A summary of the FDA Reform Bill which dropped regulation
           of dietary supplements   [see last sentence]
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 MG> From: Mark Gold 
 MG> Subject: Food Bytes (Important News Updates)
 MG> Newsgroups: misc.health.alternative
 MG> FDA Reform & Food Irradiation Bill Signed by Clinton on Nov. 21 
 
 MG> On November 21, President Clinton signed into law Senate Bill 830, the
 MG> so-called Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997. The
 MG> Bill was designed primarily to speed up approval of drugs and medical
 MG> devices, especially cancer and AIDS drugs. Despite the original intent
 MG> of S. 830, factory farm and biotech lobbyists managed to insert
 MG> provisions into the bill which would have preempted and basically
 MG> outlawed labeling by states on genetically engineered foods such as
 MG> recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH or rBST)) and "cruelty-free"
 MG> cosmetics. A number of U.S. states now have laws on the books
 MG> permitting dairies to label their products as "rBGH-free," as well as
 MG> laws on cruelty-free cosmetics. After considerable pressure from public
 MG> interest and animal protection organizations, these provisions in S.
 MG> 830 were eventually dropped. The final version of the bill also
 MG> eliminated an earlier amendment which would have classified dietary
 MG> supplements as drugs, rather than food products. 
 
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