[1rudeboy]

CAFTA and Dietary Supplements

• The CAFTA-DR will not limit consumer access to dietary supplements in any way, nor will it change the way the federal government or U.S. states regulate dietary supplements.
• Contrary to assertions some have made, the CAFTA-DR will not require the United States to:

• apply the recently adopted Codex Alimentarius Guidelines for Vitamin and Mineral Supplements. In fact, the agreement imposes no obligations regarding Codex standards or guidelines.
• change the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), which regulates dietary supplements in the United States.

• The Codex Guidelines provide voluntary guidance to governments relating to the composition of vitamin and mineral supplements and criteria for establishing maximum amounts of vitamins and minerals per daily portion of supplement consumed.
• The Guidelines do NOT establish upper limits for vitamins and minerals in supplements.
• Nothing in the WTO SPS Agreement will require the United States to adopt the Codex Guidelines.

[bjs1779]

• The Codex Guidelines provide voluntary guidance to governments relating to the composition of vitamin and mineral supplements and criteria for establishing maximum amounts of vitamins and minerals per daily portion of supplement consumed.

• The Guidelines do NOT establish upper limits for vitamins and minerals in supplements.

Once upon a time, we only had to have seat belts. They said they would never force us to wear them. It was voluntary. Now we have seat belt enforcement zones.

[ken21]

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that's too logical for the luddites on this forum!