In article <[email hidden]>,
Bob (this one) said:They're categorized as "non-foods" because they aren't
foods. They're medicines. It doesn't matter how often you
take medicines, they aren't food. I take aspirin, fish oil
capsules and a multivitamin every day. They aren't food. I
eat lobster just a few times a year. It's food. The pills
and capsules are a regular part of my daily ingestion but
they still aren't foods.
Food is what we consume for the nutritive value and the
pleasure it can provide. Medicine is what we consume to
somehow deal with or correct an abnormality. Medicines, by
definition, aren't foods, although some foods can also be
medicines because of the effects they can have.
Agreed, but in the context of the original post to which I
responded, the distinction could be confusing: "FDA
recognizes kaolin as a safe additive to cosmetics and
toothpaste because it's inert. Kaolin is used to coat paper
to make it shiny and give it body, and is, therefore,
designated as an indirect additive to any foods wrapped in
such papers. Likewise it's an additive to many polymers used
in packaging and will be thereby an indirect additive to
foods wrapped in them. Kaolin is not approved for direct
addition to chocolates or other foods."
All of the examples mentioned are items not taken internally
(with the exception of toothpaste, which is not usually
swallowed, or foods that may have some kaolin incidentally
rubbed onto them from the papers or polymers they were
wrapped in). Therefore, in in response to the last sentence,
I noted that there is a substance to which kaolin is
directly added, in significant quantity, that is intended to
be taken internally. The antidiarrheals certainly aren't
food in the sense that you take them for nutrition or
pleasure (unless you're a pretty warped individual), but
they aren't in the same category as the cosmetics,
toothpaste, coated papers, or polymers that kaolin was noted
to be added to. Therefore, my question, which merely noted
the direct-ingestion use.
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