Dietary and Herbal Suppliments Flashcards
What is the definition of a drug?
Articles used for diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of a disease
Articles other than food that affect the structutre or function of the body
How are drugs and food destinguished from one another?
By their intential use
What was the Nutrition Labeling and Education act disigned for?
FOods can only make health claims approved by the FDA
What kinds of foods are excluded From the Nutrition and Labeling and Education Act?
Special dietary items ie baby formula
What is the DIetary Supplament Health and Education act?
created a classification for special foods called diaetary suppliments, madated they are treated like food not drugs , no premarket approval manufactors are epected to produce safe products
Dietary suppliments are allowed four types of claims to their products what are they?
benefit of a nutrient deficiency disorder, if they discribe the role of the suppliment affect on the body, the mechanism to which the DS helps, statements to aid of well-being
What statement must be on all DS bottles that designatese them as DS and not drugs?
The has not be evaluated by the FDA. AND not intended to cure treat, diagnosis or prevent any disease
What health claims can be made by a dietary suppliment?
only if they are FDA approved, and qualified health claims
What is a qualified health claim?
more evience for the health claim then against the helath claim, scientific evidence suggests
How can the FDA interveen with Dietary suppliments?
Only if they are adulterated
food drug and cosmetic act regulates medical devices True or False
True
What is the definition of a cosmetic?
topical articles intended for cleaning, beautifing, or altering apperance
Can become a drug if it makes a health or structure/function claim
