This may be going a bit off topic but if the FDA - Food Drug Adim - why don't they take a closer look at dietary supplements - like the Chinese herbs, etc that I sell. I know they look at supplements but it seems very vague. As I said they did look over my site but their concern was in the use of herbs specially Ginseng in the treatment of a disease - Diabetes and in CS applied topically) Ginseng could not be marketed as a product for treating diabetes. If it did treat diabetes then in the FDA would/will (in their words) classify Ginseng as a new drug and I would need a federal license to dispense the herb (new drug). They did not see me in violation for selling ginseng - a dietary supplement - in the treatment of thirsting and wasting disease (a TCM defined disorder that resembles diabetes in signs and symptoms). I could sell CS as a dietary supplement - but not for the treatment of a disease.
My apologies for going off subject but the FDA invites my curiosity. Thanks for responses. ed -----Original Message----- From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 2:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>RE: silver is a legal food additive (used in bakery etc.) 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 -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
