http://www.fda.gov/o...5-01-vol160.pdf
Although most people if not all would see this as a good thing....it is not and heres why:
The FDA has strict guidelines for what they consider dietary supplements. (http://www.cfsan.fda...oview.html#what).
What is a "new dietary ingredient" in a dietary supplement?
The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994 defined both of the terms "dietary ingredient" and "new dietary ingredient" as components of dietary supplements. In order for an ingredient of a dietary supplement to be a "dietary ingredient," it must be one or any combination of the following substances:
a vitamin,
a mineral,
an herb or other botanical,
an amino acid,
a dietary substance for use by man to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary intake (e.g., enzymes or tissues from organs or glands), or
a concentrate, metabolite, constituent or extract.
A "new dietary ingredient" is one that meets the above definition for a "dietary ingredient" and was not sold in the U.S. in a dietary supplement before October 15, 1994.
Piracetam does not meet any of these criteria, thus it would not be approved.
By trying to approve an unapprovable compound as a supplement, the FDA may choose to look more carefully at US suppliers and ban its sale as it is currently doing with andro.
I believe it is best to stay off the FDA radar.
