AER Bill Passes - A Victory for Consumers and the Natural Products Community!

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Citizens for Health <info@...> wrote: Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:38:47 -0500 (EST)From: Citizens for Health <info@...>saxony01@...Subject: AER Bill Passes - A Victory for Consumers and the Natural ProductsCommunity! For release: December 9, 2006 Dietary Supplements are Safe. Now They Will be Even Safer. Washington, D.C., December 9, 2006—Nearly nine thousand faxes and e-mails from Citizens for Health members, along with leadership and support from the Natural

Products Association and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), led to victory - the passage of the Dietary Supplement and Non-Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act (the "AER bill"), S. 3546 and H.R. 6168. The legislation, which cleared the House of Representatives in the small hours of the morning and was passed by the Senate a few days before, will amend the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to require manufacturers to notify the FDA of all serious adverse events (AEs) reported to them for over-the-counter (OTC) drugs and dietary supplements. It now goes to President Bush for his signature, and Citizens for Health urges the President to sign without delay. The bottom line: the Dietary Supplement and Non-Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act supports existing legislation and provides additional consumer safety protections while also protecting responsible dietary

supplement companies from unjustified burdens. Visit our website for more about our victory! And, now that the New Year is almost upon us, please consider an end-of-the-year gift to Citizens for Health. Your contribution of $10, $35, $100, or whatever you can afford to give, will help us continue to fight for isssues of importance to the natural health consumer. Click here to

give now through our secure website. Thanks for taking action and for your support! The Citizens for Health team Check out the Council for Responsible Nutrition's Myths and Facts about Mandatory Adverse Event Reporting for Supplements. To view our privacy policy, click here. You are receiving this alert because you are subscribed to the Citizens for Health list to receive occasional updates of importance to the natural health community. If

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