FDAMA health claim provisions

FDA guidance on health claims section of the FDA Modernization Act to be available "very shortly," FDA Office of Food Labeling Director of Technical Evaluation Virginia Wilkening says at a meeting in Washington, D.C. April 30. FDAMA allows food manufacturers to make health claims based on authoritative statements of government scientific bodies, such as the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention or the National Institutes of Health, without FDA approval ("The Tan Sheet" Jan. 19, p. 13). The guidance is expected to address whether the provision would apply to dietary supplements. Implementing regs will follow the guidance, Wilkening said...