S 1310 ISCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

112th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

1st SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

S. 1310CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To improve the safety of dietary supplements by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require manufacturers of dietary supplements to register dietary supplement products with the Food and Drug Administration and to amend labeling requirements with respect to dietary supplements.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

June 30, 2011CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. DURBIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

A BILLCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To improve the safety of dietary supplements by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require manufacturers of dietary supplements to register dietary supplement products with the Food and Drug Administration and to amend labeling requirements with respect to dietary supplements.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Dietary Supplement Labeling Act of 2011’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. REGULATION OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS.

(a) Registration-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) IN GENERAL- Section 415(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 350d(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(6) REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) IN GENERAL- A facility engaged in manufacturing dietary supplements that is required to register under this section shall comply with the requirements of this paragraph, in addition to the other requirements of this section.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION- A facility described in subparagraph (A) shall submit a registration under paragraph (1) that includes, in addition to the information required under paragraph (2)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) a description of each dietary supplement product manufactured by such facility;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) a list of all ingredients in each such dietary supplement product; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(iii) a copy of the label and labeling for each such product.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(C) REGISTRATION WITH RESPECT TO NEW, REFORMULATED, AND DISCONTINUED DIETARY SUPPLEMENT PRODUCTS-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) IN GENERAL- Not later than the date described in clause (ii), if a facility described in subparagraph (A)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(I) manufactures a dietary supplement product that the facility previously did not manufacture and for which the facility did not submit the information required under clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (B);CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(II) reformulates a dietary supplement product for which the facility previously submitted the information required under clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (B); orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(III) no longer manufactures a dietary supplement for which the facility previously submitted the information required under clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (B),CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





such facility shall submit to the Secretary an updated registration describing the change described in subclause (I), (II), or (III) and, in the case of a facility described in subclause (I) or (II), containing the information required under clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (B).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) DATE DESCRIBED- The date described in this clause is--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(I) in the case of a facility described in subclause (I) of clause (i), 30 days after the date on which such facility first markets the dietary supplement product described in such subclause;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(II) in the case of a facility described in subclause (II) of clause (i), 30 days after the date on which such facility first markets the reformulated dietary supplement product described in such subclause; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(III) in the case of a facility described in subclause (III) of clause (i), 30 days after the date on which such facility removes the dietary supplement product described in such subclause from the market.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) ENFORCEMENT- Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343) is amended by adding at the end the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(z) If it is a dietary supplement for which a facility is required to submit the registration information required under section 415(a)(6) and such facility has not complied with the requirements of such section 415(a)(6) with respect to such dietary supplement.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Labeling-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF LABELING REQUIREMENTS- Chapter IV of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 411 the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘SEC. 411A. DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS.

‘(a) Dietary Supplement Ingredients- Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Dietary Supplement Labeling Act of 2011, the Secretary shall compile a list of dietary supplement ingredients and proprietary blends of ingredients that the Secretary determines could cause potentially serious adverse events, drug interactions, contraindications, or potential risks to subgroups such as children and pregnant or breastfeeding women.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(b) IOM Study- The Secretary shall seek to enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine under which the Institute of Medicine shall evaluate dietary supplement ingredients and proprietary blends of ingredients, including those on the list compiled by the Secretary under subsection (a), and scientific literature on dietary supplement ingredients and, not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Dietary Supplement Labeling Act of 2011, submit to the Secretary a report evaluating the safety of dietary supplement ingredients and proprietary blends of ingredients the Institute of Medicine determines could cause potentially serious adverse events, drug interactions, contraindications, or potential risks to subgroups such as children and pregnant or breastfeeding women.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(c) Establishment of Requirements- Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Institute of Medicine issues the report under subsection (b), the Secretary, after providing for public notice and comment and taking into consideration such report, shall--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) establish mandatory warning label requirements for dietary supplement ingredients that the Secretary determines to cause potentially serious adverse events, drug interactions, contraindications, or potential risks to subgroups; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) identify proprietary blends of ingredients for which, because of potentially serious adverse events, drug interactions, contraindications, or potential risks to subgroups such as children and pregnant or breastfeeding women, the weight per serving of the ingredient in the proprietary blend shall be provided on the label.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(d) Updates- As appropriate, the Secretary, after providing for public notice and comment, shall update--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) the list compiled under subsection (a);CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) the mandatory warning label requirements established under paragraph (1) of subsection (c); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) the requirements under paragraph (2) of subsection (c).’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) ENFORCEMENT- Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in subsection (q)(5)(F)(ii), by inserting ‘, and for each proprietary blend identified by the Secretary under section 411A(c)(1)(B), the weight of such proprietary blend,’ after ‘ingredients)’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in subsection (s)(2)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), by inserting ‘, and for each proprietary blend identified by the Secretary under section 411A(c)(1)(B), the weight of each such proprietary blend per serving’ before the semicolon at the end;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) in subparagraph (D)(iii), by striking ‘or’ at the end;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(iii) in subparagraph (E)(ii)(II), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(iv) by adding at the end the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(F) the label or labeling does not include information with respect to potentially serious adverse events, drug interactions, contraindications, or potential risks to subgroups such as children and pregnant or breastfeeding women, as required under section 411A(c); orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(G) the label does not include the batch number.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Conventional Foods- The Secretary of Health and Human Services, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and after providing for public notice and comment, shall establish a definition for the term ‘conventional food’ for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.). Such definition shall take into account conventional foods marketed as dietary supplements, including products marketed as dietary supplements that simulate conventional foods.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink