Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Posted January 12, 2005 On Jan 12, 2005, at 4:33 PM, Musiclear wrote: > > Citizens Health Action Network <info > January 12, 2005 1:36:58 PM PST > musiclear > Urgent Alert - Preserve Your Health Rights > > > <logo.gif> > > <spacer.gif>URGENT HEALTH ALERT! DEADLINE FEBRUARY 1st > > Dietary Supplements are Important to YOUR Health > Tell the FDA to RESPECT your HEALTH RIGHTS > > Take Action Today! It only takes one minute to send an email > message to the FDA. > > FDA is reviewing portions of DSHEA, the Dietary Supplement Health > Education Act. The agency may propose new and overly burdensome > regulations that could restrict your access to new dietary ingredients > and dietary supplements that were not on the market prior to 1994 when > DSHEA was passed. > > Recall that 2.5 million concerned consumers contacted Congress > between 1992 and 1994 to support DSHEA and assure access to their > supplements. In response to the overwhelming consumer support, > Congress passed DSHEA and deliberately created new and different > regulations for dietary supplements. Congress enacted DSHEA to stop > the FDA from treating dietary supplements like food additives or drugs > and to protect consumer's rights to purchase these products. > > We need to make our voices heard once again! > The deadline is February 1, 2005. Send YOUR Letter NOW > > Tell the FDA to uphold DSHEA and your continued access to beneficial > dietary supplements today! At risk are many innovative > and particularly effective dietary supplements. The FDA needs to > hear from you to preserve your hard-won access to the most innovative > and important health products. Any new guidelines that require > onerous food additive and drug like notifications, excessive testing > and documentation will make the introduction of new products > unnecessarily expensive. > > This disincentive for companies to develop new health promoting > products will assuredly lead to the reduction of many products that > can benefit the health of Americans. It could block consumer access to > validated new and innovative products -- for good. American consumers > have the right to these health enhancing products that are also shown, > in many cases, to reduce the staggering public health burden, and > reduce the cost of health care. > > We only have a few short weeks to send a strong message. The FDA is > considering comments until February 1,2005. Make sure your voice is > heard. > > Washington, DC needs to hear from at least 25,000 consumers who care > about their health rights. Urge the FDA to ensure that any new > guidelines for New Dietary Ingredients reflect the intent of Congress > and continue to provide complete access to the safe, affordable and > innovative dietary supplements you rely on for your health. > > > Take action today! > > <spacer.gif><spacer.gif>We are committed to protecting your privacy, > so your email address will NEVER be sold or exchanged. If you would > like to from this newsletter, please reply to this message > with " Remove " in the subject line. > <spacer.gif> > > <spacer.gif> Chinese Herbs Quote
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2005 Report Posted January 15, 2005 Hi Is there an active link for this? I'd like to participate, but the " click here " parts of the email didn't do anything. < wrote: On Jan 12, 2005, at 4:33 PM, Musiclear wrote: > > Citizens Health Action Network <info > January 12, 2005 1:36:58 PM PST > musiclear > Urgent Alert - Preserve Your Health Rights > > > <logo.gif> > > <spacer.gif>URGENT HEALTH ALERT! DEADLINE FEBRUARY 1st > > Dietary Supplements are Important to YOUR Health > Tell the FDA to RESPECT your HEALTH RIGHTS > > Take Action Today! It only takes one minute to send an email > message to the FDA. > > FDA is reviewing portions of DSHEA, the Dietary Supplement Health > Education Act. The agency may propose new and overly burdensome > regulations that could restrict your access to new dietary ingredients > and dietary supplements that were not on the market prior to 1994 when > DSHEA was passed. > > Recall that 2.5 million concerned consumers contacted Congress > between 1992 and 1994 to support DSHEA and assure access to their > supplements. In response to the overwhelming consumer support, > Congress passed DSHEA and deliberately created new and different > regulations for dietary supplements. Congress enacted DSHEA to stop > the FDA from treating dietary supplements like food additives or drugs > and to protect consumer's rights to purchase these products. > > We need to make our voices heard once again! > The deadline is February 1, 2005. Send YOUR Letter NOW > > Tell the FDA to uphold DSHEA and your continued access to beneficial > dietary supplements today! At risk are many innovative > and particularly effective dietary supplements. The FDA needs to > hear from you to preserve your hard-won access to the most innovative > and important health products. Any new guidelines that require > onerous food additive and drug like notifications, excessive testing > and documentation will make the introduction of new products > unnecessarily expensive. > > This disincentive for companies to develop new health promoting > products will assuredly lead to the reduction of many products that > can benefit the health of Americans. It could block consumer access to > validated new and innovative products -- for good. American consumers > have the right to these health enhancing products that are also shown, > in many cases, to reduce the staggering public health burden, and > reduce the cost of health care. > > We only have a few short weeks to send a strong message. The FDA is > considering comments until February 1,2005. Make sure your voice is > heard. > > Washington, DC needs to hear from at least 25,000 consumers who care > about their health rights. Urge the FDA to ensure that any new > guidelines for New Dietary Ingredients reflect the intent of Congress > and continue to provide complete access to the safe, affordable and > innovative dietary supplements you rely on for your health. > > > Take action today! > > <spacer.gif><spacer.gif>We are committed to protecting your privacy, > so your email address will NEVER be sold or exchanged. If you would > like to from this newsletter, please reply to this message > with " Remove " in the subject line. > <spacer.gif> > > <spacer.gif> Chinese Herbs Quote
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