FDA will Regulate Dietary Supplements

This just in

FDA OKs Dietary Supplement Regulations: "June 22, 2007 (Washington) -- Manufacturers of dietary supplements such as vitamins, minerals, and herbs will have to test their products for purity under new regulations finalized by the FDA Friday.

Much of the testing is left to the discretion of companies, and the agency said it would not inspect all manufacturing plants to monitor compliance. But the rule for the first time compels supplement makers to confirm that what’s in the bottles they sell matches what’s on the labels."

So does this mean the FDA finally realized that there is a market out there for supplements, vitamins and minerals? It took them only 13 years to put this together. It makes one wonder about why they are doing this now.