A New Regulatory Paradigm

The legal limitations placed on dietary supplements with respect to disease claims did nothing to stem the increase in the consumer use of botanicals as an alternative means to prevent or treat disease conditions. A survey conducted in 1990 and repeated in 1997 found herbal medicine to be 

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I. Bartle and P. Vass (2007) Self-Regulation Within the Regulatory State Towards a New Regulatory Paradigm Public Administration, 85/4 885-905. 

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