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FDA Warnings & Enforcements

Procter & Gamble Warned About Combining Drugs And Dietary Supplements

November 2, 2009

On October 29, the FDA sent a warning letter to Procter & Gamble concering their sale of combination over the counter (OTC) drug/dietary supplement products. Without making your eyes glaze over, the problem with this is that drugs must be approved by the FDA before they can be sold. Dietary supplements do not.
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Kelloggs, Kraft and General Mills Suspend Smart Choices Labeling Program

November 2, 2009

In this post, I told you about the FDA/FTC warning letterĀ to Dr. Andrew Weil. In this post, I want to tell you about the voluntary suspension of a food labeling program by the above companies. The suspension is the ultimate result of a letter from the FDA to the companies (see here) which called into [...]

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