U.S, Marshalls seize supplements - the latest health freedom outrage

[Guest guest]

See my notes at the end of this story -

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U.S. marshals seize supplements promoted as cures

 

Fri Oct 12, 3:36 PM ET

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. marshals seized $71,000 worth of goods

from a Florida company that illegally marketed supplements to treat

serious conditions such as diabetes, anemia and high blood pressure,

the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.

It said FulLife Natural Options, Inc., of Boca Raton, Florida, was

marketing Charantea Ampalaya Capsules and Charantea Ampalaya Tea as

an unapproved drug.

 

" These claims are evident in the products' labeling, including

promotional literature and FulLife's Internet Web site, " the FDA said

in a statement.

 

" Despite FDA's warnings, the firm failed to bring its marketing into

compliance with the law. During subsequent inspections, FDA

inspectors found that the offending claims were still being made. "

 

It said marshals also raided Charron Nutrition of Tallahassee,

Florida, last August, which was promoting its Glucobetic, Neuro-

betic, Ocu-Comp, Atri-Oxi, Super-Flex, MSM-1000, and Atri-E-400

capsules as treatments for diabetes, arthritis and other serious

health conditions.

 

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Notes:

 

Thank God it was a plant that has been used for centuries instead of

a real aproved drug like Fosmax, Gardasil, Avandia . . . .

 

Folks, this is an example of what the fight for health freedom is all

about! It is exactly what the FDA, through their underlings at the

State of Texas Agencies, are intending to do to Utopia Silver.

 

The public spoke loudly about their desire to have access to dietary

supplements when DSHEA was passed over mainstream objections. The

supreme court has ruled more than once on the issue of first

amendment protection of freedom of commercial speech as it

specifically applies to vitamins, minerals and supplements. And our

forefathers damned sure did not envision a government agency run

amuck that would so go against the will of the people and the law

itself.

 

Let's take a closer look at what this is all about:

 

Here is the " horrible " and dangerous offending website:

 

http://www.charanteausa.com/

 

But where are all the outrageous claims? Looks lke a pretty good

site to me. Commercial but reasoned, and a lot of good information

too. Let's see that the FDA warning letter can tell us about what it

was the FDA found objectionable

 

http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g6069d.htm

 

Doctor and patient testimonials? Factual statements about a natural

plant? What they are talking about here is Bitter Melon (Momordica

charantia) - with a history of safe and effective uses dating back

centuries. Note this excellent description of bitter melon on the

RainTree Rainforest Plant Database:

 

http://www.rain-tree.com/bitmelon.htm

 

Take a good look at what bitter melon has been used for, all the

countries it has been used in, and just look at all of the many, many

studies that actually have been performed. And yet, the FDA contends

that it has not been proven safe and effective? Only by rigging the

rules to make up their own definitions!

 

Let's be real - the problem with the studies is that they were not

conducted by a pharmaceutical company to support an altered and

patentable abomination. Look at this language in the FDA letter and

see how they use it to suppress competition to their lords and

masters and circumvent the will of the people and supreme law of the

land:

 

" Furthermore, your product is not generally recognized as safe and

effective for the above referenced conditions and therefore, the

product is also a " new drug " under section 201(p) of the Act [21

U.S.C. § 321(p)]. New drugs may not be legally marketed in the U.S.

without prior approval from FDA as described in section 505(a) of the

Act [21 U.S.C. § 355(a)]. FDA approves a new drug on the basis of

scientific data submitted by a drug sponsor to demonstrate that the

drug is safe and effective. Your product " Chararttea " is also

misbranded within the meaning of section 502(f)(1) of the Act, in

that the labeling for this drug fails to bear adequate directions for

use [21 U.S.C. § 352(f)(1)]. "

 

This is just such total hogwash. We all know how little harm dietary

supplements cause, despite the FDA and a trillion dollar industry's

best attempts to make mountains out of every mole hill they can find

or allege to find. How can there be ANY doubt as to who the FDA

serves? It surely is not the will of the people, nor is it anywhere

near the will of our founding fathers or our constitution.

 

As Thomas Jefferson observed, the government is supposed to be a

servant of the people and not vice versa. And as oour founding

fathers wisely decreed in the Declaration of Independence, when the

government fails to serve the people and their unalienable rights, it

is our duty to change the government or replace it.

 

In the instance of the FDA, which has become a law and government

unto itself, the time to exercise that duty seems to have arrived and

then some.

 

Yes folks, a true outrage!

 

Tony