[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12223]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels: Meeting No. 4; 
Opportunity To Provide Comments

AGENCY: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

ACTION: Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels: Notice of meeting #4; 
Opportunity to provide comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is (a) 
providing notice of the fourth meeting of the Commission on Dietary 
Supplement Labels, and (b) soliciting oral and written comments.

DATES: (1) The Commission will meet June 6, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time at the Clarion Plaza Hotel, 9700 
International Drive, Orlando, Florida 32819-8114; (2) Written comments 
on the scope and intent of the Commission's objectives may be submitted 
by 5:00 p.m. E.D.T. on June 30, 1996 to the address noted below.

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 Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Ave. S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20201, (202) 690-7102.

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 fourth meeting will be June 6, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The meeting will be held in the Salon 
Room at the Clarion Plaza Hotel, 9700 International Drive, Orlando, 
Florida 32819-8114. 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 wishing to make their 
views known to the Commission should use the time for oral presentation 
to summarize their written comments. Persons and organizations that 
have not made presentations or submitted statements previously will be 
given preference on the agenda. 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 
fifteen (15) copies of the written comments from which the oral 
presentation is abstracted to the address above by May 29, 1996. If you 
will require a sign language interpreter, please call Sandra Saunders 
(202) 690-7102 by 4:30 p.m. E.D.T. on May 29, 1996.

Written Comments

    By this notice, the Commission is soliciting submissions of written 
comments, views, information, and data pertinent to the Commission's 
task. Comments should be sent to Kenneth D. Fisher, Ph.D., Executive 
Director of the Commission at the Office of Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion, Room 738G, Hubert Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Ave. S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, by 5:00 p.m. E.D.T. on June 30, 
1996.

    Dated: May 8, 1996.
Claude Earl Fox,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion), Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 96-12223 Filed 5-15-96; 8:45 am]
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