NPA Alleges US FDA Bends Time As Well As Rules To Stop NAC’s Use As Dietary Ingredient
Executive Summary
Trade group offers timeline for shift in FDA thinking about the amino acid commonly used in supplements in complaint seeking to block agency from preventing sales of NAC-containing supplements. Complaint also attests that, unlike its current stance, FDA in 1993 acknowledged NAC is lawful for use as a dietary ingredient.
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