By that logic we shouldn’t hold restaurants to strict standards of cleanliness because it cuts into their bottom lines and creates a barrier to entry as well. Also, automakers shouldn’t be held to safety standards like requiring vehicles have seat belts, headlights and windshield wipers.
Proving that your dietary supplement isn’t poisonous should absolutely be a barrier to entry, since they’re marketed as if they’re drugs. They’re technically treated like foods, but let’s be serious here, they’re filling the same market niches as drugs, and people assume they’re held to standards of purity, safety and effectiveness because of that association. If the producers want their supplements treated in a regulatory sense as foods, then they shouldn’t be allowed to turn around and market them as drugs. It’s deceptive and is harmful to the public who trusts that drugs are held to a high standard.
