The Marketplace for Dietary Supplements: Recent Studies
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Drug Informarion Journal. Vol. 35, pp. 973-983, 2001 Printed in the USA. All rights reserved.
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THE MARKETPLACE FOR DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS: RECENT STUDIES MARYK. MUTH,R I D Research Economist, Center for Regulatory Economics and Policy Research, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
CLARKNARDINELLI, PHD Economist, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, District of Columbia
ROBERTH. BEACH,PHD Research Economist, Center for Regulatory Economics and Policy Research, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
To aid in supporting its mission under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), the Food and Drug Administration sponsored studies on producers and consumers of dietary supplements, and the range of dietary supplement products available in the marketplace. From these recently completed studies, this paper describes characteristics of the dietary supplement industry and summarizes label information from selected products offered for sale in retail stores, mail-order catalogs, and Internet sites. In addition, we provide examples of recent uses of the dietary supplement market information from these studies. Key Words: Dietary supplements; Marketplace; Labeling; Product claims
INTRODUCTION THE SUPPLEMENT and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) established dietary supplements as a new category of food and made provisions for specific areas of oversight by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The products covered under DSHEA include vitamins and minerals, herbals and other botanicals, amino acids and The topics discussed in this paper were presented by Clark Nardinelli at the DIA Workshop “Pharmacoeconomics of Botanicals and the Public Health: Economic Implications for a Changing Health Care Environment in the New Millennium,” March 8-9, 1999, Arlington, Virginia. Reprint address: Mary Muth, Center for Regulatory Economics and Policy Research, Research Triangle Institute, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194. E-mail: [email protected].
proteins, and various other dietary (nonfood, nondrug) substances. Information on the nature, size, and scope of the dietary supplement industry enhances FDA’s ability to effectively implement DSHEA. FDA has, therefore, sponsored several studies intended to gather information on the dietary supplement industry. The information gathered included two databases (created as part of two sponsored studies) on the producers and products in the market for dietary supplements: 1. The ingredient supplier and manufacturer database completed in March 1999, and 2. The product label information database completed in October 1999. The supplier and manufacturer database contains information on the type of facility, prod-
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