FDA TO REGULATE HERBAL REMEDIES AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

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-- HONOLULU, Dec. 10 (Reuters

Health): The American Medical Association (AMA) plans to ask Congress to

permit the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to REGULATE HERBAL

REMEDIES AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS.....The AMA House of Delegates meeting

voted this week to ask Congress to AMEND THE DIETARY SUPPLEMENT HEALTH

AND EDUCATION ACT TO PERMIT FDA OVERSIGHT OF THE SUPPLEMENT AND HERBAL

REMEDY INDUSTRY. The AMA also wants the FDA to SET UP A MECHANISM TO

RECEIVE REPORTS OF ADVERSE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF THOSE

PRODUCTS, said AMA trustee Dr. Palma Formica......Formica told how a

patient showed her an herbal preparation that was supposed to increase

energy. " When I read the package, I saw there was sugar in it. SUGAR! " ,

Formica said..... THE TRUTH IS COMING......MADSON