Dietary Supplement Health And Education Act Slideshare
Fda regulates dietary supplements under a different set of regulations than those covering conventional foods and drug products.
Dietary supplement health and education act slideshare. This is the first major. American journal of humanities and social sciences research ajhssr 2018 a j h s s r j o u r n a l p a g e 1 american journal of humanities and social sciences research ajhssr e issn. This act may be cited as the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994. Before this time dietary supplements were subject to the same regulatory requirements as were other foods.
Food and drug administration 2015. Dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 the house of representatives adopted on octo ber 7 a revised version of s. Under the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 dshea u s. Dietary supplement health and education act 1994 in october 1994 the dietary supplement health and education act dshea was signed into law by president clinton.
784 and the senate concurred in that amendment on october 9 sending new dietary supplement legislation to the president who is expected to sign it into law. Manufacturers and distributors of dietary supplements and dietary ingredients are prohibited from marketing products that are adulterated or misbranded. The dietary supplements health and education act 1994 dshea defines the term dietary supplement to mean a product other than tobacco intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients. Because of the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 the special rules that the fda uses state that the manufacturer is responsible for ensuring that a dietary supplement is safe before it is marketed and the fda is responsible for taking action against any unsafe dietary supplement product after it has reached the market.
Whenever in this act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the federal food drug and cosmetic act. Analyzing the dietary supplement health and education act and other related regulation relevant fda approval. Under the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994. In the united states dietary supplements are defined by the 1994 dietary supplement health and education act as products that are not used exclusively as food but are intended to be consumed in addition to an individual s diet.