Show The Fight of Food Quackery Fighting food quackery has been one of the major enforcement enforcement enforce ment problems of our Food and Drug Dlug Administration for more than half a century ONE OF TIlE THE leading food supplement companies has seven seven seven sev sev- en times as many door lo salesmen as the Food and Drug Administration has staff stare meIn mem members bers bels on its entire staff The years year's supply of some of these diet supplements supplements' for one adult costs That would woul d tiny fi n if e a in ou one years year's time THERE ARE ONLY 12 vitas vit vita vitamins mins and minerals wl winch which ich are recognized by the council on on foods and nutrition of the Amer- Amer ican Association as appropriate appropriate ap ape for general food sup supplements claim mysterious ingredients which on analysis are arc found to be nothing more than combinations of dehydrated dehy ed cd vegetables and plants MOST OF SUCH food supplements supplements supplements supple supple- ments in themselves are arc harmless harmless harmless harm harm- less except to your bank account ac account count and yet they may b be e highly dangerous How Man Manare Manare Many ey y are sold by door door lo to door s sales les- les men t vho claim miraculous miraculous' re recoveries i from various ailment ailments s due to the use of their bran brand d of food supplement The Food and Drug Adminis especially concerned d to lay to-lay ty about all aU the food fOo supple supplements supplements ments which 31 being rom cd ed as cure alls cure alls for condition s which require medical atten tion This dama damage e can be great grea when patients with diseases o othe othe oj the nerves blood liver kid kic kidneys h heart art or digestive digestive- tract rac neglect proper t medical treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment in the hopes they ca car can n find a cure in in ina a capsule |