To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Info on cherries stopped by FDA
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:39:20 -0400
My personal opinions:
1. Food producers should produce food, not make health claims. They
should be able to support organizations qualified to study and make
health claims, however.
2. The importation ban was a misguided program against invasive
species, not food.
3. Small and large food producers should be held to the same standards.
4. The last administration gutted the FDA and manned it with cronies
from the pharmaceutical industry. It will take some time to return it
to a public-serving organization, but the work has already begun.