FDA Agrees To Change Guidance On Dietary Supplement Labeling.

reports that the Food and Drug Administration “last month agreed to change an 11-year-old guidance, acknowledging that supplement makers can label their products simply as dietary supplements, without a prominent mention of what’s actually inside.” While nonbinding guidance issued by the FDA in 2005 required a somewhat specific identity statement on the supplement’s label, industry representatives have long argued that the FDA was going beyond what Congress had prescribed. Although must supplement makers ignored the guidance, the FDA agreed to change it in March at the request of the American Herbal Products Association. http://www.cq.com/login?jumpto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cq.com%2Fdoc%2F4869129