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New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) Notification Process

The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) requires that manufacturers and distributors who wish to market dietary supplements that contain "new dietary ingredients" notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about these ingredients.

Generally, the notification must include information that is the basis on which the manufacturer or distributor has concluded that a dietary supplement containing a new dietary ingredient will reasonably be expected to be safe under the conditions of use recommended or suggested in the labeling.

See How to Submit Notifications for a New Dietary Ingredient for details on how to submit a notification including timeframe, format, and method of submission.

Guidance & Rules | Videos & Fact Sheets | Public Meetings | Questions?


Guidance and Rules

Videos and Fact Sheets

Important Aspects of the NDIN Process (Fact Sheet, PDF)
This fact sheet highlights important aspects that can simplify the NDIN process for manufacturers and distributors and help them to successfully submit a complete NDIN.

Important Aspects of the NDIN Process 

Correspondence Between FDA and the Notifier

Public Meetings

A public meeting to discuss responsible innovation in dietary supplements was held on May 16, 2019.

A public meeting to discuss the development of a list of pre-DSHEA dietary ingredients was held on October 3, 2017.

Questions?

If you have any questions about the NDI notification process:

Contact the Office of Dietary Supplement Programs by email at NDIN@fda.hhs.gov.

To reach FDA’s Food and Cosmetics Information Center, call: 1-888-SAFEFOOD (1-888-723-3366).



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