Posted on 07/10/2014 6:14:30 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is protecting consumer rights in a bold new way–by policing companies’ Facebook pages.
Zarbee’s Naturals, a producer of “safe and effective natural [cough] remedies” for children, was sent a warning letter by the FDA for liking comments on its Facebook page implying that its products “are intended for use as drugs.”
Zarbee’s products were designed specifically for children too young for FDA-approved medications and have not been reviewed by the FDA. Happy customers posted their approval on the company’s Facebook page, saying things like “Love Zarbee’s this is the only medicine we use for our 2 year old. Colds and congestion clear up in 2 days,” and “Received the sample for allergy relief and my husband had a terrible problem with allergies … he was very impressed on how well it worked for him.”
Zarbee’s, naturally, liked the comments, which the FDA thinks was a step too far. (RELATED: Kellogg Ex-CEO Says FDA Is Attacking Food Industry)
“Your products are not generally recognized as safe and effective for the above referenced uses,” the letter says, arguing that the company’s “likes” constitute an admission that its products are “new drugs” that require FDA approval.
The FDA considers anything “intended for use in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease” a drug, so although Zarbee’s cough syrup contains no dextromethorphan (DXM), the active ingredient in popular over-the-counter cough medicines like Robitussin, the FDA objects to such claims about Zarbee’s products’ usefulness.
The FDA also called out Zarbee’s Twitter feed, objecting to dangerous tweets such as “Try @Zarbees #naturalremedies for Cold and Cough Season.”
“Your products ‘Zarbee’s Naturals Children’s Cough Syrup+Mucus Relief,’ ‘Zarbee’s Naturals Children’s Cough Syrup Nighttime,’ and ‘Zarbee’s Naturals Children’s Sleep’ are offered for conditions that are not amenable to self-diagnosis and treatment by individuals who are not medical practitioners… Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in legal action without further notice, including seizure and/or injunction.”
Read the Constitution. Start at the Tenth Amendment, then go through the list of enumerated powers granted there. Don’t see an FDA? You’re right, it’s not there, hence it’s an illegal usurpation of power. Government was never intended to tell We, the People, what we might or might not ingest, period. Ever. For any reason. We are a nation of grownups, who need no nanny. And who are quite capable, when left alone, of raising our children successfully. I can look at my own son as proof of that concept.
Get your government OUT OF MY LIFE!!!
“Read the Constitution. Start at the Tenth Amendment”
Starting at the beginning might be a good idea as well.
The FDA has been a successful use of our system as a people.
We warned everyone we could about ‘The Food Safety Act 0f 2010”...a real issue for food consumption in future.
Our Constitution is a limitation on government. If an authority is not granted to .gov, that function MAY NOT BE DONE BY GOVERNMENT. Period. And an FDA is NOT authorized, nor a good idea for .gov to be involved with. Protecting us from criminals (states and locals) is proper. Protecting us from foreign threats is proper (fedgov). NOTHING ELSE unless at the state or local level, PERIOD.
Furthermore, FDA has kept many good and useful drugs off the market far longer than needed except to cover some bureaucrap’s behind, contributing to YEARS of needless suffering and death. Which makes it useless as well as unconstitutional. The General Welfare clause you seem enamored with is a GOAL, not a grant of authority.
Ok friend.
Be well.
Thanks for the ping!
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