A DISCUSSION OF THE TERM “METABOLITE”, AS CONTAINED IN THE STATUTORY DEFINITION OF A DIETARY INGREDIENT

 

March 25, 2003

 

Agenda

 

 

  8:00-  8:15     Welcome  – Christine L. Taylor, Ph.D., FDA

 

  8:15-  8:45     Administrative Issues – Mary Ann Killian and Constance J. Hardy, FDA

 

  8:45-  9:15     Charge and Questions; “Defining Dietary Supplement Ingredients”, Christine L. Taylor, Ph.D.

 

  9:15-  9:30     Remarks by Chairperson, Johanna Dwyer, D.Sc., R.D.

 

  9:30-  9:45     Break

 

  9:45- 10:30    “Biochemical Facts Behind the Definition and Properties of Metabolites”,  Edward D. Harris, Ph.D.

 

10:30- 11:30            Questions by Subcommittee Members on Edward Harris’s Presentation

 

11:30-12:30     Lunch           

 

12:30-  1:30     Public Comment

 

  1:30-  3:00     Discussion of Charge and Questions by Subcommittee 

             

  3:00-  3:15            Break

 

  3:15-  4:50     Continuation of Charge/Questions; Recommendations by Subcommittee

 

  4:50-  5:00     Concluding Remarks