The Alliance for Natural Health USA (ANH-USA), in a lawsuit, alleges the Food and Drug administration is censoring important consumer health information after the agency rejected ANH’s request to allow dietary supplement labels to include science-based health claims drawn from federal scientists’ own research. Add your voice to the conversation and tell FDA to stand by its own data. This…
Newly introduced legislation would allow Americans to aside funds to cover the purchase of dietary supplements, treating them as qualified medical expenses. The Dietary Supplement Access Act would allow citizens to use up to $500 annually that they contribute to Health Saving Accounts (HSA) or Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA) on the purchase of vitamins, minerals, herbs, botanicals, and amino acids…
A bill requiring dietary supplement manufacturers to list their products with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prior to market entry has re-surfaced yet again. Just three months after Sen. Dick Durbin introduced the 2026 version of his Dietary Supplement Listing Act, Rep. Maxine Dexter, MD has reintroduced the same bill earlier this month. Concerns about the legislation Over the…
What is a dietary supplement? Advances in technology and new ingredient discoveries have prompted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to rethink what constitutes a supplement. During a recent public meeting with industry representatives titled “Exploring the Scope of Dietary Supplement Ingredients,” the FDA tried to better define what makes up a dietary supplement. The answer and its implications for…
Across the country, millions of Americans rely on dietary supplements to support healthy lifestyles. That’s why Citizens for Health supports the recently introduced federal legislation: the Dietary Supplement Regulatory Uniformity Act. Rep. Nick Langworthy’s bill would create consistent, nationwide standards for dietary supplements by preventing a patchwork of state-by-state regulations. Presently, supplements are federally regulated by the Food and Drug…
At a time when millions of Americans rely on dietary supplements to support their health and wellness, Congress should be focused on policies that protect consumer access, choice and innovation. Unfortunately, Sen. Dick Durbin’s reintroduction of the Dietary Supplement Listing Act misses the mark. Why this bill is wrong for consumers While the bill is promoted as a commonsense measure…
Notices are seen as a maneuver after the Supreme Court ruled FTC can no longer use Section 13(b) of the FTC Act to collect fines from first-time offenders By James J. Gormley, Gormley NPI Consulting, CFH President and Senior Policy Advisor This post first appeared on Nutraceuticals World, reposted with permission In April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) put nearly…
Increasingly, FDA has used this ‘race to market’ language of DSHEA to prevent or remove safe and legitimate dietary ingredients from commerce By James J. Gormley, Gormley NPI Consulting, CFH President and Senior Policy Advisor This post first appeared on Nutraceuticals World, reposted with permission Today, 46% of the budget of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) comes from…