As of December 2007, makers, distributors and packers of cosmeceuticals, dietary supplements and OTCs (over-the-counter) drugs in the USA will have to report all reports of adverse effects of their products on consumers to the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). Once such a report has been received by the company they have fifteen business days to ensure that the FDA is informed. This is made possible by the Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act which was signed into law on December 22, 2006 by President George W. Bush.  

One of the bill’s authors, Senator Orrin Hatch is quoted as stating that the “bill is the right thing for a responsible industry to do for consumers.”