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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
Institute of Medicine and National Research Council
Food and Nutrition Board and Board on Life Sciences
Committee on the Framework for Evaluating the Safety of Dietary Supplements

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Congressional Briefings
Tuesday, July 23, 2002
2325 Rayburn House Office Bldg. -- 3:00 p.m.
104 Hart Senate Office Bldg. -- 4:30 p.m.

on

Proposed Framework for Evaluating the Safety of Dietary Supplements
--For Comment

by

Barbara O. Schneeman, Ph.D., Professor of Nutrition, Departments of Nutrition and Food Science, Division of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism and Office of University Outreach, University of California at Davis and Chair, Committee on the Framework for Evaluating the Safety of Dietary Supplements, Food and Nutrition Board and Board on Life Sciences, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, The National Academies

Allison A. Yates, Director, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine and Study Director, Committee on the Framework for Evaluating the Safety of Dietary Supplements, Food and Nutrition Board and Board on Life Sciences, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, The National Academies

Use of dietary supplements has increased significantly during the past decade. This new report from the Institute of Medicine -- which is fundamentally a framework document, being proposed and distributed for comment -- describes a scientifically based approach the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could use to assess the safety of ingredients found in dietary supplements.

These series of briefings were for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on July 24, 2002 and is available online, in its entirety, through the Web site of the National Academies Press.