Is Silver 100 approved by the FDA?
The foods we buy, and the dietary supplements we buy, are monitored by the FDA for safety, but the FDA does not typically “approve” themthey don’t need to be approved by the FDA in order to be sold. FDA approval typically only applies to “drugs”. The ingredients in Silver 100 are all substances commonly found in many fruits and vegetables. Silver 100 is a dietary supplement, and therefore does not require FDA approval.
The FDA issued a final rule, effective September 16, 1999, finding and establishing that “all OTC drug products containing colloidal silver ingredients or silver salts for internal or external use are not generally recognized as safe and effective”. A product is considered an “OTC drug” product if it is sold over-the-counter to prevent or treat a disease. Silver 100 contains silver salts and is therefore encompassed under this rule. Essentially, all the ruling says is that such silver products are in the same category as all other products they aren’t to be sold “as drugs” unless they first go through the FDA drug approval process. The reason the FDA finalized a rule that speaks specifically to products containing such silver products, even though the rule essentially just states that such silver products are under the same guidelines as virtually all other products, was apparently that there was confusion about whether such silver products were “grandfathered in”. Certain companies ha
