A bill to restrict the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare with respect to the regulation of vitamin and mineral products for over-the-counter use.

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

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21 May 1981

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Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department; OMB.

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Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude from the definition of food additive the food itself, a combination of foods, or foods for special dietary use, or the ingredients thereof, unless being used as preservatives or flavors for a food. Provides that foods for special dietary use, or for preservation or treatment of dietary deficiency conditions, shall not be classified as drugs.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/senate-bill/1277
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