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NAC Safety Docket Provides US FDA Cover From Acknowledging Preclusion Error, CRN Contends

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

“Single legal issue” is “whether the drug preclusion provision … properly precludes NAC from being marketed in dietary supplements,” CRN says in latest comment. Other stakeholders submit comments noting numerous studies showing NAC safety and decades of use in food products.

• Source: Alamy

The Council for Responsible Nutrition argues that by not answering its question contesting the US Food and Drug Administration’s prohibition against N-acetyl-L-cysteine’s use as a dietary ingredient, the agency is delaying admitting NAC is lawful for use in food and dietary supplements.

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