Shark cartilage monograph
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Institute of Medicine is requesting written comments on 1draft prototype monograph for shark cartilage by Oct. 6. Committee on the Framework for Evaluating the Safety of Dietary Supplements and its consultants will meet Oct. 7-8 to consider comments. Monograph, which was released Sept. 18, includes a description of dietary supplement preparations, amount ingested in ordinary use, human safety data, animal studies, sources of potential contamination and conditions of use suggested or recommended in labeling. IoM released a draft monograph on chaparral in August (2"The Tan Sheet" Sept. 9, 2002, p. 8). Committee also is scheduled to hold a public meeting Sept. 26 in Washington, D.C...
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