FRESH & WILD STORES BACK ANH LAWSUIT TO OVERTURN EU FOOD SUPPLEMENT DIRECTIVE

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> FRESH & WILD STORES BACK ANH LAWSUIT TO

> OVERTURN EU FOOD SUPPLEMENT DIRECTIVE

>

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> IAHF List: See the press release below my comments

> from ANH. It is very good news that Fresh and Wild,

> (a UK division of Whole Foods Market in the USA) is

> supporting the ANH lawsuit to overturn the EU Food

> Supplement Directive.

>

> If you live in London, please go to Fresh and Wild

> TODAY July 15th. 5% of the money you spend there

> today will go towards the ANH lawsuit.

>

> If you live in the USA, and shop in Whole Foods,

> please urge them to do the same thing in the USA

> that they're doing in London. Please show them this

> article

>

http://www.thehealthcrusader.com/pgs/article-0104-ban.shtml

>

> Whole Foods must awaken to the GLOBAL IMPORTANCE of

> the ANH lawsuit, they MUST grasp that the American

> supplement industry is being led to the cliff from

> WITHIN.

>

> No matter where you live in the world, it is

> IMPERATIVE that you donate anything you can to ANH

> via http://www.alliance-natural-health.org via their

> website and that you forward this email to more

> people so they'll sign on to the IAHF email

> distribution list for updates at http://www.iahf.com

> Together, we CAN STOP the Pharma Cartel!!

>

>

http://www.alliance-natural-health.org/index.cfm?action=news & ID=88

>

> Fresh & Wild backs ANH campaign

> Leading organic wholefood and natural remedies

> retailer Fresh & Wild is donating 5% of one day's

> (15 July) turnover to the ANH campaign.

>

> PRESS RELEASE

>

> BUY YOUR FRUIT AND VEGGIES AT FRESH AND WILD – AND

> HELP PROTECT THE FUTURE OF NATURAL HEALTHCARE!

>

> Support for the Alliance for Natural Health’s legal

> challenge against the Food Supplements Directive

> continues to grow. The ANH, which is comprised of

> scientists, medical doctors, complementary medicine

> practitioners, lawyers, consumers, suppliers,

> retailers and manufacturers of innovative natural

> health products, has recently secured the support of

> Fresh & Wild, a chain of organic wholefood and

> natural remedies outlets. Fresh & Wild joins a host

> of other ANH supporters including Nutri and

> Nutri-Link (two major UK-based practitioner

> suppliers), G & G Vitamins (one of the largest food

> supplement manufacturers in the UK), CAM

> associations including the British Association of

> Nutritional Therapists (BANT) and the Institute for

> Complementary Medicine, Hela Pharma (the largest

> food supplement manufacturer in Sweden), Alpha Plus

> (the largest practitioner supplier in Sweden) and

> the two key Irish health trade associations, the

> Irish Health Trade Association and the Irish

> Association of Health Stores.

>

> In addition, the ANH is supported by major US-based

> innovative product manufacturers and suppliers such

> as Metagenics and Douglas Laboratories. These

> companies join the thousands of consumers in the UK

> and elsewhere who have contributed to the ANH’s

> legal challenge fund, expected to require at least

> £250,000 to completion. ANH and its top flight

> barristers are within weeks of finalising its

> landmark case now destined for the European Court of

> Justice in Luxembourg.

>

> The case is likely to be heard in 2005 and goes

> right to the heart of the issues that are central to

> the development of natural therapies as a valid

> alternative to allopathic medicine.

>

> The directive, if not successfully challenged, will

> have the effect of banning as of August 2005 up to

> 300 vitamin and mineral forms contained in thousands

> of different food supplement products, many of which

> include food-form nutrients. But it is subsequent

> phases of the directive that are likely to ‘break

> the camel’s back’. After 2005, restrictions will be

> placed both on allowed dosages of vitamins and

> minerals as well as on the existing huge range of

> non-vitamin and mineral ingredients, such as herbs,

> phytonutrients, amino acids, essential fatty acids,

> fibre, pre-/pro-biotics, enzymes, and other

> nutrients.

>

> Such attacks against natural therapies are not

> restricted to regulators in the European Union. UK

> supermarket giants Tesco and Asda have recently been

> prosecuted for informing customers that consumption

> of fruit or vegetables will reduce their risk of

> diseases like cancer and heart disease, the number

> one and two killers in the western world. These

> prosecutions, made by two local councils, are

> somewhat ironic given that the Department of Health

> has for some years been running its FIVE A DAY

> programme which postures similar arguments centred

> on the benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption.

> It is apparently illegal to make health claims over

> particular products, unless the product is a

> medicine and has been licensed as such. Is the law

> an ass? It becomes ever clearer that Hippocrates’

> (460-377 BC) missive “Let thy food be thy medicine

> and thy medicine be thy food” is still being largely

> ignored by government authorities.

>

> CAM organisations around Europe are rapidly

> appreciating the need for concerted pan-European

> action and are continuing to come in behind the ANH.

> Natural therapies have never been under such threat

> by regulators and it is imperative to ensure

> problematic elements of proposed new EU laws are

> challenged effectively or changed, before they

> become set in stone.

>

> ANH is calling for as many of its supporters as

> possible to visit one of Fresh and Wild’s six London

> stores on 15 July. On this first of Fresh & Wild’s

> “5% Days”, 5% of the day’s turnover will be donated

> to the ANH to assist with the funding of its legal

> action. Fresh & Wild stores are located in Camden

> Town, the City, Clapham Junction, Notting Hill, Soho

> and Stoke Newington (see www.freshandwild.com for

> store details). ANH personnel will be present in

> each store with flyers and other campaign material.

> Any volunteers who would be willing to help on the

> day, please contact the ANH on 01252 371 275 or

> email info.

>

> For further information, please contact:

>

> Dr Robert Verkerk

> Executive Director

> Alliance for Natural Health

> Tel: 01252 371 275

> E-mail: info

>

> Jeff Martin

> Natural Remedies Coordinator

> Fresh & Wild

> Mob: 07739 761 027

> Email: jeff.martin

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