That there are worse offenders of the principle that you have to show something to be harmful before you ban it doesn't make the behaviour of the FDA better. I

That there are worse offenders of the principle that you have to show something to be harmful before you ban it doesn't make the behaviour of the FDA better. It's hard to compare the EU to America just like that, especially since the EU is not a state, but you may be right. The EU makes incredibly arbitrary judgements and bans sometimes. Some European countries, however, fare much better when it comes to avoiding such blatant authoritarianism.