[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30331-30332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14340]
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels: Notice of Availability
of Draft Report
AGENCY: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of
Public Health and Science.
ACTION: Commission on dietary supplement labels: notice of availability
of draft report.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing
notice of the availability of its draft report.
DATES: The draft report of the Commission of Dietary Supplement Labels
will be available on or about June 9, 1997. The Commission is making
its draft report available to the public for comments and corrections
for a period of 45 days. Comments and corrections must be delivered to
the address below by close of business on July 25, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the draft report may be obtained from the Commission's
Information Response Center by calling (301-650-0382) or by facsimile
request (301-650-0398). For additional 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 Ave. S.W., Washington,
D.C. 20201, (202) 690-5526 or facsimile (303-205-0463).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 103-417, Section 12, authorized
the establishment of a Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels whose
seven members were appointed by the President in November, 1995. 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 has been conducting a study that will provide
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 has also considered how best to provide
truthful, scientifically valid, and non-misleading information to
consumers in order that they may make informed health care choices for
themselves and their families.
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At its meeting on March 4, 1997, the Commission concluded that it
was in the public interest to make its draft report available to
organizations that provided information in testimony before the
Commission, other interested parties, and the general public. The
Commission is interested in receiving comments and corrections for
consideration in preparing its final report. The final report of the
Commission will be completed on or before September 30, 1997.
Written comments and corrections to the draft report should be sent
to Kenneth D. Fisher, Ph.D., Executive Director at the address listed
above. Written comments and corrections may also be sent by facsimile
to the address above. Written communications must be received by close
of business on July 25, 1997 in order that they be considered by the
Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels for possible inclusion in the
final report.
Dated: May 23, 1997.
Susanne A. Stoiber,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 97-14340 Filed 6-2-97; 8:45 am]
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