[!! SPAM] Action Alert: Irradiating Food AND Supplements

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Thanks Dr. Goebel,

 

I just sent my letter in to the FDA as well. I pray they not poison us.... an armed revolt will be necessary if they do. Just my opinion of course.

 

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Michael Goebel

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 7:36 AM

[!! SPAM] Re: Action Alert: Irradiating Food AND Supplements

This was my letter to the FDA:I am an doctor and an Applied Clinical Nutritionist. I am 56 years old, and have been studying these issues for 31 years.II am a member of Citizens for Health (CFH), and I join CFH and the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) in opposition to a petition referenced in the preamble to FDA’s final rule on current good manufacturing practice for dietary supplements on June 25, 2007. I support CFH and AHPA’s opposition to this petition on the following grounds:--Proper handling of dietary supplements under current good manufacturing practice is usually sufficient to ensure that they are not subject to microbial contamination that presents any risk to the health of consumers of these products --If approved, the use of ionizing irradiation on herbal dietary ingredients will mask one of the factors that is currently relevant to the determination of ingredient quality, since information about microbial levels and the presence of pathogens or yeasts and molds at any time during the handling of a treated ingredient would be lost. Of particular concern are pathogens, since even if pathogenic organisms are eliminated through irradiation, pathogenic by-products such as endotoxins or exotoxins may remain in the material --Irradiation is currently allowed in the United States for eleven food categories, and in proposing that the limitation of ionizing radiation for dietary supplements be established at 30 kGy, the petition is suggesting that this limit be from 3 to 30 times higher that is currently allowed for all but two food categories. Dietary supplements may be consumed in quantities of several grams per day. Thus, dietary supplement consumers will be exposed to much higher levels of any material changes that occur in a supplement’s or ingredient’s characteristics or in its consequences of use, if any, as a result of the irradiation. Please honor the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), which protects supplements as safe unless proven otherwise, and deny the petition to irradiate supplements.This is of tantamount importance. I would favor armed revolution rather than have someone irradiate or otherwise denature my food. LIFE, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness! Any food w/o microorganisms is not worth eating. Any food that will not rot (food w/ enzymes destroyed) is not worth eating. Indeed, all such treated foods are slow poisons.Thank you, and I look forward to your reply.I am also sending it to many congressmen, today.Michael L. Goebel, D.C, ACN, and Christian patriotahzoov wrote:

 

 

 

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FDA Petition Filed Requesting Irradiation of Dietary Supplements:Join CFH and AHPA in Saying "NO" to Irradiation!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Supporter,

 

 

 

On December 17, 2007, Citizens for Health (CFH) joined with the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) in opposing a petition filed with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow the use of ionizing radiation for the control of microbial contamination on dietary supplements and dietary ingredients.

 

 

 

AHPA became aware of the petition when it was referenced in the preamble to FDA's final rule on current good manufacturing practice for dietary supplement on June 25, 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click Above to Read More and Send Your Letter Opposing Irradiation of Supplements!

 

 

 

In requesting that the petition be denied, AHPA identified several concerns, including that because "proper handling of these ingredients under current good manufacturing practice is usually sufficient to ensure that dietary supplements are not subject to microbial contamination that presents any risk to the health of consumers of these products . . . there is generally no need for ionizing radiation as a treatment for this class of goods."

 

 

 

We have joined with AHPA because we know what you do - that dietary supplements have a strong track record of safety established over years, decades, and in some cases, centuries of use by people all aorund the world. The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) established that the law here in the United States affirms that supplements are considered safe unless proven otherwise. Yet the filers of the petition believe our supplements need to be bombarded by radiation at levels 3 to 30 times higher that is currently allowed for all but two food categories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click Above to Read More and Remind FDA that Supplements are Already Safe!

 

Remember that now, as it has been at every point in our nation's history, if it were not for the dedication of the few, the vast majority of us would not enjoy the rights and freedoms we do. Your voice is needed now to preserve our access to food and supplements free from irradiation.

 

Thanks for taking action,

 

 

 

The Citizens for Health Team

 

 

 

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