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Purpose: This Draft Standard provides test methods and evaluation criteria to allow for the determination that a product contains the identity and quantity of dietary ingredients and marker constituents declared on the product label and that the product does not contain unacceptable quantities of unwanted contaminants.

Scope: This Draft Standard contains requirements for dietary supplements, included but not limited to, any product intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients: a vitamin, a mineral, a herb or other botanical, an amino acid, a dietary substance for use by man to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary intake; or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or combinations of these ingredients. The scope of this Draft Standard includes products that are included in one of the following dietary supplement categories:
Category Isingle ingredient supplements or multiple ingredient supplements containing up to one dietary ingredient other than vitamins and minerals
Category II multiple ingredient supplements containing two or more ingredients other than vitamins or minerals
Category IIImultiple ingredient supplements containing only ingredients other than vitamins or minerals

Products and ingredients deemed an imminent hazard to public health or safety by a Federal agency having jurisdiction shall be excluded from the scope of this document.

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Published:
07/01/2001
Number of Pages:
44
File Size:
1 file , 260 KB