Re: FDA Scrutiny of Dietary Supplements

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Since QUOTE " Part of the difficulty in regulating dietary supplements is that

[some companies] operate outside of the law and don't include manufacturer

information

> on the label, so it can be impossible to contact someone and request a

recall, " an FDA spokesperson told MedPage Today. ENDQUOTE

it seems to me that we need to more carefully regulate the labels that this

industry uses to require a bit more truth in labeling by permitting companies

who operate outside the law to be shut down immediately and heavy fines imposed

on all the officers of the company. Jail should be an option.

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> Dietary supplements should be strictly regulated.  While some of them do help

> some people some of the time, others of them are either dangerous or the

> products of flim-flam artists.  There needs to be a firm set of standards. 

> We're talking about the public safety here.

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> There never was a good war or a bad peace.

> lin