Which act brought standards to dietary supplements?

• A. Pure Food and Drug Act
• B. Dietary Supplements Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA)
• C. Nutrition Labeling and Education Act
• D. FDA Modernization Act

Answer: (B)

The main idea tested is how dietary supplements gained a formal regulatory framework. That framework came with the Dietary Supplements Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994, which defined dietary supplements as a distinct category and set up the standards for their labeling, safety oversight, and permissible claims. Under DSHEA, products must carry a Supplement Facts panel and a full ingredient list, and claims about what the product does can be made as structure/function statements only if they don’t claim to diagnose, cure, or prevent a disease; such claims must include a disclaimer noting that the FDA has not evaluated the statement. DSHEA also gives the FDA authority to regulate and remove unsafe or misbranded supplements after they reach the market, rather than requiring pre-market FDA approval. This combination—defining the category, establishing labeling and post-market safety rules, and allowing specific types of claims—brought the standards to dietary supplements.

Other options don’t fit because they address different scopes. The Pure Food and Drug Act laid early groundwork for labeling and anti-fraud measures but predates the dietary supplement category and its specific framework. The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act focuses on labeling for foods, not the dietary supplement category. The FDA Modernization Act updated various FDA processes but does not by itself establish the dedicated standards for dietary supplements that DSHEA created.