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Sens Hatch, Harkin and Durbin pledge mandatory supps' AE reporting legislation.

Publication: Nutraceuticals International
Publication Date: 01-JUL-04
Format: Online - approximately 859 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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In a surprise conclusion to a US Senate debate last month, Democratic Senators Richard Durbin and Tom Harkin and Republican Orrin Hatch agreed to work together to produce legislation mandating the reporting of adverse events associated with dietary supplements.

The agreement came during a...

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...June 21 debate in which Sens Harkin and Hatch introduced a proposal for the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a plan for mandatory reporting of serious AEs associated with supplements and over-the-counter drugs and present it to Congress within 180 days of the provision's enactment.

They also sought to require the Food and Drug Administration to make it a priority to implement, fully and effectively, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, including taking appropriate action against unsafe dietary...

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