U.S.P.
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Pharmacopeia, or U.S.P., issues standards for pharmacists, including for testing for endotoxins, and that “every pharmacist follows the U.S.P.”
From New York Times • May 2, 2022
But perhaps most important, there is his classic hucksterism, and his synoptic U.S.P. — unique selling proposition.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021
The only ingredient listed on the package I use is: Magnesium Sulfate U.S.P.
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2018
The fine print spells out "Minimum Daily Requirements" in esoteric quantities such as milligrams, U.S.P. or international units, and the average uncertain layman usually decides that if a little is good, more is surely better.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And any big chemical corporation will sell you U.S.P. grade Milk of Magnesia at about six dollars a ton.
From Subversive by Schoenherr, John
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