FDA task force to regulate supplements

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Kinda like putting the fox in charge of the hen house.

Comments?

Misty

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FDA task force to regulate supplements

 

FDA Commissioner Mark B. McClellan, M.D., is forming an internal FDA

task force that will develop scientific guidelines that will

establish standards for qualified health claims in foods. The FDA

Task Force on Consumer Health Information for Better Nutrition will

make available to consumers more and better information about the

health benefits of food and dietary supplements.

 

The task force will be chaired by FDA Deputy Commissioner Lester M.

Crawford and vice chaired by Joseph A. Levitt, director of the

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN).

 

In addition, the task force will rely on expertise from other

government agencies, consulting with experts in the fields of health

information and nutrition, as appropriate.

 

 

" The work of the Consumer Information Task Force is a critical step

toward getting better nutrition and health information to the

American people as quickly as possible, " said McClellan. " The task

force includes senior FDA managers and the agency's top experts in

this field. Their work will be instrumental in providing industry

and the public a clear understanding of the types of new health

information that will be available regarding foods and dietary

supplements. "

 

The task force's goals for the next six months include:

 

.. Reporting on how the agency should apply the " weight of the

evidence "

standard established under the consumer health information

initiative

for qualified health claims on conventional foods;

 

.. Developing a framework of regulations that will give these

principles

the force and the effect of law;

 

.. Identifying procedures for implementing the initiative, as well as

determining the organizational staffing needs necessary for the

timely

review of health claim petitions; and

 

.. Developing a consumer studies research agenda designed to best

present scientifically based information to consumers in a truthful

and

non-misleading way, and to identify the kinds of information known

to be

misleading to consumers

 

The task force will hold monthly meetings starting in February 2003,

and will identify mechanisms to obtain additional public input.

 

http://www.chiroeco.com/news/fda-regulate-supplements.html

[Guest guest]

Thanks, misty.

 

In my opinion, these guys must have some connection to the now defunct

" quack busters " .

 

Namaste`

 

Walt

 

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<mistytrepke

 

Friday, February 21, 2003 10:20 AM

FDA task force to regulate supplements

 

 

> Kinda like putting the fox in charge of the hen house.

> Comments?

> Misty

> http://www..com

>

> FDA task force to regulate supplements

>

> FDA Commissioner Mark B. McClellan, M.D., is forming an internal FDA

> task force that will develop scientific guidelines that will

> establish standards for qualified health claims in foods. The FDA

> Task Force on Consumer Health Information for Better Nutrition will

> make available to consumers more and better information about the

> health benefits of food and dietary supplements.

>

> The task force will be chaired by FDA Deputy Commissioner Lester M.

> Crawford and vice chaired by Joseph A. Levitt, director of the

> Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN).

>

> In addition, the task force will rely on expertise from other

> government agencies, consulting with experts in the fields of health

> information and nutrition, as appropriate.

>

>

> " The work of the Consumer Information Task Force is a critical step

> toward getting better nutrition and health information to the

> American people as quickly as possible, " said McClellan. " The task

> force includes senior FDA managers and the agency's top experts in

> this field. Their work will be instrumental in providing industry

> and the public a clear understanding of the types of new health

> information that will be available regarding foods and dietary

> supplements. "

>

> The task force's goals for the next six months include:

>

> . Reporting on how the agency should apply the " weight of the

> evidence "

> standard established under the consumer health information

> initiative

> for qualified health claims on conventional foods;

>

> . Developing a framework of regulations that will give these

> principles

> the force and the effect of law;

>

> . Identifying procedures for implementing the initiative, as well as

> determining the organizational staffing needs necessary for the

> timely

> review of health claim petitions; and

>

> . Developing a consumer studies research agenda designed to best

> present scientifically based information to consumers in a truthful

> and

> non-misleading way, and to identify the kinds of information known

> to be

> misleading to consumers

>

> The task force will hold monthly meetings starting in February 2003,

> and will identify mechanisms to obtain additional public input.

>

> http://www.chiroeco.com/news/fda-regulate-supplements.html

>

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>

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