In the 1990s, the Federation lobbied on behalf of consumers and manufacturers to pass the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), which put into place government quality controls of dietary supplements, health claims, good manufacturing practices and oversight by the Food and Drug Administration. The organization has promoted claims that under certain conditions vaccines were dangerous, fought to market untested and unproven health products, and lobbied against water fluoridation. The organization publishes a quarterly newsletter, "Health Freedom News". It has membership in 22 countries and has observer status at meetings of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the highest international body on food standards.