[denydenydeny]

The US is close behind.

There's no doubt that the faceless bureaucrats in the FDA would like to do this, but I really can't see it happening here.

Many millions of Americans take supplements. In Europe there is no equivalent to the GNCs, etc., in every mall in America. Supplements are part of American life in a way that they aren't in Europe. And I can't see Congress--especially a Republican Congress--permitting it.

[Sarah]

Are you sure? Or is that just hopeful thinking?
Remember pharmaceutical companies have large profits to make if vitamins are restricted.

[Colorado Buckeye]

There's no doubt that the faceless bureaucrats in the FDA would like to do this, but I really can't see it happening here.

Many millions of Americans take supplements. In Europe there is no equivalent to the GNCs, etc., in every mall in America. Supplements are part of American life in a way that they aren't in Europe. And I can't see Congress--especially a Republican Congress--permitting it.

I agree. I use supplements and know many others who do as well. There will be an incredible uproar in this country if the Congress tries to do something like this.

[Yardstick]

Many millions of Americans take supplements. In Europe there is no equivalent to the GNCs, etc., in every mall in America. Supplements are part of American life in a way that they aren't in Europe.

Funny you mention this. Just the other day I was flipping through Fernand Braudel's History of Civilizations (a book written for the French academy as the official text on world history), and he has a line in there which amounted to "those nutty Americans and their vitamin pills and chrome covered cars". He specifically mentioned vitamins. Apparently vitamins really are seen in Europe as an American thing.