Does Regulating Dietary Supplements as Food in a World of Social Media Influencers Promote Public Safety?

Autor: Klein JJ; JD candidate at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Illinois., Schweikart SJ; Senior research associate for the American Medical Association Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs in Chicago, Illinois.
Jazyk: English; Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: AMA journal of ethics [AMA J Ethics] 2022 May 01; Vol. 24 (5), pp. E396-401. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 01.
DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.396
Abstrakt: Social media influencers promote a wide variety of products, including dietary supplements. Dietary supplements are regulated as foods, not drugs, by the US Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission. This article details weaknesses in administrative and common law regulatory approaches to addressing some influencers' negligent misrepresentation claims about dietary supplements.
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