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References

1. Word IQ Encyclopedia (food entry)
According to the U.S. Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, ch. II, Sec. 201 (321) (f), “The term ''food'' means (1) articles used for food or drink for man or other animals, (2) chewing gum, and (3) articles used for components of any such article.”
According to the EU Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 “’food’ (or ‘foodstuff‘) means any substance or product, whether processed, partially processed or unprocessed, intended to be, or reasonably expected to be ingested by humans. ‘Food’ includes drink, chewing gum and any substance, including water, intentionally incorporated into the food during its manufacture, preparation or treatment.”
According to he U.K. Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16), Part I, ”’food’ includes—
(a) drink;
(b) articles and substances of no nutritional value which are used for human consumption;
(c) chewing gum and other products of a like nature and use; and
(d) articles and substances used as ingredients in the preparation of food or anything falling within this subsection.”

2. For example, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) insisted that "Alcohol is not a food or drink." However, the Committee of Fifty, a group of scientists asked to study the “liquor problem,“ examined the best available scientific evidence and concluded that alcohol is food. It is physiologically processed and treated by the body as food. Billings, John S., et al. (for the Committee of Fifty for the Investigation of the Liquor Problem). Physiological Aspects of the Liquor Problem. Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1903.

3. For example, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) insisted that “Medical writers, without exception, class alcohol as a poison.” The scientists of the Committee of Fifty for the Investigation of the Liquor Problem concluded that this was an erroneous assertion. Billings, John S., et al. (for the Committee of fifty for the Investigation of the Liquor Problem). Physiological Aspects of the Liquor Problem. Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1903.

4. Hanson, David J. Preventing Alcohol Abuse. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1995.

5. Alcohol and Health (http://www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol-info/AlcoholAndHealth.html)

6. Kowalski, R.E. The New 8-Week Cholesterol Cure. NY: HarperCollins, 2002, p. 91.

7. Edell, D. Eat, Drink and be Merry: America’s Doctor Tells You Why the Health Experts are Wrong. NY: HarperCollins, 1999, pp. 191-192.

8. Join Together Online; Health Reformer, 1-12-04; also see Ellison, R.C. Does Moderate Alcohol Consumption Prolong Life? NY: American Council on Science and Health, 1993; Ellison, R.C. Continuing reluctance to accept emerging scientific data on alcohol and health. AIM Digest, 2002, 11(1), 6-9.