As you read this, Congress is considering new legislation that would take away your access to safe, effective and affordable dietary supplements. You can make a difference by urging your Representative to oppose The Dietary Supplement Access and Awareness Act (H.R. 3156) and any bill that would limit your choice and access to dietary supplements. Visit www.nnfa.org to work for healthy policies and make your voice heard.
Background:
The Dietary Supplement Access and Awareness Act (H.R. 3156), introduced by Representatives Davis (D-CA), Waxman (D-CA), and Dingell (D-MI), this month, would place trusted vitamins, minerals, and herbs under unprecedented and unwarranted scrutiny.
If H.R. 3156 becomes law, 70 percent of dietary supplements currently on the market would become subject to burdensome new regulations some equivalent to those required for prescription drugs driving up supplement prices for everyone and forcing well known dietary supplements to disappear from store shelves.
Agent Supplements Already Regulated?
In 1994, Congress took an important step forward with passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) - federal legislation that requires manufacturers of all dietary supplements to ensure the products they put on the market are safe.
The law holds manufacturers directly accountable for product safety and demands truth in labeling and advertising. These consumer safeguards give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration all the authority it needs to police the marketplace and keep bad products from being sold.
Take Action NOW:
Write Your Representative!
Let your lawmaker know that good laws exist on the books, and the FDA needs to enforce them. Please share your personal supplement story, so that your lawmaker understands why its important to protect your access to dietary supplements. Click here to tell Congress to protect dietary supplements!
Send an Action Alert to Your Friends!
NNFA invites you to become a voice for supplement choice. Please pass this alert on to your friends, and ask them to visit www.nnfa.org and make their voice heard.
On behalf of NNFA, thank you for taking action to protect Americas access to safe, effective, and affordable supplements.
About The NNFA
NNFA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization representing retailers and suppliers of natural and nutritional products. http://www.nnfa.org/aboutnnfa
Visit NNFAs Advocacy Action Center to learn more about legislative activities that affect those who buy, sell and consume natural and nutritional products, like organic foods and dietary supplements.
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