The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is the international independent organisation created in 1999 to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against doping in sport in all its forms.
Composed and funded equally by the sports movement and governments of the world, WADA coordinated the development and implementation of the World Anti-Doping Code (Code), the document harmonising anti-doping policies in all sports and all countries.
Vision
WADA works towards a vision of the world that values and fosters doping free sport.
World Anti-Doping Code 2008 Prohibited List
The World Anti-Doping Code 2008 Prohibited List is now available on the WADA website at:
www.wada-ama.org/rtecontent/document/2008_List_En.pdf.
The 2008 list will come into effect on January 1st 2008. Please see the following link for a summary of major modifications from the 2007 list:
www.wada-ama.org/rtecontent/document/Explanatory_Note_2008_En.pdf
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Important information for athletes regarding anti-doping
loaded Friday 28 March 2008
The following information has been distributed by the World Anti-Doping Authority:
“As you are aware, the WADA Prohibited List contains a list of prohibited substances. The distinction between substances and products is essential. Products often contain many/various and complex mixture of substances, and this is the case for pharmaceutical products or dietary supplements (especially when derived from natural products). Natural colostrum contains several substances, including IGF-1 which is listed as a prohibited substance (section S2 of the Prohibited List). The nature of colostrum (naturally produced in the early phase of lactation) cannot naturally classify colostrum as a food product but more as a dietary supplement type product. Athlete cannot be accidentally exposed to colostrum as part of normal food consumption.
Taking into account the above elements and the fact that there is still scientific uncertainty on the ability for IGF-1 contained in colostrum to influence plasma levels of IGF-1, the WADA List Committee adopted a safe approach and recommends athletes not to take colostrum. Again colostrum cannot be part of a normal diet and has to be compared to a dietary supplement, with similar risks associated.”
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