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Article: FDA throws in the towel on antioxidant and cancer claim.
- Article from:
- Nutraceuticals International
- Article date:
- May 1, 2003
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The US Food and Drug Administration has cleared another qualified health claim after conceding a legal battle arising from the Pearson versus Shalala ruling of January 1999 (NIs passim). Antioxidant vitamins on the US market will now be able to carry claims linking their consumption with a reduced risk of some cancers.
A lawsuit challenging the agency's suppression of the claim on First Amendment grounds (Whitaker et al versus Thompson et al) had been filed by Emord & Associates on behalf of Julian Whitaker, Durk Pearson, Sandy Shaw, Pure Encapsulations and Wellness Lifestyles. In December 2002, the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of ...