Dietary Supplements

HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Objective 1.3 - Improve the Diet and the Level of Physical Activity of Americans

How We Will Accomplish Our Objective We will carry out education campaigns to encourage the public to improve their diet and exercise habits. Our focus will be on: conducting our Five-A-Day education program on the importance of eating vegetables and fruits....

V. Agency Quality Assurance Policies, Standards,

HHS Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated to the Public. V. Agency Quality Assurance Policies, Standards, and Processes

As described in the HHS Implementation Plan, as one of the HHS operating divisions, we have established a number of quality assurance policies, standards, and processes for ensuring the quality of the information we disseminate to the public. Our documents undergo a rigorous review and clearance evaluation according to pre-established procedures,...

HHS Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated to the Public

This site describes the HHS Information Quality Guidelines as well as the supporting administrative mechanisms to request correction of information covered under the guidelines. The HHS Guidelines were developed in accordance with the provisions of P.L. 106-554 and OMB government-wide requirements directing all federal agencies to issue guidelines...

Performance Improvement 2001. Dietary Supplement Sales Information: Final Report

FDA needs sales information on dietary supplements in order to perform its regulatory mission under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA). Provisions of DSHEA define dietary supplements and ingredients and set forth new labeling requirements whereby manufacturers must notify FDA of new dietary ingredients prior to...

Performance Improvement 2001

Performance Improvement 2001: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the seventh annual report to Congress summarizing previous fiscal year evaluation efforts. The purpose of this report is to provide Congress with evaluative information on the Department's programs, policies, and strategies. It contains brief...

Performance Improvement 2000. Food Safety and Nutrition

Away-From-Home Foods Increasingly Important to Quality of American Diet...

Performance Improvement 2000

Performance Improvement 2000: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the sixth annual report to Congress summarizing previous fiscal year evaluation efforts. The purpose of this report is to provide Congress with evaluative information on the Department's programs, policies, activities, and strategies. It cont...

Performance Improvement 1999. Health Promotion

TITLE: Enabling Performance Measurement Activities in the States and Communities...

Performance Improvement 1998. Office of Public Health and Science

MISSION: To provide advice on public health and science to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to provide executive direction to program offices within the Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS), and, at the direction of the Secretary, to coordinate crosscutting public health and science initiatives in the Department....

Performance Improvement 1998. Food and Drug Administration

MISSION: To protect and promote public health through food, drug, medical device, and cosmetic regulation. Evaluation Program...

Performance Improvement 1998

Performance Improvement 1998 is the third annual report of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on its evaluation activities. As a report to Congress, it summarizes the findings of HHS evaluations completed in fiscal year (FY) 1997. In that year, HHS agencies produced 155 evaluation reports and supported more than 335 evaluation...

Valuing Utility Offsets to Regulations Affecting Addictive or Habitual Goods

Acknowledgements This paper was prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), by David Cutler (Harvard University), Amber Jessup (ASPE/HHS), Donald Kenkel (Cornell University), and Martha Starr (U.S. Food and Drug Administration and American University...

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Performance Improvement 1999

Performance Improvement 1999: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the fifth annual report to Congress summarizing previous fiscal year evaluation efforts. The purpose of this report is to provide Congress with evaluative information on the Department's programs, policies, activities, and strategies. It cont...

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