From: Wyn Snow [wyn@goldenpr.com]
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 12:28 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Docket number 1996N-0417

1. You do not define the terms identity, purity, quality, strength or 
composition. It is not clear what manufacturers are required to do.

2. You have no requirement for expiration dates.

3. You do not require environmental controls for shipping. Some 
dietary supplements will deteriorate badly. Requiring HVAC controls 
for shipping can reduce your redundant testing.

4. Your testing requirements are excessive and will have to be paid 
for by ME, the consumer.

5. Stop treating the entire supplement industry like snake oil 
salesmen and go after the genitalia-enlargers, focus-factor etc. How 
many man hours went into writing your 400-plus page rant against the 
industry (prologue) that could have been better spent on ENFORCEMENT?

Wyn Snow
Managing Editor
SupplementQuality.com
Dietary Supplement Quality Initiative