Editing Dietary supplement (section)

===Databases===
As continual research on the properties of supplements accumulates, databases or fact sheets for various supplements are updated regularly, including the Dietary Supplement Label Database,<ref name=odsdata/> Dietary Supplement Ingredient Database,<ref name="dsid">{{cite web|title=Dietary Supplement Ingredient Database|url=https://dietarysupplementdatabase.usda.nih.gov/|publisher=Office of Dietary Supplements, US National Institutes of Health and US Department of Agriculture, National Nutrient Database|access-date=3 February 2018|date=14 August 2017}}</ref> and Dietary Supplement Facts Sheets of the United States.<ref name="ods-facts">{{cite web|title=Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets|url=https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/list-all/|publisher=Office of Dietary Supplements, US National Institutes of Health|date=2018|access-date=3 February 2018}}</ref> In Canada where a license is issued when a supplement product has been proven by the manufacturer and government to be safe, effective and of sufficient quality for its recommended use, an eight-digit Natural Product Number is assigned and recorded in a Licensed Natural Health Products Database.<ref>{{cite web|title=Licensed Natural Health Products Database|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/natural-non-prescription/applications-submissions/product-licensing/licensed-natural-health-products-database.html|publisher=Natural and Non-prescription Health Products Directorate, Government of Canada|access-date=3 February 2018|date=4 May 2015}}</ref> The European Food Safety Authority maintains a [[compendium]] of botanical ingredients used in manufacturing of dietary supplements.<ref name=efsa-comp/>

In 2015, the [[Department of Health (Australia)|Australian Government's Department of Health]] published the results of a review of herbal supplements to determine if any were suitable for coverage by [[health insurance]].<ref name=aus17>{{cite web |url=http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/0E9129B3574FCA53CA257BF0001ACD11/$File/Natural%20Therapies%20Overview%20Report%20Final%20with%20copyright%2011%20March.pdf |publisher=Australian Government – Department of Health | vauthors = Baggoley C |title=Review of the Australian Government Rebate on Natural Therapies for Private Health Insurance |date=November 2015 |access-date=3 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626024750/http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/0E9129B3574FCA53CA257BF0001ACD11/$File/Natural%20Therapies%20Overview%20Report%20Final%20with%20copyright%2011%20March.pdf |archive-date=26 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Establishing guidelines to assess safety and efficacy of botanical supplement products, the [[European Medicines Agency]] provided criteria for evaluating and grading the quality of clinical research in preparing monographs about herbal supplements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/regulation/general/general_content_000830.jsp&mid=WC0b01ac0580033a9b|title=Assessment of clinical safety and efficacy in the preparation of Community herbal monographs for well-established and of Community herbal monographs/entries to the Community list for traditional herbal medicinal products/substances/preparations|publisher=European Medicines Agency|date=2017|access-date=25 February 2017|archive-date=26 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226050218/http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/regulation/general/general_content_000830.jsp&mid=WC0b01ac0580033a9b|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the United States, the [[National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health]] of the National Institutes of Health provides fact sheets evaluating the safety, potential effectiveness and side effects of many botanical products.<ref name="nccih">{{cite web|url=https://nccih.nih.gov/health/herbsataglance.htm|title=Herbs at a Glance|publisher=National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, US National Institutes of Health|date=21 November 2016|access-date=24 February 2017}}</ref>