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HRD-93-28R 1 (1993-07-02)

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GAO          United States
             General Accounting Office
             Washington, D.C. 20548

             Human Resources Division

             B-252966


             July 2, 1993

             The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy
             Chairman, Committee on Labor and
                Human Resources                                149513
             United States Senate

             The Honorable Nancy L. Kassebaum
             Ranking Minority Member, Committee on
               Labor and Human Resources
             United States Senate

             The Honorable John D. Dingell
             Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce
             House of Representatives

             The Honorable Carlos J. Moorhead
             Ranking Minority Member, Committee on
               Energy and Commerce
             House of Representatives


             The Dietary Supplement Act of 1992 requires the General
             Accounting Office to review the Food and Drug
             Administration's (FDA) management activities related to the
             regulation of dietary supplements. In introducing this
             legislation, the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member
             of the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources stated
             that as a general policy the American public must be
             assured that the dietary supplements they choose to consume
             are safe, made to quality standards, bear informative
             labeling, and that health or disease-related claims are
             properly supported.

             Specifically, with regard to dietary supplements of
             vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other similar nutritional
             substances, the act requires us to examine how FDA
             determines:

             -- that a substance poses a risk to public health and
                safety, justifying the expenditure of agency resources;

             -- if a substance is adulterated, misbranded, or improperly
                manufactured;


                   GAO/HRD-93-28R, FDA Regulation of Dietary Supplements


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