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[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

I was under the impression that the FDA used to be the gold standard for drug approval until Trump.

But yeah, our food standards have always been shit

[-] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

No I took a few nutrition courses in my undergrad and they always bring up the FDA as the gold standard of how NOT to run things, its frequently laughed at and sometimes downright shocking. I don't have specifics because I took those courses almost a decade ago now but if you're curious you can always conpare CFIA (Canadian food inspection agency) with FDA and you'll quickly see some clear differences.

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Oh I’m not contesting our food standards. I just thought the FDA was the gold standards for drug approval. The big issue with American food standards, IMO, is it operates on “prove this is unsuitable for consumption”, instead of the safer method of “prove this is suitable for consumption”

[-] CouFou@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Red food dye is a good example. It was only recently banned in the US after many other countries banned the use of it. https://www.fda.gov/food/hfp-constituent-updates/fda-revoke-authorization-use-red-no-3-food-and-ingested-drugs

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