Absent from the dispute between the US Food and Drug Administration and the vitamin, mineral and supplement industry over new dietary ingredient notifications is disagreement on whether the market has changed since the requirement was imposed in 1994.
'Innovation' Meeting Shows FDA-Industry Gap On NDI Guidance Details Remains
Panel discussions and public comments during FDA public meeting show industry sees agency, as it stated in draft NDI notification guidances published in 2011 and 2016, is allowing little room for innovation through making new ingredients available for use in VMS products. FDA says immense growth of the VMS market since DSHEA passed shows numerous products available in US contain substances that haven't been notified to the FDA with proof showing they are dietary ingredients and are safe for use.
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