Will Pharma go down in Supplement War?

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After Europe, it seems that the pharmaceutical industry, in collusion with

certain lawmakers and regulators is now targeting the relative freedom of

Americans to supplement their diet with nutrients. Do they really want to

create a world wide black market in nutritional supplements? How crazy!

 

 

Actions like that will only hasten the demise of pharma-controlled

medicine ... as people continue to rebelliously insist on popping those nasty

vitamins and herbs.

 

 

USA: Goverment to Abolish Freedom of Access to Nutritional Supplements

 

If Arizona Senator John McCain has his way, many of the supplements you

rely on for good health will disappear. And the cost of the few you can still

get will explode in price.

Earlier this month, Sen. McCain introduced a bill falsely labeled the “

Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010†(S. 3002). Sounds good, right? Nothing

to worry about .McCain says: “Legitimate dietary supplement companies

should have nothing to fear from this legislation. The purpose of the bill is

not to create a sweeping regulatory structure, but instead a targeted

structure that provides for openness, transparency and safety.â€

 

 

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This bill would require every person involved with supplements – all the

way down to mom-and-pop health food stores and multi-level-marketing

distributors — to register with the FDA. Next, every “dietary supplement

facility

†must turn over a complete list of the products and ingredients they sell

or handle.

 

It gets worse. Should this bill become law, the state will determine if an

ingredient can be sold. You see, under DSHEA passed in 1994, any ingredient

sold before the bill passed could be sold legally forever. Well, no more.

 

Under this bill, the FDA will assume any ingredient “adulterated†unless

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there is a history of use or other evidence of safety.†Manufacturers and

distributors must provide the FDA “with information, including any citation

to published articles, which is the basis on which the manufacturer or

distributor has concluded that a dietary supplement containing such dietary

ingredient will reasonably be expected to be safe.â€

 

And guess who is the ultimate judge and jury? The FDA!

 

Please help us fight for your health freedom and forward this email to

your friends and loved ones.

 

To call your Senator’s office in Washington, follow this link:

 

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