

BP: Meets or exceeds the requirements of the British Pharmacopoeia

EP: Meets or exceeds the requirements of the European Pharmacopoeia

JP: meets or exceeds the requirements of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia

Reagent: High purity chemicals suitable for use in many analytical and general laboratory applications

Purified: Defines chemical of good quality where there are no official standards

Food Grade: Assigned to chemicals which have the clearance for use in food and related products