The Hatch-Harken law provided the supplement industry with a legal but anti-scientific end-run around the FDA by introducing some terms that permitted the marketing of unregulated drugs. As long as they were called "dietary supplements," and made no specific health claims, they could be sold. But these "restrictions" are wholly disingenuous.
Does anyone really believe that anabolic steroids and stimulants should be labeled as supplements? Exactly what are they supplementing? By this logic, just about anything you can swallow could then be called a "dietary supplement."
And to avoid making medical claims, the meaningless term "supports," as in "supports heart health," was concocted. Please. When you see "supports" (wink, wink), just mentally substitute "this will cure." Duplicity at its finest.
Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/03/16/when-is-a-drug-a-drug
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