Your blogger is attending (and speaking) at the conference sponsored by American Conference Institute this week on the topic of regulation and other legal issues concerning dietary supplements, nutraceuticals and functional foods. Important topics to be addressed include:
- Adverse Event Reporting (AER) under the Dietary Supplement and Non-Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act, Public Law 109-462
- Good Manufacturing Practices for Dietary Supplements expected to be released by the Office of Management and Budget (link: proposed rule 3/13/03)
- FDA staff shortages and potential implications of recent melamine recall scare for dietary supplement industry.
Stay tuned for further reports.