Originally posted by DontTreadOnMe
Banned?
I'm a bit confused. I have bought this product..
look, i have about 2 lbs of ascorbic acid lying around, it was kind of hard to get and the fact that i have it does not mean that comercially
available products aren't limited to 180mg per day.
as i said, you could probably grow these plants on your own, you cannot, however use it as a sweetener in commercial product.
the article you linked stated it 'May soon safely (ie. with approval) sweeten foods in the US' which means that currently, it can't be used. i have
no idea how far they'd go to curtail use, though.
reply to post by Jadette
i'd say it is in fact banned, from commercial use that is. considering that's how 95+% of people obtain their food, i'd even say it's a pretty
effective regulation, too. it might not be a controlled substance, in the meaning they'll knock down your door should you have it, but, like copy
protection, it does not need to be effective to change people's daily options and choices.
PS: even if they eased their legal grip on these sweeteners (and tryptophan, f-ex.) the industry would still have more than 30 years of profit under
their belts...
meanwhile people who tried to use it were wpied out and lost a lot, for somebody else's profit.
www.apfn.org...
The Stevita Company's nightmare with the agency began, as Rodes related to The WINDS, "in November of last year when we received a warning letter
from the FDA saying that the literature we were selling was illegal because it suggested that stevia could be used in ways other than as a dietary
supplement."
The FDA makes a sharp legal distinction between a "food supplement" such as vitamins and for which stevia is approved, and a "food additive"
for which it is not approved. The FDA's contention is that the sale of the books and literature by the Stevita Company "adulterated" the product by
implying it can be used in other than "approved" applications. This strange logic of how something can be safe when used as a "food supplement"
and unsafe when used as a "food additive," apparently lies within the federal agency's convoluted thinking processes. The FDA, according to Rodes,
seized all Stevita's product shipments at the port of entry simply because the agency insists that no reference to the herb's property as a
sweetener can be listed or even implied in its labeling.
iow, this legislation is the real deal and while you personally haven't been hit, people who were lost everything.
[edit on 1.5.2008 by Long Lance]
