Get the u.s. out of the u.n. then get the u.n. out of the u.s.
Posted on 03/01/2005 8:03:10 PM PST by Coleus
What will they try next, require liscences to buy water purifiers?
Get the u.s. out of the u.n. then get the u.n. out of the u.s.
"I'm actually in favor of private, independent rating agencies that can audit SOPs and methods and provide a rating for not just herbal companies but consumer goods as well. This way consumers can be more knowledgeable about the quality of what they are purchasing and ingesting. It certainly should not be the UN doing this job."
Sounds like we do agree. But the above statement is quite different from your earlier post:
"According to my pharmaceutical chemist wife, the herbal drug manufacturing process is long overdue for some oversight.
The quality control performed at most plants that produce OTC herbal drugs do not meet what she considers minimal requirements (she runs a very tight QC ship though)."
The earlier post sounds like you advocate regulation -- after all, what else is regulation but required "oversight"?
BTW, did you see that they pulled another pharmaceutical off the market this week because people were dying from it? If any industry needs some more oversight it would be the pharmaceutical companies.
Are you suggesting that somehow the U.N. enforcing rules that no but the U.N. agrees with is either a "Free Market" or "Privatization"?
Get the u.s. out of the u.n. then get the u.n. out of the u.s. >>
Amen!
FDA COMMISSIONER SENATE HEARING
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold hearings on Thursday, March 17 to examine the nomination of Lester m. Crawford, DVM, PhD to be FDA Commissioner.
Crawford, who has been FDA's acting commissioner since former Commissioner Mark McClellan moved to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in March 2004, was nominated to the post on February 15, 2005. Crawford also served as acting FDA commissioner from February to November 2002.
The hearing is to begin at 10 a.m (EST), held in Room SD-430 and will be broadcast at . http://www.capitolhearings.org/ and possibly C-SPAN.
US CODEX COALITION – YOUR HELP NEEDED
As you have probably heard by now, AAHF is leading a workshop to bring together the top organizations, activists, and others interested in Codex. This 2-day workshop will be held April 22-23 in Crystal City, VA with a press conference on April 25th at the National Press Club to announce the formation of the US Codex Coalition and the participants.
We have also sent members of Congress a survey about Codex to gain a better understanding of what they think of the potential threat.
There is a growing unease about Codex and the FDA is feeling it. They recently posted on the website their response to several questions they have been receiving: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dscodex.html. We are inviting a FDA representative to attend the workshop. We'll keep you posted.
Weston Price ping
Ping - this legislation is on it's way - CODEX ALIMENTARIUS Commission meeting is set for July 4-9 in Rome - for more info try www.codex.nancyleebentley.com.
thanks for the heads up.
thanks.
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