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# FDA Needs More Supplement Authority: GAO
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-needs-more-supplement-authority-gao/
- Published: 2024-01-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T14:20:14.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5156127

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says Congress should consider giving FDA more authority to oversee dietary supplements. The recommendation is in a GAO [report](https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106689?ref=fdaweb.com) that found that 11 of 12 prenatal supplements it tested had at least one nutrient above or below the levels noted on the labels. “This could result in a person consuming too much or too little of some nutrients,” the report says.

“Experts and stakeholders GAO spoke with identified a variety of challenges regarding dietary supplements and their oversight,” it says. “Prior GAO work also found that FDA faces challenges related to limited information about the dietary supplement market. FDA and a dietary supplement trade association have publicly backed proposed legislation to increase FDA’s oversight of dietary supplements such as requiring dietary supplement manufacturers to register each product on the market with FDA.”