Coalition to Preserve DSHEA
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Supplement trade groups and companies known as the Coalition to Preserve DSHEA will develop a web portal and website with resources on the Dietary Supplement Health & Education Act, an official announcement of the coalition's formation states May 6. The website will serve legislators, staff, the media and retailers with resources on DSHEA while the web portal will offer consumers the opportunity to express their opinions on the legislation to Congress and the media. The effort to educate consumers and retailers on threats to DSHEA follows the coalition's first official action in April-the submission of a citizen petition to FDA that challenged the agency's interpretation of a "dietary supplement" (1"The Tan Sheet" April 12, 2004, p. 15)...