| Mannatech CEO handles a company of extremes
It's a tough road to hoe," he said. "We can monitor a hundred people, but if one gets by, it'll be rammed down our throat." Mannatech also points to a 14-year-old federal law that it says provides companies like itself leeway in marketing their products. With the passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, dietary ingredients used in dietary supplements are no longer subject to the pre-market safety evaluations required of other new food ingredients. Signed into law by President Clinton on Oct. 25, 1994, the act acknowledged that "millions of consumers believe dietary supplements may help to augment daily diets and provide health benefits," according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. "It's a supplement to a diet," Mr.
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