Supplement Manufacturing Practices Survey Proposed By FDA
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA is proposing to conduct a survey of dietary supplement companies' existing manufacturing practices for use in developing its proposed rule on industry-wide GMP standards, the agency says in an Oct. 6 Federal Register notice.
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