The founders never imagined that a trial such as this would ever take place in America. Because they never thought the federal government would even attempt to control what we keep in our medicine cabinets and kitchen cabinets. There was no such thing as the FDA until 1906, when the Pure Food and Drugs Act permitted the government to seize dangerous substances. Then in 1938 they required that safety data be submitted for evaluation. In 1962, all of those products and any new ones had to submit data on effectiveness and wait until the FDA approved the drug before it could be marketed.
Law begins in philosophy.
First you have the philosophy, and from that philosophy you create the constitution, the great law of the nation. And that constitution then authorizes the government to pass laws or statutes. And in our country today, though not at the last turn of the century, the statutes allow agencies to create regulations which also have the force and effect of law. But in this case, ladies and gentlemen, they did not even create a regulation. They never tested this vitamin.