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singular_me
4th February 2015, 05:54 AM
I am going to buy a few bottles
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Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps is a family owned soap company popular for its all organic ingredients and the health benefits they have to offer. They began manufacturing and selling soap under their current name in 1948, though the legacy and development of the company can be traced all the way back to 1858. But not only does this company sell organics, they actively fight for them. They actively support and help fund several movements including re-commercializing industrial hemp, integrity in organic labeling, animal rights, and GMO labeling.

So is it any wonder they would find themselves being harassed by the FDA?

Dr. Bronner’s received a letter from the FDA earlier this year declaring that their product Magic “All-One!” Fresh-Pressed Virgin Coconut Oil to be an “unapproved drug”. The letter from the FDA sent on July 8th, 2014 states:

Based on our review of the product label, we have determined that your product is promoted for conditions that cause it to be a drug under section 201(g)(1)(B) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (the Act) [21 U.S.C. § 321(g)(1)(B)]. The therapeutic claims on your label establish that the product is a drug because it is intended for use in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.

What was this claim you ask?

“Clinical research confirms that the saturated medium chain fatty acids (MCT’s) in [Virgin Coconut Oil], such as lauric acid, actually improve blood cholesterol by increasing the ratio of HDL to LDL cholesterol.”

Now if this was false information, I personally wouldn’t have a problem with the action taken by the FDA here. Mislabeling products are what get people angry with commercial food distributers and independent manufacturers/distributers should be of no exception. However, this information is not false. Clinical research does in fact support the claims made on the packaging. But mislabeling isn’t the issue here.

The issue here is the FDA fighting the awareness and distribution of organic products with potential healing properties. Despite the clinical research behind the health benefits of MCT’s the FDA continues in the letter to say:

Your product is not generally recognized as safe and effective for the above referenced uses and, therefore, the product is a “new drug” under section 201(p)(1) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 321(p)(1)]. New drugs may not be legally introduced or delivered for introduction into interstate commerce without prior approval from the FDA, as described in section 505(a) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 355(a)]; see also section 301(d) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 331(d)]. FDA approves a new drug on the basis of scientific data submitted by a drug sponsor to demonstrate that the drug is safe and effective.


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Horn
4th February 2015, 07:25 AM
Did they attack the soap, or some other skin care product's labeling?

BrewTech
4th February 2015, 07:46 AM
The FDA should shut all these producers of organic materials and natural food-based supplements down. Everyone KNOWS that all human disease is caused by a lack of whatever the pharmaceutical industry is selling!

Duh!














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Horn
4th February 2015, 08:02 AM
They never seem to have any problems with Procter and Gambles 13 star logo?

http://gold-silver.us/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7248&stc=1

palani
4th February 2015, 08:06 AM
I sure wish the FDA had been around when mom chose to wash my mouth out with soap!!!!

Saponification is a process of separating glycerin from animal or vegetable fat. Lye is used in the process. In older times the lye was made from water passed through wood ashes.

Twisted Titan
4th February 2015, 08:35 AM
The serpent has started to swallow its tail in earnest.

Bronner is a dyed in the blue jewish family.

I actually like the product and use as much as i can.

The bronner story is very interesting as i saw breif documentary on it

Uncle Salty
4th February 2015, 12:37 PM
“Clinical research confirms that the saturated medium chain fatty acids (MCT’s) in [Virgin Coconut Oil], such as lauric acid, actually improve blood cholesterol by increasing the ratio of HDL to LDL cholesterol.”

Now if this was false information, I personally wouldn’t have a problem with the action taken by the FDA here.

Is there any science or studies that show the MCT's work on cholesterol levels when used topically as a soap at levels that are present in Dr. Bronners soap? If not, they can't say it.

Seems a stretch to me.

Just stick to saying the soap makes you clean. Let sleeping dogs lie.