title: Why consumers need more protection against claims for dietary supplements and herbs.
abstract: Federal agencies have never had enough resources to cope with the enormous amount of deception in the supplement and health-food marketplace. Passage of the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) has worsened the situation by encouraging dubious claims and weakening the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s ability to ban dangerous products.
authors.affiliation: Gad Consulting Services, Cary, North Carolina, USA. sbinfo@quackwatch.org
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barrett
mesh_terms: D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000592:standards*; D017277:Drug Approval / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration
chemical_list: D028321:Plant Preparations