DSHEA stands for:

DSHEA stands for:

• A. Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, 1994 Amendment to the 1938 Food and Drug Act to alter the way supplements are regulated and labeled
• B. Dietary Safety and Health Enforcement Act
• C. Daily Supplement Health and Energy Act
• D. Dietary Supplements Ethics and Habilitation Act

Answer: (A)

DSHEA establishes how dietary supplements are regulated and labeled, treating them as a category of foods rather than drugs. Enacted in 1994 as an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, it changed the way these products are overseen: manufacturers don’t need FDA pre-market approval to sell a supplement, but they must ensure safety and truthful labeling, while the FDA can act after a product is on the market if it’s unsafe or misbranded. Labels must include a Supplement Facts panel with serving size, ingredients, and amounts; structure-function claims are allowed with a disclaimer that the FDA has not evaluated the claim, whereas disease claims require FDA approval. It also gave the FDA authority to remove unsafe products and to enforce post-market compliance, and it laid groundwork for manufacturing practices to protect product quality. Other names listed do not reflect the actual act that governs dietary supplements.

DSHEA establishes how dietary supplements are regulated and labeled, treating them as a category of foods rather than drugs. Enacted in 1994 as an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, it changed the way these products are overseen: manufacturers don’t need FDA pre-market approval to sell a supplement, but they must ensure safety and truthful labeling, while the FDA can act after a product is on the market if it’s unsafe or misbranded. Labels must include a Supplement Facts panel with serving size, ingredients, and amounts; structure-function claims are allowed with a disclaimer that the FDA has not evaluated the claim, whereas disease claims require FDA approval. It also gave the FDA authority to remove unsafe products and to enforce post-market compliance, and it laid groundwork for manufacturing practices to protect product quality. Other names listed do not reflect the actual act that governs dietary supplements.