[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4101]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Dietary Supplement Labels Commission; Meeting
AGENCY: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, HHS.
ACTION: Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels: Announcement of
Appointment; Notice of Meeting #2; Opportunity to Provide Comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is (a)
providing notice of the second meeting of the Commission on Dietary
Supplement Labels, and (b) soliciting oral and written comments.
DATES: (1) The Commission will meet March 8, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Central Time at the Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Airport
(Utah). (2) Written comments on the scope and intent of the
Commission's objectives may be submitted up to 5:00 p.m. e.s.t. on June
30, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth D. Fisher, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels, Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, Room 738G, Hubert H. Humphrey
Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW. Washington, D.C. 20201, (202)
205-5968.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Commission's Task
Public Law 103-417, Section 12, authorized the establishment of a
Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels whose seven members have been
appointed by the President. The appointments to the Commission by the
President and the establishment of the Commission by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services reflect the commitment of the President and
the Secretary to the development of a sound and consistent regulatory
policy on labeling of dietary supplements.
The Commission is charged with conducting a study and providing
recommendations for regulation of label claims and statements for
dietary supplements, including the use of supplemental literature in
connection with their sale and, in addition, procedures for evaluation
of label claims. The Commission is expected to evaluate how best to
provide truthful, scientifically valid, and nonmisleading information
to consumers in order that they may make informed health care choices
for themselves and their families. The Commission's study report may
include recommendations on legislation, if appropriate and necessary.
Announcement of Meeting
The Commission's second meeting will be March 8, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Central Time. The meeting will be held at the Radisson Hotel
Salt Lake City Airport Coventary Room, (Utah). The agenda will include
(a) oral comments from interested parties and the general public, (b)
identification of additional information needs, and (c) discussion of
dietary supplement label information.
Public Participation at Meeting
The meeting is open to the public. However, space is limited. Both
oral and written comments from the public will be accepted, but oral
comments at the meeting will be limited to a maximum of five minutes
per presenter; thus, organizations and persons that wish to make their
views known to the Commission should use the time for oral presentation
to summarize their written comments. Members of the Commission may wish
to question the presenters following each oral presentation. Please
request the opportunity to present oral comments in writing and provide
nine (9) copies of the written comments from which the oral
presentation is abstracted to the address above by March 4, 1996. If
you will require a sign language interpreter, please call Sandra
Saunders (202) 260-0375 by 4:30 e.s.t. on March 4, 1996.
Written Comments
By this notice, the Commission is soliciting submission of written
comments, views, information and data pertinent to Commission's task.
Comments should be sent to Kenneth D. Fisher, Executive Director of the
Commission at the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Room 738G, Hubert Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington D.C. 20201, 5:00 p.m. e.s.t. on June 30, 1996.
Dated: February 15, 1996.
Claude Earl Fox,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 96-4101 Filed 2-22-96; 8:45 am]
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