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‘Undeniable Truth’ For US FDA Supplement Programs Director: 'So Much Noncompliance'

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

ODS Director Steven Tave says violative manufacturing processes and products remain common not because FDA isn’t enforcing its regulations. “I applaud those who stand behind their products, but can you stand with the same conviction behind every product on the market?” he said at regulatory summit organized by trade groups.

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The chief US regulator for dietary supplement manufacturing and marketing marked an anniversary of his appointment to the post with remarks at an industry conference that noted another anniversary, that of the market remaining troubled by widespread noncompliance.

Steven Tave, director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Dietary Supplement Programs, said on 16 September in a...

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