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Article: Deadline for supplement comments. (Food and Drug Administration is evaluating label standardization of dietary supplements and the last day for comments is March 13, 1996)(Brief Article)
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- FDA Consumer
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- March 1, 1996
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March 13, 1996, is the last day FDA will accept comments on its proposals to standardize the labeling of dietary supplements. The proposals appear in the Dec. 28, 1995, Federal Register.
The address for submitting comments is: FDA Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305), Rockville, MD 20857-0001.
Under one proposal, labeling for dietary supplements would follow the same format as that used in the labeling of packaged foods. It, too, would give nutrition information about certain vitamins and minerals, as well as other dietary ingredients. Instead of "Nutrition Facts," the information would be presented under the heading ...