Good thing this'll never happen in America

[MTPorcupine3]

_http://www.bangkokp ost.com/news/ local/11379/ farmers-up- in-arms-at- herb-listin
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(http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/11379/farmers-up-in-arms-at-herb-listing)

[doobie]

Never could happen in America.  In Amerika that is a different story.

[ColdSoul]

It has already happened. Last I remembered the FDA put some restrictions on juices and other herbal medicines a few months ago. I don't know if it passed, or was just something the FDA did without a law but I remember hearing about it.

[J’raxis 270145]

It has already happened. Last I remembered the FDA put some restrictions on juices and other herbal medicines a few months ago. I don't know if it passed, or was just something the FDA did without a law but I remember hearing about it.

I think he was making a comparison to the drug war...

[ColdSoul]

It has already happened. Last I remembered the FDA put some restrictions on juices and other herbal medicines a few months ago. I don't know if it passed, or was just something the FDA did without a law but I remember hearing about it.

I think he was making a comparison to the drug war...

I see what your saying, but to me the article is a more opt comparison to the FDA regulating juices, and herbal medicines. Your point (and his if that was what he was referring to) is apt as well.

[Pat McCotter]

It has already happened. Last I remembered the FDA put some restrictions on juices and other herbal medicines a few months ago. I don't know if it passed, or was just something the FDA did without a law but I remember hearing about it.

One good thing the FDA has done is moved stevia from a "diet supplement" to a "sugar substitute." Coke and Pepsi are now ramping up some diet drinks using stevia extract brands Truvia and Purevia. The FDA had banned it in 1991 as a food additive even though it had been used as a sweetener in South America for hundreds of years.