FDA Codex ~ Aug. 22 Deadline

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Hello:

 

I am a new member of this group. I would like to share this information about

Codex.

 

Thank You,

Pam Young

 

 

 

HEALTH FREEDOM ALERT

 

http://www.lef.org/featured-articles/health_freedom_080602.html

 

The FDA is attempting to medicalize dietary supplements in order to limit your

access to these safe products.

 

The FDA has an August 22 deadline on a comments period regarding their Draft

Comments to the UN's Codex Alimentarius Commission's Committee on Nutrition and

Foods for Special Dietary Use.

 

FDA is attempting to make an end run around US dietary supplement laws and to

set us up for harmonization to very restrictive international vitamin standards,

but with your help they can be stopped!!

 

Please send the following comment to: ncrane, with a cc to your

Senators and Congressmen.

 

[for email addresses of your Senators and Congressmen see http://www.senate.gov

and http://www.house.gov]

 

also cc your comment to jham

Beth Yetley, FDA c/o Nancy Crane, FDA

 

Re: Comment on FDA Draft Proposal to Codex CCNFSDU on Dietary Supplements

 

Dear Dr.Yetley:

 

Re FDA proposed language: item 5.9, which states:

 

" We recommend the following revision: 'All labels should bear a statement that a

supplement should be taken on an advice of a nutritionist, a dietician, or a

medical doctor "

 

Dr.Yetley: When is the FDA going to STOP attempting to medicalize safe dietary

supplements which are regulated in the USA as FOODS?

 

You have no legal mandate to attempt to go beyond the firm dictates of US law

when you are at Codex meetings in Germany.

 

FDA has lost on first amendment grounds in the Pearson decision, and when FDA

refused to obey the court's decision, FDA was sued again and lost. FDA has no

choice but to allow health claims to be put on labels pertaining to folic acid

and the prevention of neural tube defects and other similar matters.

 

This is as it should be, not only in the USA, but throughout the world.

 

Consumers have a RIGHT to learn about the beneficial health properties of

dietary supplements on the label, at the point of sale.

 

By putting the above language on the label (that supplements should be taken on

the advice of a nutritionist, dietician, or an MD) you are attempting to violate

the spirit of DSHEA in an international forum, and you have no legal right to do

that.

 

You are attempting to waste valuable space on the label that can be put to

better use directly informing consumers regarding the beneficial properties of

these safe food substances, you are attempting to medicalize dietary

supplements, and you are attempting to go through CODEX to make an end run

around US domestic laws by attempting to set us up for harmonization to

restrictive international standards.

 

I therefor INSIST that you STRIKE the above proposed revision in item 5.9 and

replace it with the following language instead: " item 5.9 we recommend the

following revision " All labels should bear scientific structure function health

claims similar to those provided for under the American Dietary Supplement

Health and Education Act of 1994 to directly assist consumers in making positive

health decisions for themselves and their families at the point of sale while

reading the label on the product.

 

The USA again reiterates its desire that all attempts to continue creating an

international standard for vitamins and minerals cease at Codex and that this

matter is best left up to national authorities to decide. "

 

Dr.Yetley: I remind you, and Congress, that you lost the Pearson court decision,

and when you attempted to ignore the Judge, you were sued and lost again on this

issue.

 

Do not attempt to get around US law when you are in Germany representing the USA

at Codex meetings.

 

You have no legal right to make the statement in item 5.9 'All labels should

bear a statement that a supplement should be taken on an advice of a

nutritionist, a dietician, or a medical doctor "

 

I INSIST that you replace that language with " All labels should bear scientific

structure function health claims similar to those provided for under the

American Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 to directly assist

consumers in making positive health decisions for themselves and their families

at the point of sale while reading the label on the product.

 

The USA again reiterates its desire that all attempts to continue creating an

international standard for vitamins and minerals cease at Codex and that this

matter is best left up to national authorities to decide. "

 

I am copying this letter to you to my Senators and Congressmen and am asking

them to oppose all efforts to erode US sovereignty via FTAA.

 

The last thing we need in this hemisphere is a version of the EU dictatorship

given the way the EU is attempting to ban consumer access to dietary

supplements. See Pearson v Thomson http://www.emord.com.

 

Sincerely,

[Your Name and Address]

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You should think the FDA would focus their energy on REAL problems like

this......

 

http://consumerlawpage.com/article/drugs_that_kill.shtml