FDA Attempting to Regulate Herbs, Juices, and Supplements. as Drugs

[Guest guest]

Here's a posting from the Organics Consumers Association--

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_4803.cfm

 

 

Alert: FDA Attempting to Regulate Supplements, Herbs and Juices

as " Drugs "

Health freedom action alert: FDA attempting to regulate supplements,

herbs and juices as " drugs "

By Mike Adams

NewsTarget/Truth Publishing, April 11, 2007

Straight to the Source

 

 

When it comes to health freedom, this is the FDA's end game. A new

FDA " guidance " document, published on the FDA's website, reveals

plans to reclassify virtually all vitamins, supplements, herbs and

even vegetable juices as FDA-regulated drugs. Massage oils and

massage rocks will be classified as " medical devices " and require FDA

approval. The document is called Docket No. 2006D-0480. Draft

Guidance for Industry on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Products and Their Regulation by the Food and Drug Administration.

 

The FDA is accepting public comments on the docket until April 30th.

They tried to sneak this under the radar, but word got out and now

the natural health community is up in arms over this rule. If you

wish to protect your access to nutritional supplements, herbs,

essential oils, homeopathic medicine or any other " complementary "

or " alternative " modality, it is crucial that you take action to post

your comments with the FDA right now and write your representatives

in Washington to put a stop to this outrageous effort to destroy

natural medicine. (And be sure to really write them. Just sending an

email has virtually no impact compared to writing a physical letter

in your own words.)

[Guest guest]

How about this letter.

 

RE: FDA Docket No. : 2006D-0480

 

 

 

 

Dear Representative,

 

I am urging you to put a stop to the FDA plan that

will not enable the public to use nutritional products

and supplements with out FDA approval.

 

The U.S. does not have a health care system that is

available and affordable for all citizens. The low

key means of attempting to put this new legislation

out is not a practice the people can trust. There are

much higher priority concerns the FDA has already

failed in regulating. Much of the current standard

practice the FDA uses to regulate our food and drugs

is outdated and prehistoric. The FDA continues to

sell out us poor folks for the extremely rich

corporations. Don’t they have enough money?

Apparently not!

 

The FDA is a dinosaur. After all, isn’t it true that

they want to classify a massage rock as a medical

device? Wow! That is so easy a caveman could do it.

It is time to draw the line. Next, they will try to

regulate sewing needles, aromatherapy candles and salt

water fish tanks because we can come home and relax

without them breathing down our necks with regulation.

 

 

Why don’t they just come out and say that the FDA has

some rich friend and constituents or high level,

internal staff members that will benefit by this new

plan. Clearly the American public will not benefit

from it.

 

Please do not support docket number 2006D-0480. It

sucks! Get rid of it!

 

You can thank me for not making this a boring

letter!!!

 

--- Janardana <totallyopen wrote:

 

> Here's a posting from the Organics Consumers

> Association--

>

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_4803.cfm

>

>

> Alert: FDA Attempting to Regulate Supplements, Herbs

> and Juices

> as " Drugs "

> Health freedom action alert: FDA attempting to

> regulate supplements,

> herbs and juices as " drugs "

> By Mike Adams

> NewsTarget/Truth Publishing, April 11, 2007

> Straight to the Source

>

>

> When it comes to health freedom, this is the FDA's

> end game. A new

> FDA " guidance " document, published on the FDA's

> website, reveals

> plans to reclassify virtually all vitamins,

> supplements, herbs and

> even vegetable juices as FDA-regulated drugs.

> Massage oils and

> massage rocks will be classified as " medical

> devices " and require FDA

> approval. The document is called Docket No.

> 2006D-0480. Draft

> Guidance for Industry on Complementary and

> Alternative Medicine

> Products and Their Regulation by the Food and Drug

> Administration.

>

> The FDA is accepting public comments on the docket

> until April 30th.

> They tried to sneak this under the radar, but word

> got out and now

> the natural health community is up in arms over this

> rule. If you

> wish to protect your access to nutritional

> supplements, herbs,

> essential oils, homeopathic medicine or any other

> " complementary "

> or " alternative " modality, it is crucial that you

> take action to post

> your comments with the FDA right now and write your

> representatives

> in Washington to put a stop to this outrageous

> effort to destroy

> natural medicine. (And be sure to really write them.

> Just sending an

> email has virtually no impact compared to writing a

> physical letter

> in your own words.)

>

>

>