– Proposed legislation is calling for a federal database for dietary supplements, which requires supplement makers to submit information to the FDA.
– Known as mandatory product listing (MPL) for dietary supplements, supporters claim it’s a way for the FDA to know what products are on the market and what ingredients they include.
– Opponents suggest the move, which is redundant and burdensome for small supplement companies, could ultimately give the FDA more power to ban supplements from the market.
– MPL could pave the way for the FDA to gain premarket approval power — changing access to supplements as we know it.
– Multinational companies like Bayer, Nestle, Unilever, Proctor & Gamble and Clorox have also been buying up supplement companies at a frenzied pace. In 2018, there were 83 such transactions; this rose to 137 in 2021.