Fda Dietary Supplement Health And Education Act Of 1994

Fda regulates dietary supplements under a different set of regulations than those covering conventional foods and drug products.
Fda dietary supplement health and education act of 1994. Dietary supplement legislation since the adoption of section 411 of the federal food drug and cosmetic act fd c act in 1976. 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. 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.
Whenever in this act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the federal food drug and cosmetic act. The dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 the dietary supplement act or the act is more encompassing and for the first time defines dietary supplements and deals broadly with their regulation. As a result of these provisions dietary ingredients used in dietary.