Consumers cite health benefits of NAC in FDA comments

Many consumers have asked FDA to keep NAC (N-acetyl-L-cysteine) on the market in the U.S. as a dietary supplement, citing its health benefits including the ability to help with breathing…

Supplement consumers can’t rely on FDA to adequately tame bad actors

It is my view that FDA is not adequately enforcing existing laws/regulations involving the US$55 billion-a-year supplement industry. And that could be putting consumers at risk. Is the agency adrift?…

Congress Introduces Dietary Supplement Safety Legislation to Protect Consumers

Amid consumers’ rising dietary supplement use, which spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced bipartisan legislation on April 26 that would give the…