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Don't Let Congress Overturn Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act ALERTTAKE ACTIONNOW!Please Phone, mail or email your Senator today. Click on this link:http://capwiz.com/nnfa/issues/alert/?alertid=2103491 & type=COThen scroll all the way down and fill out your name and address. Your letter will be emailed to your Senator. --------------------------Don't Let Congress Overturn the Hard-Fought Victory of theDietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 A new bill called the "Dietary Supplement Safety" Act(S.722) has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. Despite itstitle, it would allow no more consumer protection thancurrent law – the Dietary Supplement Health and EducationAct (DSHEA) – provides. It would, however, significantlyundermine many of the freedoms that American consumers ofdietary supplements hold dear. Click here to view S.722. Oppose this Legislation! The Food and Drug Administration must not be granted new andunprecedented authority to subject safe and beneficialproducts to additional and unnecessary scrutiny. This billwould subject nearly all vitamins, minerals, herbal productsand other supplements to a level of scrutiny that is bothunwarranted and unnecessary. Products that have been usedsafely for hundreds – and in some cases, thousands – ofyears would be subject to clinical evaluation usingstandards that are at the complete discretion of the FDA. The government must not be allowed to limit the freedom ofchoice of American consumers when it comes to their health.By questioning the safety of any dietary supplement thatreceives even one complaint, hundreds of products that havebeen safely and beneficially used could be removed from themarketplace. Under this new legislation, the FDA hascomplete discretion to make this determination, regardlessof whether the product was used under conditions cautionedagainst by the manufacturer on the label. The government must not be allowed to single-out dietarysupplements. By almost every measure, and by a wide margin,dietary supplements can be used more safely thanconventional foods and OTC drugs. Yet this legislationexempts foods in these product categories from beingclassified as stimulants. Specifically, the bill unfairlyexcludes the most common "stimulant" ingredient in foods –caffeine. TAKE ACTION NOW! This bill could be added to existing Senate legislation atany time. We need you to take two vital steps to immediatelylet your Senators know you oppose this bill. Call your Senators now.To reach your Senators' offices, callthem either through the Capitol Hill switchboard at (202)224-3121 or directly at their Washington, D.C. or localoffices. To find contact information for your electedofficials, simply click on the Elected Officials link above.When you reach your Senator's office, ask to speak with thestaff member in charge of health-related issues and givethem this simple message: As your constituent, I urge you to oppose any efforts byyour fellow Senators to pass S. 722, the so-called DietarySupplement "Safety" Act, recently introduced by SenatorRichard Durbin. I am deeply concerned that rather thanpassing this new act - which would unnecessarily expand theauthority of the Food and Drug Administration - Congressshould instead investigate and oversee ways in which theFood and Drug Administration can make full use of itscurrent and more-than-adequate authority as granted by theDietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994. E-mail your Senators now. Simply enter your ZIP code in the"Take Action Now" button above to locate your senators andrepresentatives, make any changes you feel necessary to thesample letter, and click "submit." A copy of your letterwill be sent to the two U.S. Senators from your state. Acopy of the letter will also be sent to you confirming whichSenators received the letter. Don't delay – this bill has the potential to radically amendone of this country’s most important and beneficial laws,the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994.

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