Hi Ed: What, if you remember, was the exact link? The FDA cannot expect you to control the content on another website not owned by you. If the link is to be interpreted as a label, then were their words in the link text that suggested either diagnosis, prescribe, treat, or otherwise make a health claim with the silver?
...very curious! Best Regards, Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Kasper" <edkas...@pacbell.net> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 12:42 PM Subject: RE: CS>RE: silver is a legal food additive (used in bakery etc.) > The FDA only has objection to health claims. > I sell CS on my website. I link to the silver list and tell people that they > can make it themselves. > > In a letter the FDA warned me: > > 1.that any links are to be interrupted as a label. Therefore links that make > medical claims are medical claims made by me. > > > 2. That [as a California licensed acupuncturist and herbalist] I may make > dietary suggestions. However dietary suggestions - in their view - mean that > it must be consumed and not placed on the skin. (I suggested that CS may > help when applied directly to the skin in certain cases). > > Ed > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:mdud...@king-cart.com] > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 9:32 AM > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: CS>RE: silver is a legal food additive (used in bakery > etc.) > > > The FDA also allows silver in decorations. > > http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/humannutrition/_fndigest/1996/marapr96.htm > > Q. Are those little decorative silver balls that are put on cupcakes and > things safe? > A. The FDA has a fact sheet on Dragees (their actual name) and states that > "We have no evidence of harm to health from the extremely small quantity of > silver in the coating. Therefore, the FDA has not objected to the presence > of silver on these decorations when they are used as a cake decoration." > (RB) > > Marshall > > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
