> If the FDA were useful, it would be helping 23andMe rather than trying to take them down.
If the FDA were trying to take 23andMe down rather than helping them, they wouldn't have been working with them for several years to get them into compliance and only issued a Warning Letter after 23andMe walked away from the process.
Exactly. The FDA takes this shit seriously and will order you to take products off the market or shut you down completely if you fail to comply with their orders. Abbot famously ran afoul of this 10 years ago and it looks like they're having trouble again. http://www.mddionline.com/node/5701
If the FDA were trying to take 23andMe down rather than helping them, they wouldn't have been working with them for several years to get them into compliance and only issued a Warning Letter after 23andMe walked away from the process.