The Dietary Supplement Health And Education Act Of 1994

This act may be cited as the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994.

The dietary supplement health and education act of 1994. The dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 which spells out regulations regarding the manufacture and sale of dietary supplements defines a dietary supplement as a product other than tobacco intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one of more of the following dietary ingredients. Specifically it dictated that a dietary supplement had to include at least one ingredient that actually supplements the user s diet. Dietary supplement legislation since the adoption of section 411 of the federal food drug and cosmetic act fd c act in 1976. Under the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 dshea.

In addition the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 introduced. The dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 the dietary supplement act or the act is more encompassing and for the first time defines dietary supplements and deals broadly with their regulation. However with passage of the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 dshea congress amended the fd c act to include several provisions that apply only to dietary supplements and dietary ingredients of dietary supplements. The dshea currently defines the term dietary supplement as a product that is intended to supplement the diet and may contain one or more dietary ingredients.

The dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 dshea is a 1994 statute of united states federal legislation which defines and regulates dietary supplements. As a result of these provisions dietary ingredients used in dietary. For example ingredients like vitamins minerals amino acids herbs and other botanicals met the act s definition. The dietary supplement health and education act dshea 3 of 1994 defines the fda s statutory authority to regulate dietary supplement products in the united states.

Manufacturers and distributors of dietary supplements and dietary ingredients are prohibited from marketing products that are. A vitamin a mineral an herb. 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.