3 ms·
> 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. Th
by 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