That is not true, for instance the FDA approves food additives and colorings,
but there are never any health claims for food coloring.  Try putting a non
approved color in your food, and they will come down on you too.

Marshall

Ed Kasper wrote:

> The FDA only has objection to health claims.
> I sell CS on my website. I link to the silver list and tell people that they
> can make it themselves.
>
> In a  letter the FDA warned me:
>
> 1.that any links are to be interrupted as a label. Therefore links that make
> medical claims are medical claims made by me.
>
> 2. That [as a California licensed acupuncturist and herbalist] I may make
> dietary suggestions. However dietary suggestions - in their view - mean that
> it must be consumed and not placed on the skin. (I suggested that CS may
> help when applied directly to the skin in certain cases).
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 9:32 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: CS>RE: silver is a legal food additive (used in bakery
> etc.)
>
> The FDA also allows silver in decorations.
>
> http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/humannutrition/_fndigest/1996/marapr96.htm
>
> Q. Are those little decorative silver balls that are put on cupcakes and
> things safe?
> A. The FDA has a fact sheet on Dragees (their actual name) and states that
> "We have no evidence of harm to health from the extremely small quantity of
> silver in the coating. Therefore, the FDA has not objected to the presence
> of silver on these decorations when they are used as a cake decoration."
> (RB)
>
> Marshall
>
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