Food Safety Rule Augments Dietary Supplement Supply Chain Security
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
A proposed rule would mandate ingredient suppliers’ compliance with tighter GMPs for traditional food product firms, as called for in the sweeping Food Safety Modernization Act.
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