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Dietary Supplements Face Stricter Regulation

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced last month that

manufacturers of dietary supplements would be required to provide

substantial evidence of the safety of the ingredients in their

products. For the first time, makers of dietary supplements, including

vitamins and herbal pills, will be required to test their products.

The FDA plans to actively enforce the Dietary Supplement Health and

Education Act enacted thirteen years ago in 1994. Dietary supplement

manufacturers will be required to test the purity and composition of

the products. Larger companies must comply by June of 2009 and smaller

companies are being given until 2010.

The FDA will be able to take action if dietary supplements are found

not to contain the ingredients on their labels. This could include

revision of product labels to criminal charges for major offences.

" This rule helps to ensure the quality of dietary supplements so that

consumers can be confident that the products they purchase contain

what is on the label, " FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach said in

a statement. In the past, regulators found supplements that didn't

contain the levels of vitamins that were claimed.

The FDA has also announced requirements for record keeping and

handling consumer complaints.

There are still some experts who feel the guidelines will not solve

the problems that persist in the supplement industry. The new rules

fall short of ordering companies to test the health claims they make.

The dietary supplement market is currently a $22 billion industry.

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