Announcements and Meetings

Announcements, Reports and Plans

• FDA Contacts for Structure/Function Claims of Dietary Supplements February 29, 2000
• Dietary Supplement Strategy (10 Year Plan) January 2000
  • Dietary Supplement Strategic Plan Cost Out (Report to Congress) May 29, 2002
• Dietary Supplement Sales Information (available in PDF) October 1999

• Reporting Unlawful Sales of Medical Products on the Internet

• Letter to Stakeholders Regarding Contract on Dietary Supplement Safety Issues December 15, 2000

Public Meetings

• Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMPs)
  • Satellite Broadcast, May 9, 2003 April 15, 2003
    • Federal Register Notice April 21, 2003
  • Public Meetings on April 29 and May 6, 2003 Federal Register March 28, 2003
    • Meeting Correction Federal Register, April 14, 2003
    • Online Meeting Registration
    • Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP's) (Slide presentation) April 29 and May 6, 2003
      • FDA Proposal for Dietary Supplements
      • Analysis of Economic Impact
      • How to Comment to Improve the Regulation
  • Public Meetings on Current Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations September 28 and October 21, 1999
  • Public Meeting on Good Manufacturing Practices, Small Business Outreach - Transcripts July 12, 1999
• Dietary Supplement Labeling
  • General Labeling Issues
  • Health Claims
  • Structure Function Claims
  • Claims Based on Authoritative Statements
• Dietary Supplement Use During Pregnancy
  • Public Meeting on Safety Issues Associated with Dietary Supplement Use During Pregnancy - March 30, 2000
    • FDA Statement Concerning Structure/Function Rule and Pregnancy Claims February 9, 2000
    • Federal Register Notice of Public Meeting to Occur on March 30, 2000
• Ephedrine Alkaloids
  • see Ephedrine Alkaloids web page
• New Dietary Ingredients
  • Premarket Notification for New Dietary Ingredient Notifications; Public Meeting, November 15, 2004 (Federal Register, October 20, 2004)
    • Meeting Information and Pre-Registration Form
• Stakeholders Meetings on Dietary Supplements
  • June 8, 1999 Meeting
  • July 20, 1999 Meeting

Presentations and Statements

• Statement on Dietary Supplements Before House Committee on Government Reform (March 20, 2001)
• October 2000 Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) Presentations on Regulatory Issues
  • The Vision: Dietary Supplement Regulation
  • Navigating the "Drug vs. Structure/Function" Claims Border with Foods and Dietary Supplements
  • Functional/Dietary Ingredients: Claims, Delivery Systems, and GMPs
• June 2000 Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) Presentations on Regulatory Issues
  • The Regulatory Interface
  • FDA's Current Good Manufacturing Practices for Dietary Supplements (CGMP's)
  • Structure/Function Claims for Dietary Supplements
  • Regulation of Dietary Supplements
• Statement by CFSAN Director before the House of Representatives (May 27, 1999)
• Provision for Use in Food Labeling of Health Claims and Nutritional Content Claims Based on Authoritative Statements (May 1999)

Advisory Committee Meetings

• Background and Contact Information for Center Advisory Committees
• Dietary Supplement Subcommittee of the Food Advisory Committee
  • Notice of Meeting March 25, 2003
    • Agenda and Briefing Materials
• Food Advisory Committee Reports (June 1999-April 2000)
  • Report Incorporating the Emerging Science Working Group Report April 2000
  • Report Incorporating the Research Incentives Working Group Report April 2000
  • Significant Scientific Agreement Working Group - Final report
  • Dietary Supplements Working Group on Ingredient Identity Testing, Records and Retention Good Manufacturing Practices - Draft report (including a minority report)

FDA-DSFL Electronic Newsletter

• How to Subscribe to the Dietary Supplement and Food Labeling Electronic Newsletter or Obtain Past Issues