The Shelton Group

30 years ago President Clinton signed into law the Dietary Supplement Health & Education act, which established a legal framework for regulating dietary supplements at a time when FDA was trying pretty hard to edge them out of the marketplace. It was the result of a massive effort by health conscious consumers, health food stores, vitamin makers, and all of us working in the industry to make this happen.

When he signed the bill, President Clinton added a signing statement that is pretty great.

Statement on Signing the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 | The American Presidency Project Today I am pleased to sign S. 784, the "Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994." After several years of intense efforts, manufacturers, experts in nutrition, and legislators, acting in a conscientious alliance with consumers at the grassroots level, have moved successfully to bring comm...