MedlinePlus: FDA warns Hain over stevia use, calls herb unsafe

Link: MedlinePlus: FDA warns Hain over stevia use, calls herb unsafe.

Okay, this pisses me off. The FDA is harshing on Hain, a longtime natural foods manufacturer, about the use of stevia--even though it's been used safely in other countries for ages and the studies questioning its safety have long been exposeds as bullshit--and meanwhile Coca-Cola and Cargill are planning to market the stuff with nary a peep from the FDA in their direction. Now tell me, in how many ways is this whole situation full of crap? As if we needed any more proof that the FDA is in the pocket of big business ... grrr.