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 Rule For Mandatory Supplement Registration Would Likely Give FDA Authority For Fines
ODSP Head Advises Stakeholders To Expect Congress To Open DSHEA
“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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CRN petition argues against general preclusion while NPA petition addressed specifically FDA’s wielding of the provision to prohibit the use of NMN supplements available in US. “FDA has acknowledged that they really can't answer one without answering. The two are inextricably linked,” says CRN CEO Steve Mister.