FDA Expects Safety As Ticket To Enter 'Pre-DSHEA' Dietary Ingredient List
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA agrees with public health advocates that ingredients should be on a potential list of those available when Congress passed DSHEA only after current substantiation for a reasonable expectation of safety for their intended uses.
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