FDA commission report response will clarify structure/function claims, Kessler predicts.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
SUPPLEMENT HEALTH, STRUCTURE/FUNCTION CLAIMS DISTINCTION will be addressed by FDA in its upcoming response to the report from the President's Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels, David Kessler, MD, predicted at Hearst Magazines' Good Housekeeping consumer safety symposium on dietary supplements and herbal remedies in New York City March 3. The former FDA commissioner and now dean of Yale Medical School, predicted FDA's response will be to "do exactly what the Presidential Commission asked it to do," namely "help define where that line is between structure/function claims and health claims." Good Housekeeping held the symposium to generate discussion related to concerns over dietary supplements safety and efficacy.