Senator Dick Durbin has introduced legislation that would require a mandatory federal product listing for dietary supplements. While this proposal is being framed as a transparency measure, the reality is far more troubling: it would dramatically expand the FDA’s authority, create new bureaucratic barriers, and put small and mid-sized businesses at serious risk, all without demonstrating any meaningful public health benefit.
This proposal would:
- Shift dietary supplements closer to a drug-style system, in conflict with DSHEA.
- Create new compliance costs and administrative burdens that disproportionately harm small businesses.
- Give the FDA a de facto gatekeeping role over lawful products.
- Lead to delays, confusion, and product removals, even when no safety concerns exist.
- Reduce consumer access to safe, legal supplements that Americans rely on every day.
Congress already established a clear regulatory framework for supplements under DSHEA. That system works. It requires manufacturers to ensure safety, follow cGMPs, report serious adverse events, and comply with labeling laws. Mandatory product listing would upend that balance.
We need lawmakers to hear directly from the people who will be affected: YOU.
Please take less than one minute today to contact your Senators and Representative and urge them to oppose Senator Durbin’s mandatory product listing legislation.
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