Todd Moody wrote:

>> Actually my understanding it has more to do with having to comply with FDA
>> food regulations if they market it as a food.
>
>Really?  I wonder what regulations they are concerned about.

Just that they exist and have to be followed. This is what Rainbow Meadow
had to say:

Since we don't want to deal with the regulations regarding food, we do not
give information on how to use it in food or sell it as food (although it
is food grade).  What you do with it after you buy it, however, is up to
you. I, and some of my customers, do use both the palm and coconut for
cooking, although I prefer the palm as it seems to have a higher smoke
point.  I've heated it as high as 400 degrees without it smoking when I
made donuts at Christmas.