S. 722 · 108th Congress
Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2003
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Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require each manufacturer of a dietary supplement (supplement), and each packer or distributor of a supplement the name of which appears on the labeling, to report serious adverse experiences to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and to investigate such occurrences.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 26, 2003
Requires the manufacturer of a dietary supplement to report periodically on other adverse experiences and to review such occurrences.
Allows the Secretary to grant a waiver from the above reporting, reviewing, and investigating requirements with respect to a dietary supplement upon determination that compliance is not necessary to protect the public health.
Authorizes the Secretary to require a manufacturer to conduct postmarket surveillance for a supplement under specified circumstances.
Permits the Secretary to require a manufacturer of a supplement or of an ingredient in a supplement to demonstrate that its product is safe under specified circumstances. Directs the Secretary to approve the continued marketing of such a supplement or ingredient or to disapprove it.
Prohibits any introduction into interstate commerce of a supplement containing a stimulant unless it is approved by the Secretary under this Act.
Amends the Act to exclude a product that bears or contains an anabolic steroid from the definition of a dietary supplement for a specified chapter of the Act.
Eliminates a provision of the Act requiring the United States to bear the burden of proof to show a supplement or an ingredient in a supplement is adulterated due to a safety violation.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2003
Latest action (Apr 1, 2004): Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3547-3548)
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 26, 2003
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.