Question

Cranberries and grapes may have therapeutic value. A cranberry company obtained the patent for a process to extract the oil from cranberry seeds. According to the patent, this oil can be used to treat breast cancer or to reduce its incidence. The oil can be used in drinks and foods. A grape juice company claims to have evidence that certain grapes have health benefits ranging from improving cardiovascular health to improving cognitive brain function in the elderly. These claims will be tested by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before the companies are allowed to market their products for “treating” ailments or “improving” health. Until then, the companies can describe that their products “help to maintain” or “support” health. Until studies support their claims, the companies cannot ascribe direct health benefits to their products. Why would the FDA perform tests when a cranberry company and a grape company have already conducted research on the same products?

Answer 1

A. The FDA is the only organization that can test if health actually improves.

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Answer 2

The FDA has a purpose to only allow safe medications on the market, as well as to have full information about them before allowing the companies to claim that they are good for some things. The reason for this is to not allow the companies to manipulate with the people and sell them products with claims on them that are not realistic. Also, the people should be protected, and they should only get safe medications that have been tested and proved to be as claimed by the companies in order to help them.

If the FDA is not conducting their own private research before the companies are allowed to claim something about their product, than their will be a lot of manipulation on the pharmaceutical market.