Dietary Supplement Health and education Act

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Congress is about to roll back your right to access safe, affordable and effective dietary supplements while claiming to protect your health. Bills in both the House and Senate would dramatically change the current law governing dietary supplements, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA). Of particular concern are bills S. 722, the Dietary Supplement Safety Act and H.R. 3377, the Dietary Supplement Access and Awareness Act. Keep the phrase “affordable supplements” from becoming obsolete. Although the safety record for dietary supplements far surpasses all drug products and many conventional foods, Congress still wants to impose standards that

in some cases exceed those for over-the-counter and prescription drugs. This translates into higher costs for the consumer. If it's not broken, it doesn't need to be fixed. The law governing supplements, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, clearly gives the Food and Drug Administration all the authority it needs to police the marketplace and keep bad products from being sold. But because the Food and Drug Administration has failed to fully uphold the law, Congress is looking to make changes that will undermine your freedom of choice. Don't let the government limit your freedom of choice. By questioning the safety of any dietary supplement that receives even one complaint, hundreds of products that have been safely and beneficially used could be removed from the marketplace. Under

this new legislation, the FDA has complete discretion to make this determination, regardless of whether the product was used under conditions cautioned against by the manufacturer on the label. The result: fewer choices for consumers. NNFA believes that DSHEA is a good law that strikes a balance between providing consumers with safe access to dietary supplements and protecting them from misleading or dangerous products. Please email your senators and representative and ask them not to tamper with this important law. The ability of the American pubic to make informed decisions about maintaining their own good health must not be undermined. Tell Congress not to dismantle DSHEA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSHEA Full Implementation and Enforcement Act of 2003Bill # S.1538Original Sponsor:Tom Harkin (D-IA)Cosponsor Total: 4(last sponsor added 11/12/2003) 2 Democrats 2 Republicans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About This Legislation:No more excuses from the Food and Drug Administration! Give the FDA the resources it needs to implement DSHEA!This bill will eliminate the Food and Drug Administration's favorite excuses that it doesn't have enought staff, money or power to regulate supplements. The FDA has fallen short when it comes to enforcing the law.Support research that validates the safety, effectiveness and quality of dietary supplements.Because dietary supplements come from natural ingredients, they can't be patented. While this insures that these products are readily—and affordably —

available, it takes away the ability of manufacturers to recoup research costs. The bill doubles the funding given to the Office of Dietary Supplements to expand research and consumer information about these products.Hold the government accountable for its actions.This bill will require the FDA to file annual reports to Congress about how they're regulating dietary supplements. If they fail in their responsibilities to fully implement the law, they'll be held accountable.

 

 

 

 

 

Detailed, up-to-date bill status information on S.1538.

 

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