Dietary Supplement Labeling Compliance Review

ISBN-13: 9780813804262 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 246 str.

James L. Summers; Elizabeth J. Campbell

Opis

Consultant and long-time FDA food and dietary supplement labeling expert James Summers offers a comprehensive guide to understanding and complying with the dietary supplement labeling requirements of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Dietary Supplement Labeling Compliance Review, Third Edition.
Available in book or searchable CD-ROM (view CD-ROM version) formats, this updated review is composed of three essential parts:

• Sections I through V consist of the introduction and how-to information.
  
• Sections VI through IX consist of the compliance step-by-step review procedure (in the form of questions and responses, ) and other labeling requirements.
  
• Sections X through XV consist of guidance and information for decision making.

Clearly illustrated with dozens of charts, sample label panels, and supplement facts boxes, this manual is the straightforward, no-nonsense tool both inexperienced and experienced dietary supplement label reviewers need to assure labeling compliance

Spis treści

I. Introduction.

II. Overview of Dietary Supplements Labeling.

III. Definitions.

IV. Need for Specific Regulations Governing Dietary Supplements.

V. Outline for Compliance Review of Dietary Supplement Labels.

VI. Compliance Label Review.

VII. Exemptions from FDA Requirements.

VIII. Compliance Provisions.

IX. Dietary Supplement labeling Issues.

X. Listing of Charts, Graphics, Guidelines, Illustrations, and Regulations.

XI. The Office of Dietary Supplements.

XII. Conforming Amendments.

XIII. Notices and Proposed, Interim Final, and Final Rules Related to Dietary Supplements.

XIV. Index to the September 23, 1997, Federal Register Preambles and the Final DSHEA Regulations.

XV. Index to the June 22, 1998, Federal Register Preambles to the Interim Health Claims Final Rules.

Index.

Bibliography.

O autorze

James L. Summers is a senior consultant at AAC Consulting Group, Inc. (Rockville, MD), a firm providing consulting services in food, dietary supplement, cosmetics and other areas that fall under the jurisdiction of FDA. He has been offering expert labeling and compliance advice to AAC clients since he ended his 32–year tenure at the FDA. He has held positions as aquatic sampling specialist, supervisory microbiologist, public health sanitarian, general biologist, FDA inspector, regional shellfish specialist, and consumer safety officer (in the Division of Regulatory Guidance). In his last position at FDA, he served as supervisory consumer safety officer, branch chief in the Office of Food Labeling. There he was at the center of solving the most controversial, complex, and precedent–setting problems involving regulatory compliance issues dealing with food labeling. He participated in the development of policies and regulatory strategies regarding the enforcement of NLEA and other food labeling regulations.

Blurb

Consultant and long–time Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food and dietary supplement labeling expert James Summers answers the many questions surrounding FDA dietary supplement labeling regulations and compliance in Dietary Supplement Labeling Compliance Review. Now in its third edition, this manual is a comprehensive dietary supplement labeling compliance handbook designed to aid in understanding the requirements of the FDA.

This text, which is one available in searchable CD–ROM format, is a must have for regulatory officials, industry personnel, and others responsible for ensuring that the labels and labeling of domestic and imported dietary supplement products in interstate commerce comply with the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended. Clearly illustrated with dozens of charts, sample label panels, and a "Supplement Facts" boxes, Dietary Supplement Labeling Compliance Review is the practical, no–nonsense tool needed by both the experienced and inexperienced dietary supplement label reviewer.