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Immigrant Daughter, Louisiana Native, Veterinarian, Army Wife, Public Health Advocate, Government Relations @pewtrusts. All tweets and opinions are my own.
Apr 1, 2019 18 tweets 9 min read
Alright fam—grab your coffee and settle in because want to spend a little bit of time today walking through #DietarySupplement oversight, why mandatory product listing would be transformative for the @US_FDA and why it’s a big deal the President put it in his #FY20Budget. 1/ For starters, millions of Americans (as high as 75%) take at least one #DietarySupplement daily—including myself! But the #DietarySupplement industry has grown significantly in the 25 years since the passage of #DSHEA—the last major piece of legislation to regulate supplements 2/