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February 2010

FDA dictate which supplements & potency levels

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    Urgent for all who take dietary supplements.
    There is an expanding program in Europe for government control of which food supplements can be legally sold and, further, at which potency levels. This dovetails with the Codex Alimentarius international trade guidelines, which can impact trade disputes between countries. (See http://codexinfo.org for background on this matter.) In the U.S., we have felt secure that we would continue to have freedom of access to the natural dietary supplements of our choice because of the provisions in our Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA).

    A new bill, S.3002, The Dietary Supplement Safety Act (DSSA), has been introduced in the Senate and co-sponsored by senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND). While the original motivation for this bill seems to have been protection from tainted over-the-counter products, this bill also has provisions that would eliminate the supplement access protections contained in DSHEA and allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) arbitrary authority to make drastic changes that would impact all aspects of the dietary supplement industry and public access to supplement products.

    We particularly draw your attention to the provision that would allow the FDA to create a list of which supplements can be sold and at what potency levels.

    Should the FDA have the power to determine which dietary supplements you can buy and at what potency levels?
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