They seem to think it's all about false labeling..





Thank you for contacting Whole Foods Market with your concerns. On
February 27, the FDA published a notice in the Federal Register
announcing the release of draft guidance titled "Complementary and
Alternative Medicine Products and Their Regulation by the Food and Drug
Administration." We would like to take this opportunity to clarify what
this guidance document is intended to do and explain why the CAM draft
guidance will not affect the sale of dietary supplements and other
products.

A guidance document is a guide released by a federal agency as advice
to
the public, agency staff and the regulated industry on how it believes
an existing regulation should be interpreted. A guidance document is
not
a law or regulation and its publication cannot change any existing
regulation.

In this case, the FDA published this draft guidance to clarify the
FDA's
role in regulating complementary and alternative medicine practices
(CAM). Specifically, the agency had seen confusion in the industry as
to
which CAM products are regulated under the Food Drug & Cosmetic Act
(FD&C) versus the Public Health Service Act (PHS). This document
clarifies which types of products are regulated under which laws and
regulations.

No. Dietary supplements are generally regulated under the Dietary
Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), which does not
allow the marketing of supplements as medicines. That is, dietary
supplements cannot claim to treat or cure any disease; they can only
claim to support normal structures and functions of the body. The CAM
draft guidance actually confirms that botanicals, probiotics and
supplements remain regulated by DSHEA, as they have been for over a
decade.

The CAM draft guidance will not change any existing law or regulation.
The guidance will help manufacturers and practitioners understand which
existing regulation governs the production of a specific product.

Claims that the FDA's CAM guidance will limit or eliminate the sale of
dietary supplements are untrue; this guidance is simply an attempt by
the FDA to clarify the application of its existing regulations.

We appreciate your concern for the regulation of dietary supplements.
We
assure you that Whole Foods Market is committed to selling safe,
accurately labeled dietary supplements and we will continue to monitor
this situation.

Sincerely,

Whole Foods, as well as most of the holistic products industry, and even my local co-op management (until recently-- now they're aware and very concerned) have been duped and lulled into false complacency, according to the IAHF and Natural Solutions foundations. There are billions of dollars at stake, and there's been a lot of propaganda and smoke screening to keep people in the dark. All I can suggest is doing a thorough reading at both of these websites and decide for yourself.

I'm already looking into how to grow much more of my own food, via a public garden in my city-- I'm on a waiting list for next year.

Sharrhan:


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With all these in denial and ignorant people, I think we're screwed.