Information re the FDA assault on dietary supplements

[Guest guest]

If you haven't sent a letter to your senators and representatives of

Congress, do so to protect our access to dietary supplements. The FDA is

rattling their sword again to reduce our access to supplements and make it

prohibitively expensive for any supplement company to be innovative. Argh!!!

Information re the FDA assault on dietary supplements

Dear D.S.D. International, Ltd. Customer

Attached you will find a letter from Denis DeLuca, President, Biotics

Research Corporation outlining what actions the Federal Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is attempting to do to control dietary supplement

ingredients.

Also, attached are sample letters for you and your patients/clients to

send to your/their U.S. Senator(s) and U.S. Representative(s) and other

Senators/Representatives as you/they choose. The address for the U.S

Government

web site is also enclosed for your use.

Many threats to the food supplement industry have come and gone over the

past 30 years (real or perceived) that we know of, but this one is real and

will have a very detrimental impact on us if it is allowed to become law;

therefore your help is needed. Further, Biotics Research has spent a great

deal of money monitoring this situation and will continue to monitor and

support their/our position. I might add that I’ve know Denis DeLuca for

almost 30 years and know that he and Biotics Research do not “cry wolfâ€,

this

threat is real and we all need to get behind stopping it.

If you have any questions you can reach me at this e-mail or at

.

Dolores S. Eidenier

President

D.S.D. International, Ltd.

..

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure to which exact FDA initiative this refers (I couldn't find

anything specific on the FDA website). I was fortunate enough to attend the

NIH Office of Dietary Supplement's Research Practicum a few years ago. From

what I learned there and from my work as an RD, I would encourage everyone

to weigh their communications regarding FDA regulation of supplements

cautiously and not jump on a bandwaggon just because it looks like access to

supplements is going to be limited. One of the speakers said that whenever

dietary supplements are brought up in a bill or by the FDA, congress

receives huge amounts of mail - more than relating to any other issue - from

people who are writing because they think that " they " are trying to limit

access to supplements - regardless of what issue was being discussed related

to dietary supplements.

I am fine with people using dietary supplements, and use some myself.

However, I do believe that dietary supplement manufacturers should be held a

standard that ensures that their products contain what they advertsie and

that they are not tainted or contaminated with substences not listed on the

ingredient label. I also believe that the " proprietary blend " designation

should be ended so we know what is in supplements and in what amounts.

Dr. Penny

Penny L. , PhD, RD, CSSD, LD

Dietitian, Ironman Sports Medicine Institute at Memorial Hermann

http://ironman.memorialhermann.org/

Owner, Eating for Performance

www.eatingforperformance.com

> **

>

>

> If you haven't sent a letter to your senators and representatives of

> Congress, do so to protect our access to dietary supplements. The FDA is

> rattling their sword again to reduce our access to supplements and make it

> prohibitively expensive for any supplement company to be innovative.

> Argh!!!

>

>

>

> Information re the FDA assault on dietary supplements

>

> Dear D.S.D. International, Ltd. Customer

> Attached you will find a letter from Denis DeLuca, President, Biotics

> Research Corporation outlining what actions the Federal Food and Drug

> Administration (FDA) is attempting to do to control dietary supplement

> ingredients.

> Also, attached are sample letters for you and your patients/clients to

> send to your/their U.S. Senator(s) and U.S. Representative(s) and other

> Senators/Representatives as you/they choose. The address for the U.S

> Government

> web site is also enclosed for your use.

> Many threats to the food supplement industry have come and gone over the

> past 30 years (real or perceived) that we know of, but this one is real and

>

> will have a very detrimental impact on us if it is allowed to become law;

> therefore your help is needed. Further, Biotics Research has spent a great

> deal of money monitoring this situation and will continue to monitor and

> support their/our position. I might add that I’ve know Denis DeLuca for

> almost 30 years and know that he and Biotics Research do not “cry wolf”,

> this

> threat is real and we all need to get behind stopping it.

> If you have any questions you can reach me at this e-mail or at

> .

> Dolores S. Eidenier

> President

> D.S.D. International, Ltd.

> .

>

>

[Guest guest]

We do need open labeling. The mystery proprietary blends are bad and dangerous.

Add the fortification in foods and the overlapping doses for the day/wk/mo/ yrs

are getting ridiculous. Better supplements usually offer some quality control

standards but it is a buyer beware world. The aspect of regulation that

disturbs, the letter writers, I think, is lack of access. How many good things

are going to disappear like laetrile. I looked into that and it seemed like

another innocent phytochemical was given the magic bullet double blind treatment

and it failed - one nutrient can only do so much and the truckload dose was

negative. I would have to reread to be sure.

Buckthorn is a ridiculous example in a different way - as an invasive plant I

think the purgative herbal medications aren't allowed to be marketed - maybe to

not promote planting the invasive plant - but there is already so much of it out

there that we don't need to plant any we only need to harvest a little,

http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FDA-2011-D-0376-0079 extended

comment period until 12-2-11

Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability: Dietary Supplements; New Dietary

Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues

I can't find the actual draft to comment about just that title and a computer

form to fill - Where's the beef?

Vajda, R.D.

________________________________

To: rd-usa

Sent: Mon, October 3, 2011 11:33:12 AM

Subject: Re: Information re the FDA assault on dietary supplements

I'm not sure to which exact FDA initiative this refers (I couldn't find

anything specific on the FDA website). I was fortunate enough to attend the

NIH Office of Dietary Supplement's Research Practicum a few years ago. From

what I learned there and from my work as an RD, I would encourage everyone

to weigh their communications regarding FDA regulation of supplements

cautiously and not jump on a bandwaggon just because it looks like access to

supplements is going to be limited. One of the speakers said that whenever

dietary supplements are brought up in a bill or by the FDA, congress

receives huge amounts of mail - more than relating to any other issue - from

people who are writing because they think that " they " are trying to limit

access to supplements - regardless of what issue was being discussed related

to dietary supplements.

I am fine with people using dietary supplements, and use some myself.

However, I do believe that dietary supplement manufacturers should be held a

standard that ensures that their products contain what they advertsie and

that they are not tainted or contaminated with substences not listed on the

ingredient label. I also believe that the " proprietary blend " designation

should be ended so we know what is in supplements and in what amounts.

Dr. Penny

Penny L. , PhD, RD, CSSD, LD

Dietitian, Ironman Sports Medicine Institute at Memorial Hermann

http://ironman.memorialhermann.org/

Owner, Eating for Performance

www.eatingforperformance.com

> **

>

>

> If you haven't sent a letter to your senators and representatives of

> Congress, do so to protect our access to dietary supplements. The FDA is

> rattling their sword again to reduce our access to supplements and make it

> prohibitively expensive for any supplement company to be innovative.

> Argh!!!

>

>

>

> Information re the FDA assault on dietary supplements

>

> Dear D.S.D. International, Ltd. Customer

> Attached you will find a letter from Denis DeLuca, President, Biotics

> Research Corporation outlining what actions the Federal Food and Drug

> Administration (FDA) is attempting to do to control dietary supplement

> ingredients.

> Also, attached are sample letters for you and your patients/clients to

> send to your/their U.S. Senator(s) and U.S. Representative(s) and other

> Senators/Representatives as you/they choose. The address for the U.S

> Government

> web site is also enclosed for your use.

> Many threats to the food supplement industry have come and gone over the

> past 30 years (real or perceived) that we know of, but this one is real and

>

> will have a very detrimental impact on us if it is allowed to become law;

> therefore your help is needed. Further, Biotics Research has spent a great

> deal of money monitoring this situation and will continue to monitor and

> support their/our position. I might add that I’ve know Denis DeLuca for

> almost 30 years and know that he and Biotics Research do not “cry wolfâ€,

> this

> threat is real and we all need to get behind stopping it.

> If you have any questions you can reach me at this e-mail or at

> .

> Dolores S. Eidenier

> President

> D.S.D. International, Ltd.

> .

>

>