Hatch Applauds DOJ Efforts to Enforce Dietary Supplement Regulations
Washington, D.C.—Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, member and former chairman of both the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee issued the following statement after the Department of Justice and federal agency partners announced enforcement actions of dietary supplement cases:
“I applaud effective enforcement of the federal laws and regulations governing dietary supplements. Dangerous products illegally masquerading as lawful dietary supplements present a serious risk to public health. To address this problem, Congress has provided ample authorities to the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Justice, and numerous other federal agencies to protect consumers, and I have long advocated for effective enforcement of federal standards. Such action is essential to a well-functioning regulatory infrastructure on which millions of dietary supplement consumers, like me, depend.”
In May 2015, Senator Hatch and Senator Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., wrote to Attorney General Loretta Lynch to ‘strongly urge DOJ, in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to prioritize the aggressive pursuit of individuals and companies that illegally manufacture and sell misbranded drug products falsely labeled as dietary supplements.’
