What’s involved in the Health Claim Petition Process and is it really a big deal? Well let’s take a look. How many here have ever heard of Folic Acid? Have you ever heard a PSA (Public Service Announcement) for Folic Acid? You know, the March of Dimes now runs TV announcements as to the importance of Folic Acid and that women of child bearing age should be consuming Folic Acid to reduce their risks of having a child with a Neural Tube Birth Defect. Well those claims had to be litigated! Yes, that’s right, the FDA did not want these claims to be freely disseminated! The FDA had to be SUED, and the courts agreed that this information should be allowed to be given to the public. Since these claims were allowed by the courts, these Birth Defects have declined by 50-70% in the US and parts of Canada! Just think of the many thousands of children born healthy that would not have been with out the dissemination of this information! Now many industrialized nations are disseminating this information. We believe that the public is better off by getting more information to better come to an educated decision regarding their own health. The FDA believes The public’s access to health information should be limited to what The FDA allows, which is quite limited.