Several consumer groups and industry trade organizations are in favor of a new requirement that dietary supplements be listed with FDA, highlighting an area where diverse stakeholders can find common ground related to modernization of DSHEA. Yet even within the dietary supplement industry, there remain divisions over the benefits of a mandatory product listing.
Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on proposed reforms to DSHEA by several consumer groups in a recent letter to Congress.
Recent proposals by consumer groups to modernize the regulation of dietary supplements have drawn mixed reactions from industry trade organizations.
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04/07/21
Amanda Combs
As dietary supplements rise in popularity, consumer advocates, regulators and lawmakers have become increasingly concerned that the current regulatory system is inadequate to ensure the products on the market are safe. Millions of Americans rely on dietary supplements every day to improve their health and boost their immune systems. The
50 billion dollar industry has more than 50,000 products on the market increasing from just $4 billion with 4,000 products in the last 25 years. In the last year alone, the industry saw a record-high
12.1% annual increase in sales, which experts attribute to the COVID-19 pandemic that instilled fear into consumers and drove them to obsess over immune-boosting products.
Recent recommendations to lawmakers to reform DSHEA are a wish list, but they demand attentiveness and vigilance, according to the head of one industry trade organization.
Editor’s note: This is the first article in a series on proposed reforms to DSHEA by several consumer groups in a recent letter to Congress.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and other consumer groups have proposed to members of Congress sweeping reforms to how dietary supplements are regulated in the United States.
The comprehensive proposals were incorporated in a March 10 letter to members of Congress, which urged them to reject a bill that would legalize CBD in dietary supplements.
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