Browsing Harvard Law School by Keyword "health claims"
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DISEASE-PREVENTION CLAIMS AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT: "WHO WILL PROTECT US FROM OUR PROTECTORS?"
(1994)The area of disease-prevention claims ("health claims") for food poses a broad spectrum of dilemmas that often arise in the food and drug law area and in other regulatory situations. These recurring questions include: How ... -
Folic Acid and the American Food Supply: A historical account of the FDA's creation of the current folic acid regulations
(2003)During the 1980s, scientific studies began to uncover a link between the B-vitamin folic acid and a reduction in the prevalence of neural tube defects, including spina bifida and anencephaly. When Congress passed the ... -
The Regulation of Tea and Its Health-Related Claims in the Wake of Developing Scientific Evidence: Food, Drug, or Dietary Supplement?
(2004)This paper examines the place of tea in cultural and regulatory American society. Scientific evidence now abounds about the potential health benefits of tea, and this has put pressure on regulators at the Food and Drug ...