On Regularity and Regulation, Health Claims and Hype (At Law‪)‬

There is "a broad trend in the food industry--using nutrition-related claims to market products when the scientific substantiation that consumers will actually benefit is weak or non-existent.... Going after them one-by-one with the legal and resource constraints [that the Food and Drug Administration] work[s] under is a little like playing Whac-a-Mole, with one hand tied behind your back." (1) These are not the words of a harsh critic of the Food and Drug Administration. They were penned by the agency's deputy commissioner for food. That this is an insider's view makes it all the more troubling.