FDA Comes Down Heavily on Illegal Supplements

The FDA has urged consumers who have experienced negative side-effects from such products, to stop using them and seek help from health care professionals. It has warned companies selling illegal products and conveyed through the supplement industry that manufacturers distributing tainted products could face criminal prosecution. The industry has supported the FDA crackdown because spiking of supplements also undermines its members, genuine manufacturers and retailers.

 

The Prescription Drug Marketing Act (PDMA) of 1987 is a US federal law. The FDA issued regulations implementing the PDMA in 1990 and 1999. It establishes legal safeguards for prescription drug distribution to ensure safe and effective pharmaceuticals and discourages the sale of counterfeit, adulterated, misbranded, sub-potent, and expired prescription drugs. The agency can pursue action through the Department of Justice in the federal court system to remove adulterated and misbranded drugs from the market.