Dietary Supplements With Child-Proof Packaging Urged By Stakeholder
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Child-proof packaging should be mandatory on all dietary supplement products marketed in the U.S., Candy Tsourounis, University of California-San Francisco, stated at an FDA stakeholders meeting on supplement regulation in Oakland, Calif. July 20.
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