The World Anti-Doping Code was implemented in 2004, which facilitated specific anti-doping rules and regulations governing all sports and all countries.

Currently, more than 600 sports organizations, including international sports federations, national anti-doping organizations, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International Paralympic Committee. Many other global professional leagues in various countries have also adopted the Code.

The Code was unanimously adopted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and endorsed by the 1,500 delegates present on November 17, 2007, the final day of the Third World Conference on Doping in Sport, in Madrid, Spain. The revisions to the Code took effect on January 1, 2009.

In support of this effort, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) publishes a comprehensive list of Prohibited & Banned Substances, and is the premier authority on the use of illegal substances used by athletes (www.wada-ama.org).

Travis Tygart, the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) stated their willingness and desire to work with the supplement industry to enforce truth-in-labeling.

Tygart stated that ‘confidence killers’ such as steroid contamination and truth-in-labeling issues meant that the USADA is a long way from endorsing sports supplements for athletes in the United States.

In regards to truth-in-labeling, Tygart said that the illegal use of banned substances in sports products had, “…created an environment where athletes can’t simply trust what they are getting through a dietary supplement they may choose to contain what it says on the label…”

In an effort to prevent and expose the use of illegal and banned substances in sports supplements, Human Sports Performance® has created various programs which address the important issues in sports.