If only. If you've been on HN long enough, you'll see people peddling miracle cures and homeopathic bullshit. America has long had a fraught history with falli

If only. If you've been on HN long enough, you'll see people peddling miracle cures and homeopathic bullshit. America has long had a fraught history with falling prey to snake oil salesman, which forms the basis for a lot of our regulatory system around food. But even then it's not strict enough in some sense, considering products tainted with hydrazine were able to make it to shelves.