[ Concur - it’s an abuse but it all revolves around how they label the product. If they claim it does something that falls under the definition of a medical device or a drug then prior to the marketing it must be approved by the FDA. If I woul them I’d do a quick recall of all the newly marked packages and repackage without the claim - it would be a lot easier and would eliminate the FDAs requirement that they get drug approval. Again I don’t agree they should be but that is how they regs have been interpreted for years. sigh.... ]
No, they should simply apply for review as an over the counter drug. I think all food companies should FLOOD the FDA with useless requests and drown those busybodies with paperwork.
If they’re already facing a possible seizure then the agent involved isn’t likely going to bend and allow that...some of them are real asses and won’t “negotiate” once they’ve made up their mind. As such rather than risk the seizure a voluntary recall is likely the quickest and most economical solution. If the potential seizure and loss of all the inventory to destruction weren’t already on the table I might agree with you. The flooding works ahead of time but not after the fact.
Reports point to the FDA and other regulatory agencies working on BANNING ALL sales of herbal supplements, including ALL vitamins or any herb used to replace Obamacare type prescription drugs. For instance used to enhance sleep like Melatonin (among myriad examples).
The “walnut” matter is just a use of regulations to achieve something like this, to begin doing so, using a long standing technical regulation to achieve it.
Apart from bizarre restrictions on growing food for yourself and remain independent, the inability to use supplemens to heal yourself puts you at Obama’s mercy there too.
Gradually you have to turn to him at every turn to survive and either obey or not receive his beneficent bounty you must have to exist!