DIETARY SUPPLEMENT HEALTH CLAIMS STATUS QUO UNDER NLEA
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
DIETARY SUPPLEMENT HEALTH CLAIMS STATUS QUO UNDER NLEA would be maintained for more than two years or until a special commission devises a process for reviewing claims under the version of S 784 that cleared the Senate Aug. 13. According to a summary of the bill from sponsor Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), "dietary supplements will be subject to the preapproval process and standard of the Nutrition Labeling & Education Act for the two-year period that a new, independent Commission on Dietary Supplement Labeling determines the most appropriate process" of evaluating health claims.
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