What is DSHEA and why should I care?

The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) was initiated and passed because of massive public outcry against the encroachment of your essential right to make your own health decisions in regards to natural health products.

DSHEA establishes the fact that dietary supplements are a food product. As a food product, dietary supplements have a different set of regulations that benefit consumers, retailers and manufactures. The limitation is that as a food product, retailers of natural health products cannot make health claims about their products.

Because natural products are classified as food products, they are under the regulatory purview of the FDA.

DSHEA is the bedrock of our health freedoms. We MUST all work together to defend DSHEA.

One of the best ways for you to defend DSHEA is to send letters to Congress.

To send your Senator or Representative a letter, click here.

To read the full text of DSHEA on the FDA’s website, click here.

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