Tougher FDA, Congressional “Meddling” With DSHEA Likely In 2013
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Compliance with GMPs and other components of DSHEA is not a priority for some firms marketing supplements in the U.S., says contract manufacturing executive Mark Le Doux. “Warning letters … keep pouring out because [firms] either didn’t read the law or they didn’t think they’d be discovered,” he says.
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