I probably sound like a nut, but this is what I wrote them:
I am so strongly opposed to this regulatory action its hard for me to put it into words. The fda needs to focus more of its resources into keeping our food supply safe from things like e.coli in spinach and lettuce, poison in dog food and dangerous baby food, to name a few. Stay focused on things that are actually harmful and hurting and killing people, children and pets instead of regulating the supplement industry. Its absolutely clear to me why this issue is coming up yet again, and its sad for me to write it, but Im sure its a monetary issue, and is a direct result of pressure from big business seeking to cash in and monopolize yet another aspect of what freedoms of choice we still have available. Allow me to cite a direct example, recently a friends doctor told him to try this new 'medicine' omacor for his health, well omacor is essentially fish oil, that has now been approved by the FDA, but instead of paying about $10 for a 3 month supply of fishoil from the heatlh food store, hes supposed to get a prescription filled which costs him $30 for a month copay, and charges his health insurance company close to $150 or more. I personally dont need to pay $200 a month for my multivitamin which I have been taking since Mom had me taking flinstones chewables as a child if the FDA regulates everything to such an extent that it makes it impossible for all but the largest corporations to be compliant and profitable. You, the FDA, need to focus on things that are actually affecting peoples lives and health right now and not bow to any pressures that are obviously coming from big businesses with clear cut monetary interest. Im shocked that this is even allowed to continue to be an issue in a world where we have people dying from terrorism, school shootings, torrential storms and floods brought on by years of ignored global warming, people across America getting sick and dying from eating poisened and tainted food, yet the best the FDA can do is once again try to regulate the supplement industry. Leave supplements, herbs, minerals and the supplement industry alone. Protect us, our families, our children and our pets from being poisened or killed from eating something we bought at the grocery store. Do your jobs for Gods sake, your supposed to be the Food and Drug Administration, at least make getting the food supply safe a main priority before you start bending to political pressures.