jamrock
11-22-2006, 10:55 AM
http://action.downsizedc.org/wyc.php?cid=59
Snippet taken from article..click link above to read in its entirety.
There are two major problems with this bill. The first is that it treats dietary supplements as drugs, not as food. Food has less stringent regulatory requirements than drugs, yet dietary supplements tend to be even safer than ordinary food. Supplements are nutrients in a condensed form. They are not drugs and do not claim to be.
Snippet taken from article..click link above to read in its entirety.
There are two major problems with this bill. The first is that it treats dietary supplements as drugs, not as food. Food has less stringent regulatory requirements than drugs, yet dietary supplements tend to be even safer than ordinary food. Supplements are nutrients in a condensed form. They are not drugs and do not claim to be.