Not ambitious enough!
The "Center for Science in the Public Interest" is suing the FDA. They want them to classify salt as a food additive thus giving the feds the ability to control its amounts in food (FOX). Currently salt is considered to be "generally safe" by the FDA and is therefore not subject to such oversight.
Personally, I think this watchdog group is under-reaching. If they had any real strength of conviction, they'd aim to have it classified as a medication so it would only be available by prescription.
Personally, I think this watchdog group is under-reaching. If they had any real strength of conviction, they'd aim to have it classified as a medication so it would only be available by prescription.
Labels: FDA, Humor, Political Correctness, Public Health
posted by The Medicine Man at 5:45 PM
2 Comments:
Yeah, but then we'd have to import it from Canada!
;-))
Then there's the matter of types of salt:
"Kosher" salt would be exempt based on the 1st amendment
"Sea" salt would, of course, be subject to the Law of the Sea
"Rock" salt would, of course, be regulated by the Dept of Agriculture
and
"Water Softener" salt would fall under the aegis of the EPA.
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