Did she mention on what basis the FDA made this order? Did any of them challenge them? Small health food stores are generally not in any position to make a legal stand and if their profit from selling CS is not huge, which it likely is not, then they probably just took the path of least resistance. Often a wise move. Choose your battles. Sounds like a snow job to me.
A recent case brought before the local court here in Texas by the Texas State Department of Health acting as henchmen for the FDA, challenged the rights of Utopia Silver to post or link to customer testimonial but did NOT require Utopia Silver to stop selling their product. The Health Department was seeking a temporary injunction requiring Utopia to remove medical testimonies from the site. They actually did not even word the law suite correctly or with accurate use of medical terms. It was a real joke. The suite stated that CS causes conjuntiva, LOL, that is a part of the human anatomy, not a disease. CS cures conjunctivitis. Man when their attorneys can not even word a law suite properly you gotta wonder. This occured in September. If the FDA were actually pulling CS from store shelves legitimately why would they go after Utopia's posting of testimonials, why not just shut them down? After all they are a virtual store front, and no different from a physical store. I think the FDA knows that a small store is not likely to have the resources to pursue legal action and they are relying on fear, not on actual legal power. They did this to Stanley Jacob MD over DMSO in the 70's and ended up having to make a public apology. They barged into his lab and demanded his patient records. He told them NO! Just goes to show they will try and strong arm people. Garnet On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 19:08, Trem wrote: > Hi List members, > > I just got a call from a customer in New Mexico. She tells me the FDA came > to town (Santa Fe) and told all the health food stores to remove any > colloidal silver from their shelves. She's a naturopathic doctor. > > I asked her if the brands were labeled as to medicinal claims and she said > there were several brands involved and she was sure none were making claims. > The stores caved in and removed the CS. > > Who's next? > > Trem -- 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]>
