Dietary Supplement Regulation in the United States

• Main Authors: Wallace, Taylor C. (Author), MacKay, Douglas (Author), Al-Mondhiry, Rend (Author), Nguyen, Haiuyen (Author), Griffiths, James C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Public health.; Chemistry/Food Science, general.; Public Health.

Contrary to the common belief that dietary supplements are “unregulated” in the United States, nutrients and other dietary ingredient-containing products have been regulated in this country for a little over a century at least in some capacity, initially through the Pure Food and Drug Act (PFDA) of...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Current Good Manufacturing Practices
• Safety Standards
• Labeling
• International Regulations
• References.