Members of Utah’s congressional delegation won a vote in the final hours of the 109th Congress that is being hailed by local dietary supplement manufacturers.
The Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act, which was sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and in the House by Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, cleared the House of Representatives with a 203-98 vote in the early morning hours Saturday.
It had been passed by the Senate just three days before.
The bill is expected to be signed by the president. Once it becomes law, it will require manufacturers of dietary supplements to report any adverse reactions caused by their products — such as death or hospitalization — to the Food and Drug Administration with 15 days.
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