DSHEA Sheds Little Light On Distinguishing Old From New Ingredients
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Former Senate staffer Patricia Knight, who helped write DSHEA, says her “one regret” about the act passed in 1994 is “something we left out, how to prove, how to lock in what was on the market.” There is just no way for the FDA to figure out what was on the market then,” she says.
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