1994 Dietary Supplement Act

Specifically it dictated that a dietary supplement had to include at least one ingredient that actually supplements the user s diet.

1994 dietary supplement act. 1 other than tobacco intended to supplement the diet that contains a vitamin mineral herb or botanical dietary substance or a concentrate metabolite constituent extract or combination of. Dietary supplement legislation since the adoption of section 411 of the federal food drug and cosmetic act fd c act in 1976. The dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 dshea is a 1994 statute of united states federal legislation which defines and regulates dietary supplements.

Under the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 dshea. As a result of these provisions dietary ingredients used in dietary. This act may be cited as the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994.

A dietary supplement is a product taken by mouth that contains a dietary. For example ingredients like vitamins minerals amino acids herbs and other botanicals met the act s definition. In the united states dietary supplements are defined by the 1994 dietary supplement health and education act as products that are not used exclusively as food but are intended to be consumed in addition to an individual s diet.

However with passage of the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 dshea congress amended the fd c act to include several provisions that apply only to dietary supplements and dietary ingredients of dietary supplements. Under the act supplements are effectively regulated by the fda for good manufacturing practices under 21 cfr part 111. In addition the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 introduced.

Congress defined the term dietary supplement in the dietary supplement health and education act dshea of 1994. Dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 amends the federal food drug and cosmetic act to define a dietary supplement as a product. Cosmetic act fd c act.