Is Essiac tea a Drug?
Some people have referred to Essiac tea as a drug. However, Essiac is not a drug. Essiac is a non-toxic tea. Essiac does not disable or kill people like FDA-approved pharmaceutical drugs do. Also, many people drink Essiac tea simply because it is a pleasant-tasting beverage. Essiac is food. Eating food and drinking tea is a human right. No government agency has the right to interfere with that right. “During a two-year judicial trial in Hull, Quebec, at which Sheila [Snow] testified, a company manufacturing a decoction using the same herbs as those in the Essiac recipe was cited for advertising its product as a cure for cancer without applying for a Drug Identification number. The resulting adjudication classified the product as a food, not a drug. One of the defence attorneys presented the court with the following definitions: Food: A natural substance or combination of bio-organic substances containing nutrients or nutritive products to: * maintain and support living tissues * permit
