FDA Antioxidants/Cancer Risk Reduction Claim Ban Found Unconstitutional
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA's rejection of an antioxidants/cancer risk reduction health claim fails to satisfy the conditions that permit a ban of the claim because evidence exists supporting the relationship, according to a Dec. 26 Washington, D.C. federal court opinion
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