Posted September 5, 2018
The Trump administration has proposed merging the food safety duties of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) into a new Federal Food Safety Program under the USDA. Supplements would be regulated with drugs by the renamed “Federal Drug Administration”. Because drug companies will have overwhelming influence over the new Federal Drug Administration, the FDA’s objective of eliminating supplements or turning them into drugs may be unstoppable.
A better alternative would be to move supplements with FOODS to the USDA. This would not only reduce regulatory inefficiencies, it would increase access to quality dietary supplements and also further the U.S. position in global trade, an issue the President seems to care a great deal about.
Read more and CLICK HERE TO TAKE ACTION to tell Congress and President Trump that supplements aren’t drugs and should be regulated with FOOD at the USDA. Note: By clicking on this link, you will be leaving Your Voice for Health’s website and accessing the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) – USA’s website.