The ‘Food’ and the ‘Drug’ parts behave very differently. By default food products are allowed. There may be purity requirements or restaurant regulations but you don’t need to run studies or get approvals to serve an edible product or a new combination. By default drugs are banned.
I think the FDA is under zealous about heavy metals and other contaminants. But the FDA does a decent job of regulating food. However the ‘drug’ side is a nightmare. But the two situations are de facto handled in very, very different ways. So its not obvious why an argument would cover both of them.
The ‘Food’ and the ‘Drug’ parts behave very differently. By default food products are allowed. There may be purity requirements or restaurant regulations but you don’t need to run studies or get approvals to serve an edible product or a new combination. By default drugs are banned.
I think the FDA is under zealous about heavy metals and other contaminants. But the FDA does a decent job of regulating food. However the ‘drug’ side is a nightmare. But the two situations are de facto handled in very, very different ways. So its not obvious why an argument would cover both of them.