NDI Or GRAS? Supplement Label But A Drug Claim? Answers Unclear For Some Regulatory Questions
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“We try to interpret the language that is given to us and if Congress would make it more clear to us, we would absolutely carry that forward,” ODSP's Cara Welch says about whether FDA regulations require NID notifications or self-GRAS submissions for dietary ingredients yet to be used in supplements.
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