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I think it would be better of the goverment just let anyone eat or take anything they want. Though they should fund extensive research into food, vitamins, home

• jcranmer 9y ago
  The drug industry is actually fairly close to that model: 1. You can't advertise any benefit without having a clinical trial (funded by the company) showing that benefit. 2. A strict (every 6 months) inspection of manufacturing facilities. 3. You're required to list the ingredients, and the inspections make sure you're using them. 4. All known side effects are required (found during aforementioned clinical trials) to be listed. By contrast, the FDA is specifically prohibited from applying these regulations to the supplement industry. Unsurprisingly, many studies have found that the companies involved don't even bother to put the active ingredients in the pills.