Acting Commissioner Crawford Says FDA is Clarifying Its Role in Regulating Dietary Supplements

The following is a text of the prepared remarks delivered by Lester M. Crawford, D.V.M., Ph.D., acting commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to the Council for Responsible Nutrition's Annual Conference on Oct. 24 in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Crawford:

Good morning and thank you Peter (CRN Outside Counsel Peter Hutt of Covington and Burling) for your kind introduction.

I'd also like to thank Byron Johnson (Chairman of CRN) and most especially Dr. Annette Dickinson, (President of CRN) whom I understand is going to retire after 30 years with CRN, for the many ways in …