Why is the FDA Picking on Cherry Growers?
March 2006 On October 17, 2005, letters went out from the Food and Drug Administration warning tart cherry purveyors that they had better quit telling people that tart cherries have health benefits or dire things are going to happen. The lucky recipients were warned that it’s illegal to say things like, “The same chemicals that give tart cherries their color may relieve pain better than aspirin and ibuprofen.” Testimonials such as, “I no longer take any drugs!” had better cease – or else. Although most of the 29 letters were aimed at Michigan tart cherry growers, some were fired off to growers of other berries in other states. What prompted the berry attack is still at large. Inquiries to the office of Judith Putz, compliance office for the FDA’s Detroit district office, didn’t yield answers beyond that the FDA had become aware that people were “making claims.” The action is not unprecedented, however. Back in 2001, somebody at Food and Drug got bugged about a different berry – the cra
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