The outlawing of Vitamin B6?

The FDA has effectively banned a naturally-occurring form of vitamin B6 called pyridoxamine by declaring it to be a drug, reports the American Association for Health Freedom. Responding to a petition filed by a drug company, the FDA declared pyridoxamine to be "a new drug."

Now, any nutritional supplements containing pyridoxamine will be considered adulterated and illegal by the FDA, which may raid vitamin companies and seize such products. See the history of FDA raids on vitamin companies here at one of the most up to date sources of natural health related news updates, Natural News.

Pyridoxamine occurs naturally in fish, chicken and other foods, putting the FDA in the strange position of banning a substance from dietary supplements even though it is already present in the food supply.

This is not the first time the FDA has declared a natural occurring vitamin to be a "drug".

You may have heard of a similar story involving the beneficial ingredient found in red yeast rice, lovastatin, that is purported to lower high cholesterol. According to some sources, the drug companies engaged in "biopiracy", laying a patented claim on a certain molecule in red yeast rice to make their patented "statin drugs." Once the statin drugs were patented, Big Pharma and the FDA went after red yeast rice, claiming the supplement was "adulterated with pharmaceuticals."

One unidentified source claims this scenario is similar to Big Pharma laying a patent claim on vitamin C, then the FDA claiming that all oranges and lemons were adulterated with drugs because they naturally contain their own vitamin C.

This is the insanity of the FDA as it operates today. You can read more about questionable FDA actions on  www.FDAreform.org and other internet sources.

Will this ruling on pyridoxamine affect nutritional supplements? Yes, absolutely!

According to what I have gathered, any supplements containing this form of vitamin B6 can now be declared "adulterated" by the FDA. Manufacturers of such supplements can be arrested and shut down for engaging in "illegal drug trafficking." 

This action appears to be indicative of is the FDA's agenda to criminalize nutritional supplement companies and limit consumers' access to Mother Nature's remedies.