[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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