NNFA Action Alert! - There's Still Time: Stop Durbin Amendment to Defense Bill -

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Friday, June 18, 2004 5:52 PM

Spam Alert: NNFA Action Alert! - There's Still Time: Stop Durbin

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National Nutritional Foods Association

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Action Alert - URGENT!

 

There's Still Time: Stop Durbin Amendment to Defense Bill

 

On late Monday or Tuesday of next week, the Senate will vote on

amendments to a Department of Defense funding bill, S. 2400. Included in these

amendments is one introduced today by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) that will

restrict access to certain dietary supplements on military bases and place

reporting requirements on manufacturers that are stricter than those for

over-the-counter drugs. We oppose this amendment and ask that you tell your

Senators to oppose it, too.

 

A better approach to Sen. Durbin's amendment is a substitute

amendment being introduced on Monday or Tuesday of next week by Sens. Tom Harkin

(D-Iowa) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). This amendment will help ensure that the

Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), the law that governs

supplements, is fully implemented and enforced. It also directs the Food and

Drug Administration (FDA) to develop an appropriate system for the reporting of

serious adverse reactions to dietary supplements. Urge your Senators to support

this fair and comprehensive amendment that will benefit all Americans.

 

Sens. Harkin and Hatch recognize that DSHEA is a good law that

protects American consumers when the FDA does its job. Tell your Senators today

to vote " No " on Sen. Durbin's Senate Amendment 3225 to the Department of Defense

Authorization Bill and vote " Yes " on the substitute amendment from Sens. Harkin

and Hatch.

 

Take action now! Click here to send a free e-mail or fax to let your

Senators know that you support the amendment from Sens. Harkin and Hatch as a

substitute for Sen. Durbin's amendment.

 

 

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