Supplement Certification, Funding Debated By White House CAM Commission
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Alternative funding sources for dietary supplement programs at FDA's Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition were floated by members of the White House Commission on Complementary & Alternative Medicine Policy at a meeting in Washington, D.C. March 26.
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