The Regulation of Dietary Supplements
One hundred years ago, the dietary supplement industry was very different from today. Production and processing were not standardized, sanitation was questionable (manufacturers had little understanding of bacterial/microbial control and refrigeration was primitive), and distribution was unregulated. The twentieth century brought many changes in how dietary supplements were handled and transported, and several laws sought to improve supplement manufacturing practices.
The U.S. government has long concerned itself with regulation of the substances Americans consume. In the early 1900s, what we now consider to be dietary supplements were regulated as foods. While they are still technically considered foods today, dietary supplements are now regulated by the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) under the FDA.
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