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US Rule For Mandatory Supplement Registration Would Likely Give FDA Authority For Fines

ODSP Head Advises Stakeholders To Expect Congress To Open DSHEA

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

“We would certainly want to have some enforcement and be able to utilize that enforcement,” says ODSP acting director Cara Welch. Stakeholders opposed to the change should “get comfortable with the idea of opening up DSHEA and should most certainly be part of the discussion.”

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A requirement for mandatory product registration being considered for dietary supplements sold in the US should give the Food and Drug Administration authority to impose fines for violations, says the head of the agency’s supplement industry regulation office.

US industry stakeholders also should expect the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act will be opened for potential changes with Congress likely to consider mandatory product registration, says Cara

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