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minus-squareGrammarPolice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 day agoHow is this possible? Doesn’t the FDA have to approve these products before they’re put on shelves?
minus-squaretheonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoThe opiod crisis was FDA approved. Regulations in the US are a joke if they target corporations.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoGenerally no, unless it’s a pharmaceutical. Drugs require approval, everything else, including all kinds of “dietary supplements”, do not.
How is this possible? Doesn’t the FDA have to approve these products before they’re put on shelves?
The opiod crisis was FDA approved. Regulations in the US are a joke if they target corporations.
Generally no, unless it’s a pharmaceutical. Drugs require approval, everything else, including all kinds of “dietary supplements”, do not.