Separate herbal remedy category suggested for botanicals by commission subcmte.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
HERBAL REMEDY CATEGORY PROPOSED BY SUPPLEMENT LABEL COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEE members as one way of dealing with the health claims issue. The concept of creating the new category and a system for authorizing herbal remedy claims was presented by a subcommittee of the President's Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels to the full commission at a Sept. 19-20 meeting in Reston, Va. As proposed, the system for approving such claims would be offered to botanical product manufacturers as an option.