US Rule For Mandatory Supplement Registration Would Likely Give FDA Authority For Fines
ODSP Head Advises Stakeholders To Expect Congress To Open DSHEA
Executive Summary
“We would certainly want to have some enforcement and be able to utilize that enforcement,” says ODSP acting director Cara Welch. Stakeholders opposed to the change should “get comfortable with the idea of opening up DSHEA and should most certainly be part of the discussion.”
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