Don't Let McCain & Dorgan Gut DSHEA

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Don't Let McCain & Dorgan Gut DSHEA

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National Health Federation

Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:17 PM

Don't Let McCain & Dorgan Gut DSHEA

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

 

 

 

TAKE ACTION NOW

 

TO PROTECT YOUR SUPPLEMENTS!

 

 

 

February 4, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

They are at it again! This time, it is Senator John McCain (R-AZ)

and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) who are trying to gut the Dietary Supplement

Health and Education Act of 1994 by introducing a new bill (as yet unnumbered)

with the misleading title of the “Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010.â€

This bill has as much to do with safety as pigs with space travel.

 

Senator McCain just held a press conference to announce that he was

co-sponsoring his Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010 with Senator Dorgan.

The draft bill can be found on the National Health Federation’s website at

http://www.thenhf.com/press_releases/10_0202_Dietary_Supplement_Safety_Bill.pdf

The bill will be introduced shortly in the Senate.

 

As Scott Tips, the president of the National Health Federation,

stated, “This bill strikes at the heart of the Dietary Supplement Health and

Education Act (DSHEA), which was passed unanimously by the U.S. in 1994, and

which took away the Food and Drug Administration’s arbitrary powers over

supplements. Now, this bill would create a Euro-style ‘positive list’ of

‘acceptable’ new dietary ingredients. And by ‘acceptable,’ the bill

means acceptable to an appointed bureaucrat. This is completely unacceptable.

Failure to comply would result in punitive fines upon such a company selling or

distributing a product not being ‘accepted.’ "

 

“Just as worse,†Mr. Tips continued, “would be the proposed

change in the definition of an adverse event to be reported to the FDA

concerning any supplement. As we first predicted when the AER bill was

introduced (and unfortunately supported by too-many dietary supplement

companies), this adverse event reporting bill was only to be the camel’s nose

in the tent. More would follow, NHF predicted. And this new bill proves that we

were right. McCain and Dorgan want to change the events to be reported from

‘serious adverse’ events to any ‘adverse’ events! This is totally

unacceptable since supplements already have the safest track record of any

consumable on the planet. It is just once again politicians using a

special-interest group to advance their own pro-pharmaceutical agenda against

natural health products.â€

 

Lee Bechtel, the NHF lobbyist, also said, " These two Senators want to

make a law based on NFL players who took weight loss supplements. Supplements

have other healthy benefits, and access of millions of consumers of dietary

supplements should prevail over six highly paid football players, who cannot

read the labels on supplement products. "

 

The reason put forth by Senator McCain for his advancing this bill

was that the government needed to protect athletes who are often surprised by

positive drug tests, believing that the supplements they are taking are safe,

legal, and free of banned substances. He declared that all Americans have a

right to know what ingredients are in the supplements they use, and that FDA

should have the authority to regulate the safety of dietary supplements.

 

This is complete nonsense. You don’t take a hammer such as this

and destroy a safe industry just to help a few consumers, who have clear-cut

alternatives anyway. As they already do today, athletes can share information

about which companies make which products that are safe for them to take so as

to pass drug tests. A sane person does not destroy an entire industry for

reasons such as this one.

 

We urge everyone to join with the National Health Federation in

killing this bill before it even takes its first breath. Telephone Senators

McCain’s and Dorgan’s offices to tell them in no uncertain terms how

strongly you are opposed to their ridiculous, power-grabbing bill. Then, send

them an e-mail saying the same. Then write them a letter telling them exactly

what you think of them and where they can shove this bill. Be polite, but be

persistent and vocal. Be sure to write and telephone both of your Senators to

register the same complaint.

 

(Click Here For The Online Petition)

 

(Click Here For A Suggested Letter)

 

 

 

Senator McCain

Office phone number: (202) 224-2235

E-mail Senator McCain:

http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

 

Senator Dorgan

Office phone: (202) 224-2551

E-mail address:

http://dorgan.senate.gov/contact/contact_form.cfm

 

 

 

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Click on this address to find your U.S. Senators: http://www.senate.gov

 

Contact Information to E-mail Senators:

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

 

The Senate main number is (202) 224-3121

 

lick on the following link below for individual mailing addresses for

letter writing and other contact info for Congress Members:

 

Senate

 

 

 

********************

 

As the oldest and best-respected health-freedom group on Capitol Hill, the NHF

continues to be the credible source of objective assessment of, and proactive

actions on, Congressional legislation and FDA matters that have material impact

upon our freedom-of-health choices and access to dietary supplements and

nutritional foods.

 

********************

 

 

Click here for the permanent link to this press release, use this link to

inform others.

 

 

 

National Health Federation: Established in 1955, the National Health

Federation is a consumer-education, health-freedom organization working to

protect individuals' rights to choose to consume healthy food, take supplements

and use alternative therapies without unnecessary government restrictions. The

NHF is the only such organization with recognized observer-delegate status at

Codex meetings. www.thenhf.com

 

 

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P.O. Box 688, Monrovia, CA 91017 USA ~ 1 (626) 357-2181 ~ Fax 1 (626) 303-0642

 

Website: www.thenhf.com E-mail: contact-us

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alsohttp://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v06n08.shtmlFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, February 04, 2010 RDA for Vitamin C is 10% of USDA Standard for Guinea Pigs Are You Healthier than a Lab Animal?Comment by Andrew W. Saul Editor-In-Chief, Orthomolecular Medicine News Service(OMNS, Feb 4, 2010) The US RDA for vitamin C for humans is only 10% of the government's vitamin C standards for Guinea pigs.Wait a minute; that cannot possibly be true.Can it?=========== - National Health Federation Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:17 PM Don't Let McCain & Dorgan Gut DSHEA PRESS RELEASE TAKE ACTION NOWTO PROTECT YOUR SUPPLEMENTS! February 4, 2010 They are at it again! This time, it is Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) who are trying to gut the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 by introducing a new bill (as yet unnumbered) with the misleading title of the “Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010.” This bill has as much to do with safety as pigs with space travel. Senator McCain just held a press conference to announce that he was co-sponsoring his Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010 with Senator Dorgan. The draft bill can be found on the National Health Federation’s website at http://www.thenhf.com/press_releases/10_0202_Dietary_Supplement_Safety_Bill.pdf The bill will be introduced shortly in the Senate. As Scott Tips, the president of the National Health Federation, stated, “This bill strikes at the heart of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), which was passed unanimously by the U.S. in 1994, and which took away the Food and Drug Administration’s arbitrary powers over supplements. Now, this bill would create a Euro-style ‘positive list’ of ‘acceptable’ new dietary ingredients. And by ‘acceptable,’ the bill means acceptable to an appointed bureaucrat. This is completely unacceptable. Failure to comply would result in punitive fines upon such a company selling or distributing a product not being ‘accepted.’" “Just as worse,” Mr. Tips continued, “would be the proposed change in the definition of an adverse event to be reported to the FDA concerning any supplement. As we first predicted when the AER bill was introduced (and unfortunately supported by too-many dietary supplement companies), this adverse event reporting bill was only to be the camel’s nose in the tent. More would follow, NHF predicted. And this new bill proves that we were right. McCain and Dorgan want to change the events to be reported from ‘serious adverse’ events to any ‘adverse’ events! This is totally unacceptable since supplements already have the safest track record of any consumable on the planet. It is just once again politicians using a special-interest group to advance their own pro-pharmaceutical agenda against natural health products.” Lee Bechtel, the NHF lobbyist, also said, "These two Senators want to make a law based on NFL players who took weight loss supplements. Supplements have other healthy benefits, and access of millions of consumers of dietary supplements should prevail over six highly paid football players, who cannot read the labels on supplement products." The reason put forth by Senator McCain for his advancing this bill was that the government needed to protect athletes who are often surprised by positive drug tests, believing that the supplements they are taking are safe, legal, and free of banned substances. He declared that all Americans have a right to know what ingredients are in the supplements they use, and that FDA should have the authority to regulate the safety of dietary supplements. This is complete nonsense. You don’t take a hammer such as this and destroy a safe industry just to help a few consumers, who have clear-cut alternatives anyway. As they already do today, athletes can share information about which companies make which products that are safe for them to take so as to pass drug tests. A sane person does not destroy an entire industry for reasons such as this one. We urge everyone to join with the National Health Federation in killing this bill before it even takes its first breath. Telephone Senators McCain’s and Dorgan’s offices to tell them in no uncertain terms how strongly you are opposed to their ridiculous, power-grabbing bill. Then, send them an e-mail saying the same. Then write them a letter telling them exactly what you think of them and where they can shove this bill. Be polite, but be persistent and vocal. Be sure to write and telephone both of your Senators to register the same complaint.(Click Here For The Online Petition)(Click Here For A Suggested Letter) Senator McCain Office phone number: (202) 224-2235 E-mail Senator McCain: http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactFormSenator Dorgan Office phone: (202) 224-2551 E-mail address: http://dorgan.senate.gov/contact/contact_form.cfm ********************Click on this address to find your U.S. Senators: http://www.senate.govContact Information to E-mail Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfmThe Senate main number is (202) 224-3121lick on the following link below for individual mailing addresses forletter writing and other contact info for Congress Members:Senate******************** As the oldest and best-respected health-freedom group on Capitol Hill, the NHF continues to be the credible source of objective assessment of, and proactive actions on, Congressional legislation and FDA matters that have material impact upon our freedom-of-health choices and access to dietary supplements and nutritional foods. ********************Click here for the permanent link to this press release, use this link to inform others. National Health Federation: Established in 1955, the National Health Federation is a consumer-education, health-freedom organization working to protect individuals' rights to choose to consume healthy food, take supplements and use alternative therapies without unnecessary government restrictions. The NHF is the only such organization with recognized observer-delegate status at Codex meetings. www.thenhf.com**************************************P.O. Box 688, Monrovia, CA 91017 USA ~ 1 (626) 357-2181 ~ Fax 1 (626) 303-0642Website: www.thenhf.com E-mail: contact-us (AT) thenhf (DOT) com =====In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.

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Alsohttp://orthomolecul ar.org/resources /omns/v06n08. shtmlFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, February 04, 2010 RDA for Vitamin C is 10% of USDA Standard for Guinea Pigs Are You Healthier than a Lab Animal?Comment by Andrew W. Saul Editor-In-Chief, Orthomolecular Medicine News Service(OMNS, Feb 4, 2010) The US RDA for vitamin C for humans is only 10% of the government's vitamin C standards for Guinea pigs.Wait a minute; that cannot possibly be true.Can it?=========== - National Health Federation Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:17 PM Don't Let McCain & Dorgan Gut DSHEA PRESS RELEASE TAKE ACTION NOWTO PROTECT YOUR SUPPLEMENTS! February 4, 2010

They are at it again! This time, it is Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) who are trying to gut the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 by introducing a new bill (as yet unnumbered) with the misleading title of the “Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010.†This bill has as much to do with safety as pigs with space travel. Senator McCain just held a press conference to announce that he was co-sponsoring his Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010 with Senator Dorgan. The draft bill can be found on the National Health Federation’s website at http://www.thenhf. com/press_ releases/ 10_0202_Dietary_ Supplement_ Safety_Bill. pdf The bill will be introduced shortly in the Senate. As Scott Tips, the president of the National Health Federation, stated, “This bill strikes at the heart of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), which was passed unanimously by the U.S. in 1994, and which took away the Food and Drug Administration’ s arbitrary powers over supplements. Now, this bill would create a Euro-style ‘positive list’ of ‘acceptable’ new dietary ingredients. And by ‘acceptable,’ the bill means acceptable to an appointed bureaucrat. This is completely unacceptable. Failure to comply would result in punitive fines upon such a company selling or distributing a product not being ‘accepted.’" “Just as worse,†Mr. Tips continued, “would be the proposed change in the definition of an adverse event to be reported to the FDA concerning any supplement. As we first predicted when the AER bill was introduced (and unfortunately supported by too-many dietary supplement companies), this adverse event reporting bill was only to be the camel’s nose in the tent. More would follow, NHF predicted. And this new bill proves that we were right. McCain and Dorgan want to change the events to be reported from ‘serious adverse’ events to any ‘adverse’ events! This is totally unacceptable since supplements already have the safest track record of any consumable on the planet. It is just once again politicians using a special-interest group to advance their own

pro-pharmaceutical agenda against natural health products.†Lee Bechtel, the NHF lobbyist, also said, "These two Senators want to make a law based on NFL players who took weight loss supplements. Supplements have other healthy benefits, and access of millions of consumers of dietary supplements should prevail over six highly paid football players, who cannot read the labels on supplement products." The reason put forth by Senator McCain for his advancing this bill was that the government needed to protect athletes who are often surprised by positive drug tests, believing that the supplements they are taking are safe, legal, and free of banned substances. He declared that all Americans have a right to know what ingredients are in the supplements they use, and

that FDA should have the authority to regulate the safety of dietary supplements. This is complete nonsense. You don’t take a hammer such as this and destroy a safe industry just to help a few consumers, who have clear-cut alternatives anyway. As they already do today, athletes can share information about which companies make which products that are safe for them to take so as to pass drug tests. A sane person does not destroy an entire industry for reasons such as this one. We urge everyone to join with the National Health Federation in killing this bill before it even takes its first breath. Telephone Senators McCain’s and Dorgan’s offices to tell them in no uncertain terms how strongly you are opposed to their ridiculous, power-grabbing

bill. Then, send them an e-mail saying the same. Then write them a letter telling them exactly what you think of them and where they can shove this bill. Be polite, but be persistent and vocal. Be sure to write and telephone both of your Senators to register the same complaint.(Click Here For The Online Petition)(Click Here For A Suggested Letter) Senator McCain Office phone number: (202) 224-2235 E-mail Senator McCain: http://mccain. senate.gov/ public/index. cfm?FuseAction= Contact.ContactF ormSenator Dorgan Office phone: (202) 224-2551 E-mail address: http://dorgan. senate.gov/ contact/contact_ form.cfm ************ ********Click on this address to find your U.S. Senators: http://www.senate. govContact Information to E-mail Senators: http://www.senate. gov/general/ contact_informat ion/senators_ cfm.cfmThe Senate main number is (202) 224-3121lick on the following link below for individual mailing addresses forletter writing and other contact info for Congress Members:Senate************ ******** As the oldest and best-respected health-freedom group on Capitol Hill, the NHF continues to be the credible source of objective assessment of, and proactive actions on, Congressional legislation and FDA matters that have material impact upon our freedom-of-health choices and access to dietary supplements and

nutritional foods. ************ ********Click here for the permanent link to this press release, use this link to inform others. National Health Federation: Established in 1955, the National Health Federation is a consumer-education, health-freedom organization working to protect individuals' rights to choose to consume healthy food, take supplements and use alternative therapies without unnecessary government restrictions. The NHF is the only such organization with recognized observer-delegate status at Codex meetings. www.thenhf.com************ ********* ********* ********P.O. Box 688, Monrovia, CA 91017

USA ~ 1 (626) 357-2181 ~ Fax 1 (626) 303-0642Website: www.thenhf.com E-mail: contact-us (AT) thenhf (DOT) com =====In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who

have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.