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Originally Posted by hi_im_god
this is ridiculous.
do you need a presciption to buy tylenol? cosmetics? tobacco?
guess what? all regulated by the fda.
the issue here is that the supplement industry lobby doesn't want anyone doing quality control tests on their product.
as much as you like your supplements now, wouldn't you feel better knowing they aren't laced with rat turds? or that a product labeled as 100mg dosage is actually 100 mg and not sometimes 60mg and sometimes 200mg?
the problem for the supplement industry is they know they have some bad players. and they want to make sure you don't find that out.
i take fish oil, a potasium supplement, a plant sterol, and a multi-vitamen everyday. I have nothing against nutritional supplements.
but i'm looking forward to the day i don't have to wonder how much i'm actually getting and what else i'm taking with each one that i don't know about.
good bless john mccain for asking that your vitamen be at least as pure as your chemical food additive.
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My understanding is that there are already safeguards in place to deal with supplement companies that are mislabeling their products.
I would be the first guy to want some type of oversight to make sure that products do in fact contain the ingredients that are on the label. I think we are all in favor of that. But it sounds to me like this bill goes way too far. I don't want the FDA telling me what supplements or herbs I'm allowed to buy.