The FDA is making sure that dietary supplements for consumers are being safeguarded by taking a closer look at the market. Read this article to learn more.

1. Dietary Supplement
Compliance for Manufacturers

2. The Market
 Market for dietary supplements is being looked at closely by the FDA (the
US Food and Drug Administration)
 FDA wants to ensure that safeguarding is put into place for the dietary
supplements that aren't as safe as the manufacturers are projecting
 Supplements include
 Amino acids
 Minerals
 Botanicals
 Vitamins

3. Information
 FDA guidelines manufacturers must offer a reasonable safety expectation
for these supplements
 Products used in other countries or animal studies need to be documented
and passed to the FDA to show their safety
 Human trials are not mandatory
 Can be documented and submitted as well for proof

4. Final Rule
 FDA has issued a Final Rule according to the current good manufacturing
practices
 Manufacturing of dietary supplements should be performed with quality
controls that are consistent and strict
 Final Rule does not allow manufacturers to state that a certain supplements
prevents, treats or cures any disease
 Allows them to say that supplements can be a contributor to good health

5. Guidelines
 Overview of the dietary supplement guidelines for manufacturers
 Proper labels should be affixed to dietary supplements
 The manufacturer should be hiring employees and supervisors that are qualified
 Should be a properly built physical manufacturing plant that prevents adulteration during
the processes of packaging, manufacturing etc
 Equipment should be appropriate for the manufacture of dietary supplements
 Batch production master records should be kept
 Proper procedures should be in place to ensure quality control
 To ensure that proper quality is consistent any holding and the distribution of dietary
supplement materials and ingredients should be done in the proper conditions using
controlled sanitation, temperature, light and humidity
 All product complaints should be recorded and maintained
 Records should be maintained for at least one after the date of shelf life or, if the date of
distribution is used then, for at least two years after the last batch was delivered

6. Proof
 FDA will accept exemption petitions from manufacturers from providing
identity 100% testing of a supplement's ingredients
 Manufacturer must be able to show that the supplement would still have
the indicated dietary ingredient
 There should be no diminishing in quality control practices by submitting an
exemption
 Medical community wants to see enforcement of regulations and stricter
FDA scrutiny

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