Dietary Supplement Regulation Philippines

By felise milan md and ronit fallek ba.
Dietary supplement regulation philippines. International regulations on dietary supplements. The philippines published its first dietary guidelines in 1990. They are considered safe until proven otherwise.
The food and drug administration fda warns all healthcare professionals and the general public not to purchase and consume the following unregistered food supplements and food products. Challenges and opportunities april 1 2016 27 minutes read. Especially category ii products such as food supplements infant foods and special.
Dr f mega dose vitamin c dietary supplement 4. The food and nutrition research institute department of science and technology fnri dost initiated and chaired the inter agency and multidisciplinary technical working group on the 2012 guidelines. Under the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994.
More recent regulations require manufacturers to observe good manufacturing practices gmps established for this industry including ingredient testing. Herbal medicine consistently has been found to be one of the most popular if not the most popular alternative therapies used in this country. The label of food that is marketed for special dietary uses e g diabetic foods must include information concerning its vitamin mineral and other dietary properties as required by the bfad and in.
They were revised in 2000 and again in 2012. 1 the shift to an elderly population adds to healthcare burdens but also creates opportunities for functional food and dietary supplement producers. Congress established the dietary supplement health and education act dshea in 1994 to create a regulatory framework to address the safety and labeling of dietary supplements.
In 1994 the dietary supplement health and education act dshea defined dietary supplements as a category of food which put them under different regulations than drugs. Dietary supplements come in many forms. Philippine food regulations are thus.