I just received a marketing brochure from ICI (Intelligent Choice
International), makers of DHA from tuna fish eye-socket oil.  I want to
share one part of it with you [remember that this was written by someone
whose native language is Japanese]:

Industry has undertaken the marketing and sales of various fish oils and
fish oil-derived products.  In order to illustrate the interest of large
pharmaceutical and food companies, we attach promotional material prepared
by Hoffman LaRoche of Switzerland and by Martek Corporation of Columbia,
Maryland.  It should be mentioned that the Martek product called Formulaid,
which contains a mixture of DHA and arachidonic acid (an omega-6 PUFA
essential to growth of the embryo and fetus) and is marketed in Europe, is
still awaiting lengthy United States Food and Drug Administration approval
procedures in the U.S. due to its marine algae origin.  However, there are
no such limitations of any kind on the immediate use of such a mixture based
on the extra virgin tuna oil we produce.

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