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dietary supplement |
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Dietary supplement is a nutritional item that is a industrial product that is intended to supplement the regular diet, contains one or more dietary nutrients or herbs or botanicals, is taken enterally in the form of a pill, capsule, caplique, softgel, gelcap, tablet, liquid or powder, and that is labeled by the manufacturer as being dietary supplement. Definition source: http://fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/ConsumerInformation/ucm110417.htm Dietary supplement are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as foods, but regulated differently from other foods and from drugs (medications). Whether a product is classified as a dietary supplement, conventional food or drug (medication) is based on its intended use. Most often, classification as a dietary supplement is determined by the information that the manufacturer provides on the product label or in accompanying literature, although many food and dietary supplement product labels do not include this information. [Source: http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/DietarySupplements-HealthProfessional/ ] The U.S. Congress defined "dietary supplement" in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994, as a product taken by mouth that contains "dietary ingredient" intended to supplement the diet. The "dietary ingredients" contained in "dietary supplements" may include: vitamins, dietary minerals, herbs, botanicals, amino-acids and substances such as enzymes, organ tissues, glandulars, metabolites and extracts or concentrates. Regardless of their form (pill, capsule, caplique, softgel, gelcap, tablet, liquid, powder or bar), DSHEA places dietary supplements in a special category under general umbrella of "foods", not drugs (medications), and requires that every supplement be labeled as a dietary supplement. [Source: http://fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/ConsumerInformation/ucm110417.htm Definition source: http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/DietarySupplements-HealthProfessional/ |
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Definition source: http://fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/ConsumerInformation/ucm110417.htm Dietary supplement are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as foods, but regulated differently from other foods and from drugs (medications). Whether a product is classified as a dietary supplement, conventional food or drug (medication) is based on its intended use. Most often, classification as a dietary supplement is determined by the information that the manufacturer provides on the product label or in accompanying literature, although many food and dietary supplement product labels do not include this information. [Source: http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/DietarySupplements-HealthProfessional/ ] The U.S. Congress defined "dietary supplement" in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994, as a product taken by mouth that contains "dietary ingredient" intended to supplement the diet. The "dietary ingredients" contained in "dietary supplements" may include: vitamins, dietary minerals, herbs, botanicals, amino-acids and substances such as enzymes, organ tissues, glandulars, metabolites and extracts or concentrates. Regardless of their form (pill, capsule, caplique, softgel, gelcap, tablet, liquid, powder or bar), DSHEA places dietary supplements in a special category under general umbrella of "foods", not drugs (medications), and requires that every supplement be labeled as a dietary supplement. [Source: http://fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/ConsumerInformation/ucm110417.htm Definition source: http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/DietarySupplements-HealthProfessional/ |
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Dietary supplement is a nutritional item that is a industrial product that is intended to supplement the regular diet, contains one or more dietary nutrients or herbs or botanicals, is taken enterally in the form of a pill, capsule, caplique, softgel, gelcap, tablet, liquid or powder, and that is labeled by the manufacturer as being dietary supplement. |
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