Food supplement restrictions upheld (Europe)

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This is reality. Note the reasoning. Toxic until proven safe. This

is actually happening. There is a complete disregard for science,

common knowledge, and common sense. It is a slap in the face to

people who value making choices regarding their bodies. Abortion

rights advocates resent being told what they can and cannot do with

their bodies, so how do you think we feel when we're told what WE can

and cannot do with OUR BODIES as a result of this ridiculous rational?

Freedom of choice is more important for irresponsible women than it

is for people who take responsibility for our health. Explain that.

 

Note the rational given in the quote below and pay close attention:

 

" The EU said the rules were needed for consumer protection AND to

provide common rules that would allow companies to sell supplements

across the EU. "

 

Does it make sense how CAFTA could compel the USA to restrict

supplements in order to benefit free trade?

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The European Union's high court upheld proposed restrictions on the

sale of food supplements, despite objections from trade organisations

that claimed the rules would ban popular vitamin pills.

 

The European Court of Justice in Brussels said the EU law was

" appropriate for securing the free movement of food supplements and

ensuring the protection of human health. "

 

The law setting up a " positive list " of food supplements approved for

sale across the 25-nation EU is due to come into force on August 1.

 

Food supplements not on the list will be banned.

 

Trade groups, led by the Alliance for Natural Health, had lobbied hard

to overturn the legislation, claiming it would ban thousands of

vitamin and mineral supplements.

 

However the court in Luxembourg backed the rules which were approved

by EU governments and the European Parliament in 2002.

 

The EU said the rules were needed for consumer protection and to

provide common rules that would allow companies to sell supplements

across the EU.

 

" Certain restrictions can be justified by the protection of public

health, " said a European court statement. The court " considered the

measures in question to be necessary and appropriate for the purpose

of achieving that objective. "

 

Under the rules, only food supplement ingredients approved by the

European Food Safety Authority will be authorised for sale.

 

The campaign to overturn the regulation has been particularly vocal in

Britain, where the Alliance for Natural Health - a Europe-wide

association of manufacturers, distributors and consumers - joined

other groups in mounting a legal challenge.