Hi: In Canada, some useful definitions follow, from http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpfb-dgpsa/inspectorate/int_din_enf_directive_entire_ e.html
Class monograph: Means a document prepared by the Department of Health that lists the types and strengths of medicinal ingredients that may be contained in drugs of a specified class; and sets out labelling and other requirements that apply to those drugs. Drug: Under the Food and Drugs Act, a drug includes any substance or mixture of substances manufactured, sold or represented for use in: the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of a disease, disorder or abnormal physical state, or its symptoms, in human beings or animal; restoring, correcting or modifying organic functions in human beings or animals; or disinfection in premises in which food is manufactured, prepared or kept. Mineral supplements (Dietary mineral supplements): Mineral supplements are those that meet the requirements of a class monograph entitled "Mineral Supplements" or "Dietary Minerals Supplements", as the case may be. Products subject to special measures: For the purpose of this Directive, products subject to special measures refer to traditional medicines (i.e. traditional herbal medicines as well as traditional medicines such as Chinese, ayurvedic (East Indian) and aboriginal (North American) medicines), homeopathic preparations and vitamin and mineral supplements for human use, when in dosage form and for which prescriptions are not required. Traditional Medicine (TM): Drugs that: contain a plant, mineral or animal substance in respect of which therapeutic activity or disease prevention activity is claimed, including traditional herbal medicines, traditional Chinese medicines, ayurvedic (East Indian) medicines and traditional aboriginal (North American) medicines, and the medical use of which is based solely on historical and ethnological evidence from references relating to a medical system other than one based on conventional scientific standards. Vitamin supplements (Dietary vitamin supplements): Vitamin supplements are those that meet the requirements of a class monograph entitled "Vitamin Supplements" or "Dietary Vitamin Supplements", as the case may be. ======= So in Canada, making claims or descriptions of a product that we make or sell, that indicate any of the above, make us subject to the statute law that governs the same. Is this helpful? I'm sure the FDA is similar in this way. In Canada, we can not make claims or descriptions that violate the above or we have to comply with the accompanying regulations regarding manufacture and sale. See http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpfb-dgpsa/inspectorate/int_din_enf_directive_entire_ e.html The wisdom is in saying what it does, not in what it will do for you as Ode Coyote indicates below. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ode Coyote" <coyote...@earthlink.net> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 6:54 AM Subject: Re: CS>FTC regulations? > > The accurate statement is ... Kills 650 disease organisms. > I believe this can be verified. > That doesn't state that CS cures any diseases. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
