Guest guest Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 In a message dated 9/28/2004 1:35:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, alonmarcus writes: FDA to take huge quantities of herbs off the market. >>>No because they are foods and if they do we will all go hungry alon Exactly. I think we have a wide spread problem that extends into our every day food stuffs. If the FDA was to start to pull herbs, that are considered food, then they would have to start pulling food. I think we would get an awakening if the amount of pollution in the food supply was really revealed. AFAIK Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 , " Jill A. Likkel " <jilllikkel@h..= ..> wrote: > > I wondered that myself. Perhaps there is no minimum risk? > Jill allowable lead can be up to 10 ppm in some foods, but some of our herbs lis= ted had more than this. from http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/phs13.html FDA has reviewed several direct human food ingredients and has determined t= hem to be ¡°generally recognized as safe¡± when used in accordance with current good = manufacturing practices.? Some of these ingredients contain allowable lead concentrations= that range from 0.1 to 10 parts per million (ppm). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 FDA to take huge quantities of herbs off the market. >>>No because they are foods and if they do we will all go hungry alon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Simon Can you mail me your email address thanks alon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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