Sharfstein Suggests Requiring Supplements Registration, Testing Standards
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Oversight authorized by DSHEA “is not the regulatory system for dietary supplements sold to the American public,” says former FDA official Joshua Sharfstein.
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