Posted on 06/09/2005 9:01:44 AM PDT by dvan
You might have heard rumors about the international rulemaking process known as Codex Alimentarius, or "Food Code". This July, food safety regulators from all over the world will meet in Rome to decide upon global guidelines for the vitamin and mineral trade.
Support world health. Support access to dietary supplements
Codex is a little-discussed process -- but one that is establishing the world's regulatory model for vitamins, minerals, and eventually all dietary supplements.
TAKE ACTION! Promote health choice worldwide. Tell the U.S. Codex delegation and Congress to make our law, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), the international standard for dietary supplement trade.
As it stands today, the guidelines that the Codex Alimentarius commission is proposing will treat nutrients like toxic chemicals rather than beneficial nutrients, and, unlike U.S. law, will establish upper potency limits. Send a letter today to postpone acceptance of the Codex guidelines until the following issues are revisited: the role of dietary supplements in optimal health, worldwide hunger and nutrition, and the appropriate science-based model for nutrients. ( >>click here to learn more about Codex )
Take action today to support DSHEA as the international standard for the dietary supplement trade.
The U.S. Congress passed DSHEA by unanimous consent with the support of millions of Americans in order to protect our health choices. DSHEA is a safe and sound model that works. The U.S. Codex delegation has a consumer and Congressional mandate to acknowledge and defend the basic principles of DSHEA and should labor to ensure that no trade-related barriers are erected between consumers and safe, innovative, and effective dietary supplements.
It is crucial that you send your letter today. The commissions will be meeting on July 4th-make sure your voice is heard before then!
While any change in U.S. law requires an act of Congress, it is important that we act now to establish a model for international dietary supplement regulation that protects consumers' health rights. Act now!
Send your letter today, and be sure to tell your friends about this important issue!
Thank you again,
Patrick McGrath Associate Director Citizens for Health
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Geez, what happened to the liberal mantra: KEEP YOUR LAWS OFF MY BODY!
Give me supplements or give me death.
Well under Hillary Care the holistic health care industry would have been decimated. What does that tell you about the tolerant,benevolent left?
"What does that tell you about the tolerant,benevolent left?"
They want you dead?
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