Support H.R.1146 & oppose bills S.722 and H.R.3377

[Guest guest]

The following changes are scheduled to go into effect in June

2005:

 

Any product with nutrient potency higher than the listed RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) would be

considered a drug that requires a prescription and must be produced by

drug companies. NOTE: Over 5000 safe items now in health stores would be

banned, terminating health food stores and food supplement businesses as

we now know them.

 

New supplements would be banned unless given very expensive testing

and approval.

 

Vitamin C above 200 mg, niacin above 32 mg, vitamin B6 above 4 mg

all would be banned over-the-counter as they would be

considered drugs. No amino acids (arginine, lysine, carnitine, etc.),

essential fatty acids (omegas 3, 6, 9, etc.), DMEA, DHEA, CoQ10, MSM, beta-carotene, etc. would

be allowed.

 

These changes have taken effect in Norway

and Germany,

among others, where zinc tablets rose from $4 per bottle to $52. Echinacea (an

ancient immune-enhancement herb) rose from $14 to $153. (Both examples are not

allowed unless by prescription in these countries as they are now labeled as

drugs.)

 

For more info:

http://www.ahha.org

http://www.iahf.com

http://www.alliance-natural-health.org

Spread the

word! And mail or email the below letter (or your version) to the

President, Senators and Representatives ASAP (you can find them at http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/):

 

As the drug corporations are once again trying to put food supplements

under restriction and prescription, I'm writing to ask you to please do all you

can to prevent all attempts made by the World Trade Organization and the World

Health Organization to take control of food supplement use in the United States.

The rules of the World Health Organization Food Code, CODEX ALIMENTARIUS,

(which set supplement standards for all countries that are part of the WTO,

would be enforced by the WTO and would override United States law) drastically

restrict supplement use, but are not based on real science. They are made by a

few people who are not necessarily even scientists. Join me in opposing bills S.722

and H.R.3377, which back up the CODEX restrictions with U.S. laws and would

change the DSHEA law (which was passed in 1994 to protect our rights in this

matter), and in supporting H.R.1146, which will restore the sovereignty of the

U.S. Constitution over CODEX. Americans' freedom of choice, in regard to health

as with all other matters, must always be protected.

 

[Guest guest]

I looked up both these bills and did not find they

match your description at all. Here are their

summeries.

 

S.722

Title: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and

Cosmetic Act to require that manufacturers of dietary

supplements submit to the Food and Drug Administration

reports on adverse experiences with dietary

supplements, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard [iL] (introduced

3/26/2003) Cosponsors (4)

Latest Major Action: 3/26/2003 Referred to Senate

committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

SUMMARY AS OF:

3/26/2003--Introduced.

 

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to

require each manufacturer of a dietary supplement

(supplement), and each packer or distributor of a

supplement the name of which appears on the labeling,

to report serious adverse experiences to the Secretary

of Health and Human Services and to investigate such

occurrences. Defines a serious adverse experience as

an adverse event associated with the use of a

supplement in a human that involves death or one of

other serious calamities. Directs the Secretary to

conduct a clinical evaluation of each such reported

experience.

 

Requires the manufacturer of a dietary supplement to

report periodically on other adverse experiences and

to review such occurrences.

 

Allows the Secretary to grant a waiver from the above

reporting, reviewing, and investigating requirements

with respect to a dietary supplement upon

determination that compliance is not necessary to

protect the public health.

 

Authorizes the Secretary to require a manufacturer to

conduct postmarket surveillance for a supplement under

specified circumstances.

 

Permits the Secretary to require a manufacturer of a

supplement or of an ingredient in a supplement to

demonstrate that its product is safe under specified

circumstances. Directs the Secretary to approve the

continued marketing of such a supplement or ingredient

or to disapprove it.

 

Prohibits any introduction into interstate commerce of

a supplement containing a stimulant unless it is

approved by the Secretary under this Act.

 

Amends the Act to exclude a product that bears or

contains an anabolic steroid from the definition of a

dietary supplement for a specified chapter of the Act.

 

Eliminates a provision of the Act requiring the United

States to bear the burden of proof to show a

supplement or an ingredient in a supplement is

adulterated due to a safety violation.

 

H.R. 3377—Dietary Supplement Access and Awareness

 

On October 28, 2003, Representative Susan A. Davis

(D-CA) introduced H.R. 3377, the Dietary and

Supplement Access and Awareness Act. H.R. 3377 would

amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with

respect to dietary supplements by requiring dietary

supplement manufacturers to provide FDA with a list of

their products and reports of all serious adverse

events. These actions would alert FDA to problematic

dietary supplements and would give FDA access to

information it needs in order to take action more

swiftly. Upon introduction, H.R. 3377 was referred to

House Committee on Energy and Commerce and

subsequently referred to the Subcommittee on Health on

December 4

 

 

Message: 17

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 04:07:24 -0600

" Carole Eddington "

<caroleeddington

Support H.R.1146 & oppose bills S.722 and

H.R.3377

 

The following changes are scheduled to go into effect

in June 2005:

 

 

 

Any product with nutrient potency higher than the

listed RDA

(Recommended

Daily Allowance) would be considered a drug that

requires a

prescription and

must be produced by drug companies. NOTE: Over 5000

safe items now in

health

stores would be banned, terminating health food stores

and food

supplement

businesses as we now know them.

 

New supplements would be banned unless given very

expensive testing and

approval.

 

Vitamin C above 200 mg, niacin above 32 mg, vitamin B6

above 4 mg all

would

be banned over-the-counter as they would be considered

drugs. No amino

acids

(arginine, lysine, carnitine, etc.), essential fatty

acids (omegas 3,

6, 9,

etc.), DMEA, DHEA, CoQ10, MSM, beta-carotene, etc.

would be allowed.

 

 

These changes have taken effect in Norway and Germany,

among others,

where

zinc tablets rose from $4 per bottle to $52. Echinacea

(an ancient

immune-enhancement herb) rose from $14 to $153. (Both

examples are not

allowed unless by prescription in these countries as

they are now

labeled as

drugs.)

 

 

 

For more info:

 

<http://www.ahha.org/> http://www.ahha.org

 

<http://www.iahf.com/> http://www.iahf.com

 

<http://www.alliance-natural-health.org/>

http://www.alliance-natural-health.org