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It seems like a bizarre gap between food and drugs that shouldn't exist. If it's meant to be eaten, the FDA should definitely be regulating it thoroughly.
by thfuran 3y ago
It seems like a bizarre gap between food and drugs that shouldn't exist. If it's meant to be eaten, the FDA should definitely be regulating it thoroughly.
- kayodelycaon 3y agoThe FDA still requires supplements to follow safety standards and be properly labeled, but you do not need approval to make them.
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- lotsofpulp 3y agoRequiring someone to follow safety standards but never spot checking them to ensure they are might as well be not having any safety standards. See https://inspection.canada.ca/food-safety-for-industry/food-chemistry-and-microbiology/food-safety-testing-reports-and-journal-articles/lead-chromates-in-spices/eng/1689276701366/1689276701819 https://inspection.canada.ca/food-safety-for-industry/food-c...
- dataflow 3y ago> It seems like a bizarre gap between food and drugs that shouldn't exist. If it's meant to be eaten, the FDA should definitely be regulating it thoroughly. The FDA did try regulating supplements. They were legally prohibited from doing much. You can thank Senator Orrin Hatch (who was the longest-serving Republican senator in history until recently) for preventing the FDA from regulating supplements back in 1994. [1] [2] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIT5_SMIaHE&t=6m46s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIT5_SMIaHE&t=6m46s (watch a few minutes of it from here) Edit: Posted it here for those interested: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38797162 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38797162 [2] https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/784 https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/784