While the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has been in the crosshairs of the dietary supplement industry in the past two years, CEO Travis Tygart said the organization is looking for reasonable solutions to ensure athletes—and consumers—have access to safe, effective products. Virgo Publishing's Jon Benninger talked with Tygart during SupplySide West in October 2010 regarding USADA’s concerns about sports nutrition products and related dietary supplements, and what the solution could be.

Tygart noted the organization has two main concerns: the migration of designer drugs into dietary supplements, and ongoing issues about contamination of products that can cause problems for athletes. One of the main areas he said needs attention is legislative change. "The original intent of DSHEA has not been fulfilled mainly due to the Internert and the global supply chain," he said. "There are reasonable gap fillers that we think can be done from a legislative standpoint to help better address these problems." He added USADA also wants to interact with industry to improve the marketplace and ensure athletes have "free choice" when it comes to using dietary supplements.