Formal Supplement Advisory Committee Not Necessary, NNFA's Ford Tells FDA

A voluntary advisory committee combining academia, consumer groups, industry, Congress and FDA would help the agency through some of the "issues" where it needs "assistance" in developing a strategic plan for dietary supplement regulation under the Dietary Supplement Health & Education Act, National Nutritional Foods Association President Michael Ford said at an FDA stakeholder meeting in Washington, D.C. June 8.