Fwd: Urgent Alert from ANH to American Vitamin Companies Help Need to Circulate Widely

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Thu, 04 Sep 2003 00:28:10 -0400

Urgent Alert from ANH to American Vitamin Companies Help Need to

Circulate Widely

Lynn Michaels

Research

 

IAHF Webmaster: Breaking News, Whats New, What to Do, All Countries

 

IAHF List: I just received this urgent update from Rob Verkerk from the

Alliance for Natural Health. Please forward it massively and help us

communicate this message to all the vitamin companies you buy products from.

Show this to your local health food store. This is a true grass roots effort

and no one can count on the proverbial " next guy " to do their fair share of

this work. Its very simple: ANH gets the support they need to file this

lawsuit, or we all sink together and we're running out of time- we have only

til the end of this MONTH.

 

Please help circulate article widely to US dietary supplement companies

 

We have uploaded on to the homepage of the ANH website an article that

provides reasons why US dietary supplement companies, if they are interested

in guarding their long-term futures, should get behind and support the

proposed Alliance for Natural Health lawsuit against the EU Food Supplements

Directive.

 

You can find the article easily by clicking on the link next to the US flag

on the right side of the ANH homepage.

 

Spin against the ANH lawsuit

 

Many US companies are confused on how to act in relation to this issue. They

are being advised by some major industry associations that the EU Directive

will be beneficial overallfor those companies trading in Europe and they

should have nothing to fear, as there is no way US laws can be harmonised

with EU, Codex or WTO.

 

But as so aptly put by US attorney and supplement expert Ralph Fucetola (see

ANH Latest News item, 29 Aug 03), the verbiage of the FDA Modernization Act

that is proposed to protect US companies is so weak that it can easily be

overruled.

 

As a result, many companies are effectively sitting on the fence. Let

consumer pressure help them understand what they should do! If the challenge

is not initiated by next month at the latest – the battle will be over and

it will be almost impossible to challenge the EU Food Supplements Directive

in the future. It is do-or-die time – quite literally!

 

Help US companies to become proactive

 

Please make contact with your supplement suppliers and ask them to give you

reasons for their course of action on the EU Directives issue. Help them to

appreciate the importance and advantages of acting now and being among the

key players to support the ANH lawsuit (see Support Base on ANH website).

 

One UScompany has pledged US$150,000 on the condition letters of intent can

be gathered from other companies to help towards the expected US$650,000

total cost for both phases of the action (High Court, London and European

Court of Justice, Luxembourg).

 

Let them know that we can facilitate discussions with US company executives

who have evaluated the issue of the EU Directives in great detail over a

number of years, and have decided categorically that the ANH approach isof

paramount to their long-term viability and success.

 

Please help US companies to prepare and send us their letters of intent.

Corporate pledges of even US$10,000 per company could go a long way to

meeting the costs. It is worth remembering that the campaign surrounding

DSHEA in 1994 ended up costing in the region of US$4 million!

 

Help to spread the word NOW!

 

It is essential that the issues surrounding the EU Directive are publicized

as widely as possible. The directive, if unchallenged, will bring about bans

on more than 5000 safe and effective products in Europe. Many of these are

produced by US companies. The products that get hit hardest are those that

are based on food-form nutrients rather than on synthetic or inorganic

nutrients, which sail through the legislation when delivered in low doses.

 

Please circulate the ANH flyer available as a download on the ANH website,

as well as any other documents you might consider relevant.

 

Without your help the ANH lawsuit cannot be brought

 

Please consider donating monthly if you are able. Without your support we

will be unable to bring the legal action.

 

Donations can be made direct on the website by card, or they can be sent

direct to the ANH bank account (which is best for the campaign as it avoids

transaction charges):

 

Alliance for Natural Health

Natwest Bank plc

Guildford High Street

Sort code: 60-09-21

Account: 12765309

Swift code (for transactions outside the UK): NWB KGB 2L

 

Thank you once again for your support!!

 

Robert Verkerk BSc, MSc, DIC, PhD

Executive Director

Alliance for Natural Health

 

Email: info

 

Web: www.alliance-natural-health.org

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