CODEX

July 6, 2005

*The Health Plus Letter

July 5, 2005, Vol. 3, No. 7

*By Larry Trivieri, Jr. - founder & publisher,

http://www.1healthyworld.com <http://www.1healthyworld.com/>

*SPECIAL CODEX ISSUE*

Yesterday, Independence Day here in the US, two days after a bunch of

well-meaning but wholly misinformed and misguided rock stars around the

world exhorted their audiences to support more of Big Pharma's drugs

going to Africa (see Peter Barry Chowkra's insightful essay on this

matter at http://www.naturalhealthvillage.com), a committee of unelected

bureaucrats in Rome, Italy gave final approval to CODEX, a piece of

legislation which they claim will bring " harmonization " to the

manufacture and sale of nutritional, botanical, and homeopathic health

supplements around the world. In the Big Brother-speak that is so

typical of said bureaucrats and their like, " harmonization " has far more

dangerous overtones than the naÃ¯ve and uninformed might suspect. Because

what the term means with regard to CODEX is that soon all nations who

are bound by the precepts of CODEX - due to their membership in the

World Trade Organization (WTO) and entanglements in international

treaties that serve /only/ the small group of elite, unelected,

self-styled rulers of this planet at the great expense of the rest of us

- will have to abide my the restrictive upper limits imposed on all

supplements with regard to their dosage. But you would never know this

from reading the " official story " issued shortly after the legislation

was approved, via press release.

For example, consider this reassuring bit of nonsense being spewed by

Simon Pettman, executive director of the International Alliance of

Dietary Supplement Associations (IADSA): " You can't underestimate the

impact of these guidelines. They create a global category of vitamin and

mineral supplements - in many countries there is no such category in place. "

Or this explanation of CODEX, taken from one of the press releases:

" Codex Alimentarius, established by the United Nations in 1961,

establishes guidelines to harmonise trade in food and although the

standards are not binding, they tend to influence less liberal markets

and /those without a regulatory framework in place, particularly common

in supplements/. [Emphasis added.] (This is the crux of the matter; the

powers that be, which most certainly include Big Pharma seated

prominently at their table, want to regulate all alternatives to health

care that compete with their hugely profitable yet highly toxic,

death-causing drugs. By " regulate " they mean " control outright and/or

eliminate. " )

And then there's this cheery piece of fluff from John Hathcock, vice

president of scientific and international affairs at the US trade

association the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN): " There are a

lot of people who don't understand what Codex does and how far the WTO

powers extend. Codex does not force any country to adopt these

guidelines, and the WTO will only force a country to raise standards up

to Codex, rather than down from domestic policy. "

It should be obvious that both the CRN and the IADSA are shills for Big

Pharma. Moreover, what most people still fail to realize is that many

supplement companies are entirely owned by Big Pharma and represented by

CRN, IADSA, and their ilk, and so are gleefully in favor of all that

CODEX stands for. Something that the naÃ¯ve and uninformed would hardly

suspect, given their names. Another example of George Orwell's

" doublespeak. "

What does all of this mean for you and I as health consumers and

proponents of medical freedom of choice? At present, the answer to that

question is uncertain? There are those who view yesterday's adoption of

CODEX as the final nail in the coffin of free and unrestricted access to

health supplements of our choice and dosage range. On the opposite side

of the spectrum, others maintain that, here in the US, at least, CODEX

will have no effect whatsoever. I suspect that both points of view will

prove to be wrong.

I further suspect that the PR campaign in the media warning of the

dangers of supplements and the need to more tightly regulate (control)

them - something that has been incessantly underway for the last few

years - will now ramp up to a much higher decibel level. You can bet

your life savings that editorials and so-called news stories will

increasingly start appearing throughout the media warning of the

potential dangers of health supplements (while still continuing to

ignore the fact that Big Pharma's drugs, when properly prescribed, kill

over 100,000 people each and every year here in the US alone!). And

don't expect honest rebuttals to such fearmongering to be able to find a

forum in media outlets that derive a lion's share of ad revenues from

Big Pharma. (According to health freedom advocate Tim Bolen, more than

50 percent of ad revenues during news shows come from Big Pharma.)

In the end, I believe that the answer to the threats Big Pharma and its

gambits such as CODEX pose to our health and freedom will come down to a

more important question: Are we the people going to accept being

dictated to and therefore acquiesce like sheep because we feel powerless

and don't know what to do? Or will we finally rouse ourselves to not

only reclaim and ensure our health freedom, but also our freedom in

general, and in the process restore our governments to conditions of

transparency, truthfulness, and limited power? Cynics and pessimists

will predict that the former will occur and, in large part, it already

has. Optimists will say the latter is bound to occur eventually. I think

it's more likely that those who value their independence and

individualism will take the necessary steps to create as much freedom

for themselves as possible /despite/ the encroachment of freedoms that

is today all around us, thanks in no small measure to our own United

States' government (Bush and his gang are only the latest usurpers of

our sovereignty; his predecessors have been at the same game for more

than a century, Republicans and Democrats alike, with few exceptions).

Happily, it's actually fairly easy to create personal freedom for

oneself. The most necessary ingredient for doing so is

self-responsibility. Collectively, we've shirked off self-responsibility

long ago, yet I firmly believe there is still enough of us who,

individually, have not, and one day perhaps we'll even stage our own

Boston Tea Party. Till then, we may have lost a battle yesterday, but

the war is far from over, let alone decided.

And now, for more on CODEX, I turn the rest of this issue over to Jon

Rappoport and Tim Bolen, publishers of http://www.nomorefakenews.com

<http://www.nomorefakenews.com/> and http://www.bolenreport.com

<http://www.bolenreport.com/>, respectively, both sites I read on a

daily basis. First up is Jon.

*_CODEX AND THE 4TH OF JULY

_*July 5, 2005. As many of you now know, yesterday Codex officially

certified its own plan to limit the sales of nutritional supplements.

Yesterday was July 4.US Independence Day.

Codex's Rome conference had been scheduled to begin on the 4th for some

time.

The coincidence is too great to be an accident.

This was a piece of ritual.

" On the anniversary of your independence, we take a giant step toward

curtailing your freedom. "

America is the most formidable target for Codex, and Codex did not miss

the opportunity to make its move on the 4th.

Codex and so-called free trade are, of course, linked. One of the faces

of free trade is " harmonization " of national laws under a larger

umbrella. That umbrella is being built by men who are devoted to a

future in which all national distinctions and sovereignties are erased.

As I've written in these pages for four years, health and the choices

surrounding it are in the cross-hairs of the globalists for a very good

reason: if natural health and the means to achieve it are chopped down,

what will be left are universally dispensed toxic drugs, illness, and

the resulting weakness which will induce widespread passivity.

A passive population can be managed with greater ease toward */any/*

political goal.

A passive population can be manipulated and fooled and herded into

/*any*/ future.

Codex is an arm of that globalism which has a very specific political

goal and future in mind.

In brief, it is the rule of the many by the few, behind the cover story

of: " We are doing all this because we care about you and we want to

protect you and help you and save you from the ruinous conflicts of the

past. "

You will, of course, notice that much of that language is also used by

medical tyrants who seek to impose their pharmaceutical model on the planet.

It is war by other means.

Chemical war.

When at least 100,000 people in the US alone die every year from the

prescription of FDA-approved medical drugs, when 2 million people each

year in the US are hospitalized as a result of those drugs, and when 22

million serious adverse reactions to those drugs occur in the US every

year, you can begin to perceive the outlines of this chemical war.

The single greatest resistant force to this chemical onslaught is

natural health and all the strategies that compose it.

The gauntlet has been laid down.

*_VITAMINS TO BE BANNED WORLDWIDE ... by Tim Bolen_*

Monday, July 4th, 2005

/ " Big Pharma " / won a major victory in Rome, Italy today. Vitamins and

minerals, for over-the-counter sale will be phased out, almost

completely, in every country on Planet Earth. The " German Model " of

health care will now be the law of the land - in every land.

Below is a press release from Diane Miller JD of the National Health

Freedom Coalition, detailing the action. Diane is in Rome at the meeting.

/ " /Press Release - National Health Freedom Coalition: Codex Full

Commission adopts Codex Guidelines for Vitamin and Mineral Food

Supplements in final form July 4, 2005, Rome, Italy by Diane Miller JD.

Minutes ago the full Commission of Codex Alimentarius adopted in final

form, the Codex Guidelines for Vitamin and Mineral Food Supplements.

This adoption is the Step 8 adoption, the final stage of adoption for

the international Codex guidelines. The Codex Vitamin and Mineral Food

Supplements guidelines are now official and no longer in draft form

The Commission, attended by over 85 of the 171 Codex countries, adopted

the guidelines by consensus method. There was brief discussion before

adoption taking in comments from a small number of countries and two NGOs.

Australia requested adding the word " only " in Section 1.3 bertwee the

words " apply " and " in " . The sentence would then read " These guidelines

apply only in those jurisdictions where products defined in 2.1 are

regulated as foods. "

Australia's comments were followed by request from Venzuela and Spain to

clarify the spanish translation.

Venezuela was followed by China. China stated that every government in

making decisions about vitamins and minerals should take into account

the dietary limitations of their own countries, that governments can

select vitamins and minerals acocording to the customs and habits of

their country. China also pointed out that there should be definitions

of the sources of vitamins.

Columbia spoke up and commented that Vitamins and Minerals are intended

for deficiencies and are recommended for health reasons and said that

there has to be no exaggerated use of minerals.

Egypt commented and offered a clarification saying that vitamin and

minerals can be considered if daily needs are not being met.

After the countries were heard, the Chairman recognized NGOs

(Non-Governmental Organizations). National Health Federation (NHF) a

world wide consumer organization with NGO status at Codex was recognized

to speak. Attonery Scott Tipps of NHF stood and requested the guidelines

not be adopted but rather be sent back to commitee for 3 important

reasons. 1) According to Codex rules a " purpose " statement must be part

of all guidelines adopted and the Vitamin and Mineral guidelines did not

contain a purpose. Secondly,the guidelines did not define vitamin and

mineral and therefore it is unclear as to what is being regulated. And

lastly, he pointed out that the Chinese comments were substantive and

according to Codex rules on page 27 of the procedural manual, a

substantive amendment request should be addressed at the committee

level. His comments were heard.

The NGO IADSA was then recognized. IADSA stressed the fact that the

draft guidelines should be adopted because they had been worked on in

committee for near 10 years and that valuable consensus had been reached

in the Bonn Germany committee meeting and the guidelines should now be

passed.

After all comments, the Chair, consulted with counsel to assess whether

the addition of the word " only " would change the meaning of the

sentence. After learning that it would not he consulted with Australia

and Australia repeated their request for amendment. The Chair

recommended adoption of the amendment and there was no dissent. Then the

Chair recommended the guidelines be adopted at Stage 8 in their final

form and that China submit their substantive amendment requests to the

committee at their next meeting. There was no further comment or dissent

from any country and the guidelines were adopted. " /

/What this means, in the United States, is that as soon as CAFTA

(Central American Free Trade Agreement) passes the House of

Representatives (it has already passed the Senate), the US government

will be forced, by the terms of that CAFTA agreement, to restrict

vitamin and supplement sales in accordance with the " German Model " of

health care.

If and when this happens, the hard won 1994 DSHEA (Dietary Supplement

Health & Education Act) will be nullified, and the dismantling of the

North American supplement Industry will begin.

However, it is not inevitable - the use of / " supplements " / and other

/ " alternatives " / to conventional medicine regimens represents over fifty

percent (50%) of the total US health dollar spent annually. Eighty-eight

percent (88%) of US adults use an / " alternative, " / and believe in them.

Opposition is already gearing up for the battle. (See

http://www.thenhf.com/newsflash_49.htm)

This is a battle between / " We the People, " / and the free world's

biggest, and worst, enemy - ever - / " Big Pharma. "

/Stay tuned...

That's all for this issue. Next issue, I'll start discussing what you

and your loved ones can do regardless of the agenda to limit your health

freedoms in order to stay healthy.

Health & Blessings,*

*

Larry Trivieri, Jr. (larry

<larry)

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May 27, 2007

The top ten reasons why organized medicine supports CODEX (the European Food Supplements Directive) -NewsTarget Insider 1. It eliminates access to key nutrients that prevent disease, therebycreating a population of diseased, malnourished customers who willinevitably turn to high-profit prescription drugs. 2. It focuses people on the debate over the safety of nutritionalsupplements, distracting them from the debate over the safety ofprescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs. 3. It makes nutritional supplements more expensive, putting theirpurchase out of reach of more consumers. 4. With the loss of vitamin sales, many natural health retailers willbe forced out of business, and this is good for organized medicine.The fewer health shops exist, the less competition there is forprescription drugs. 5. It establishes a legal precedent of control over not justsupplements, but food. This sets the stage for the future banning ofnutritious foods that prevent disease such as blueberries, broccoliand garlic. 6. It allows for the arrest and incrimination of key proponents ofnatural health (vitamin manufacturers, retailers, and consumers),removing them from the public stage so that they no longer have a voice. 7. It discredits the entire nutritional supplements industry, creatingfear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) in the minds of consumers who aren'taware of the real motivations behind the law. 8. It erects huge barriers to the introduction of new supplements tothe market by forcing manufacturers to spend millions of dollars oncompliance, even for substances that have been safely consumed byhumans as medicine for thousands of years. 9. It sets a legal foundation from which other nutrients can beoutlawed. Each year, watch for the ratchet to be tightened as agrowing list of supplements get banned. 10. It allows natural health critics to use circular logic to attackthe industry. They'll say, "If these vitamins weren't dangerous, thenthey wouldn't have been outlawed, would they?"