Australia Puts Screws to Dietary Supplement Industry Under False Pretenses: Code

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Australia Puts Screws to Dietary Supplement Industry Under

False Pretenses: Codex Viewed in Microcosm

 

 

 

 

 

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IAHF List: Below my comments you will find two news articles about

recent dastardly doin's down under where the Australian TGA (their

FDA) is

once again running amok against Australian dietary supplement

consumers. Americans and consumers world wide must pay close attention to

understand the sick tactics being arrayed against us as we fight this

global

war for health freedom.

 

The first article is from ABC News in Australia, the second article is

from the American Herbal Products Assn.

 

Both articles should be viewed in the context of THIS article about the

fraudulent " Pan Recall " in Australia which provided the SPIN which

pushed this recent regulatory hurdle raising against us.

http://www.middlepath.com.au/foh/joevialls.php Via the Pan Recall, the

TGA attacked Australia's largest manufacturer of dietary supplements

and under false pretenses yanked thousands of products from the shelves

to create a media circus against the natural products industry. Vialls

article cuts through the spin, showing what REALLY happened.

 

As Australia moves to " tighten up " regulations against dietary

supplements even MORE than they already have, consumers in neighboring

New

Zealand are redoubling their dogged efforts to block their Parliament

from

ratifying a horrible treaty with Australia that was illegally signed by

their health minister totally against the wishes of the New Zealand

people. The treaty threatens to harmonize New Zealand's liberal food

based

supplement regs to Australias horrible, pharmaceuticalized regs.

Undoubtedly, the recent spin in the Australian press will make life more

difficult for the health freedom fighters in New Zealand.

 

As this New Zealand battle rages http://www.nzhealthtrust.co.nz a

parallel battle rages in Canada where Bill C-420 ( " The Foods are Not

Drugs

Act " ) just made it through a second reading of the Canadian Parliament.

It must now go to the House and must survive a third reading, but

Canadians are doing the right thing by trying to undo the illegal

harmonization to Australian law which has taken them in the wrong

direction.

 

Unfortunately, Codex meanwhile looms over all these proceedings like a

Ten Thousand Pound Guerrilla- see EMERGENCY UPDATE FROM THE HEALTH

FREEDOM FRONT LINES

http://www.lef.org/featured-articles/emergency_update_020705.htm

 

What to Do: IAHF is going to Expo West vitamin trade show next week to

hold an emergency meeting with innovative manufacturers. Your donations

can help us with expenses related to this meeting. We will expose how

the pharma dominated vitamin trade associations are leading the industry

to a largely unseen cliff.... See how to donate at very end of this

mssg. We have a strategy on how to fight back, and a growing number of

companies are awakening to reality. With your assistance, I can do more

public speaking on this issue world wide.

 

Australians- coordinate through Mike Bending at

http://www.paradigm-changes.com

You should push your Parliament to harmonize to New Zealand law,

connect with NZ Health Trust at http://www.nzhealthtrust.co.nz and get

some

synergy going down under

 

Education is the first step... Please see Articles Below & forward this

widely-- urge your friends to sign on to the IAHF list at

http://www.iahf.com and to support IAHF.

 

SEE ARTICLES BELOW.....

 

 

Alternative medicine rules tightened. 10/03/2005. ABC News Online

[This is the print version of story

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1319924.htm]

 

Last Update: Thursday, March 10, 2005. 11:27am (AEDT)

 

 

Alternative medicine rules tightened

 

The Federal Government has announced a major overhaul of the

regulations governing the $800 million a year alternative medicine

industry.

 

The mass recall of complementary medicines by Pan Pharmaceuticals in

2003 sparked an expert review of the sector.

 

It found many potentially toxic herbal ingredients sold in Australia

have not been subject to detailed study.

 

The Government has now responded to the findings, saying its changes

should help restore confidence in the sector.

 

It plans to crack down on claims of the alleged benefits of alternative

medicines; new guidelines will be closely monitored by the Therapeutic

Goods Administration (TGA).

 

There will be increased penalties for those refusing to provide the TGA

with information to back their claims.

 

There will also be further reviews of homeopathic and herbal medicines,

raw herbs and other ingredients used in medicinal compounds.

 

The Australian Self-Medication Industry has welcomed the overhaul.

 

The organisation's scientific director, Dr Deon Schoombie, says the

changes will be far reaching and positive.

 

" I think it will certainly go a long way in securing the rightful place

of complementary medicines in Australia, " Dr Schoombie said.

 

" Many Australians use it and I think it's important that they have the

confidence these products are of a high quality and are safe to use. "

 

Dr Schoombie says it is unlikely any medicines will have to be

reformulated or relabelled

 

" I think there will be changes because it will raise the standards, " Dr

Schoombie said.

 

" But I don't think it will have a huge negative impact on manufacturers

and sponsors but there may be some who will be affected by it. "

 

 

AHPA Update • March 10, 2005

 

 

Australia raises regulatory bar on herbal products

 

The Australian government announced yesterday that the Therapeutic

Goods Administration (TGA) will demand a " much more rigorous assessment "

of all herbal and homeopathic ingredients used in complementary

medicines.

 

The announcement was part of the government's response to

recommendations from an Expert Committee on Complementary Medicines in

the Health

System. That committee was formed in the aftermath of an April 2003

recall of more than 1,600 medicines (including products regulated as

dietary

supplements in the United States) manufactured by Pan Pharmaceuticals.

The committee assessed the regulatory, health system, and industry

structures for complementary medicines in Australia, and published its

report 18 months ago (see http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/pdf/cmreport.pdf).

 

The government accepted nearly all of the committee's 49

recommendations, expanding upon each in its response document. They

include reviewing

homeopathic and herbal medicines, raw herbs and other ingredients, and

implementing new guidelines to verify claims. Further, quality

standards for all ingredients used in complementary medicines will be

enforced,

and any ingredients suspected of causing fetal abnormalities will be

banned from use other than in complementary products subject to the same

scrutiny as that given to prescription drugs.

 

The government is to establish a database to identify researchers and

centers of excellence on complementary medicines, and take more action

to ensure consumers get reliable product information.

 

The TGA posted the full response document on its website at

http://www.tga.gov.au/cm/cmresponse.pdf.

 

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