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> What does that have to do with pills? We're discussing supplements, which are usually sold in pill form. > If people are making any kind of food at all that

by derleth 14y ago

> What does that have to do with pills? We're discussing supplements, which are usually sold in pill form. > If people are making any kind of food at all that is filled with trash then the FDA should stop them, but it has nothing at all to do with them being supplements. Should, yes. However, if you read the article, you'll see a very bad law that prevents the FDA from doing so in the case of supplements. > Snake oil at least was (usually) what it said on the bottle. Really? I don't know one way or the other for sure about historical snake oil: My usage there was 'snake oil' as a synonym for 'an untested product guaranteed to cure anything and everything, sold by a con artist'.

ars 14y ago
> However, if you read the article, you'll see a very bad law that prevents the FDA from doing so in the case of supplements. I did read the article, and that isn't true. If the pill does not have what it says on the bottle then they can easily shut them down. > Really? I don't know one way or the other for sure about historical snake oil: My usage there was 'snake oil' as a synonym for 'an untested product guaranteed to cure anything and everything, sold by a con artist'. I realized that right after I said it, so I edited out that sentence. But to reply to you: If the product has what it says it has, then the FDA has no business regulating it. They should regulate fraud - a product that does not have the listed ingredients for example. Or a false claim. But they have no business telling people that they can not buy/eat this or that plant.
- derleth 14y ago
  > But they have no business telling people that they can not buy/eat this or that plant. Yes, they do, because part of the FDA's job is looking after idiots. That's because looking after idiots is part of society's job. It's why highways have guard rails: You can't expect everyone to be perfect all the time.

by derleth 14y ago

ars 14y ago

> However, if you read the article, you'll see a very bad law that prevents the FDA from doing so in the case of supplements. I did read the article, and that isn't true. If the pill does not have what it says on the bottle then they can easily shut them down. > Really? I don't know one way or the other for sure about historical snake oil: My usage there was 'snake oil' as a synonym for 'an untested product guaranteed to cure anything and everything, sold by a con artist'. I realized that right after I said it, so I edited out that sentence. But to reply to you: If the product has what it says it has, then the FDA has no business regulating it. They should regulate fraud - a product that does not have the listed ingredients for example. Or a false claim. But they have no business telling people that they can not buy/eat this or that plant.

derleth 14y ago
> But they have no business telling people that they can not buy/eat this or that plant. Yes, they do, because part of the FDA's job is looking after idiots. That's because looking after idiots is part of society's job. It's why highways have guard rails: You can't expect everyone to be perfect all the time.