Strauss Herb Co. Vindicated In Court Victory Over Health Canada.

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STRAUSS HERB CO. VINDICATED IN COURT VICTORY OVER HEALTH

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I always find it uplifting when an herb or vitamin company in any

country is vindicated in court, and yesterday the Strauss Herb Co. of

Kamloops BC opened up a few cans of whupass on the scoundrels at (so

called) " Health Canada " who failed to nail them on a slew of trumped up

charges.... see the story sent to me just now by Peter Helgason of

Strauss

Herbs.

 

Encourage everyone to buy Strauss Herbs products

http://www.straussherbco.com to help them recoup the $500,000. CDN they

were forced to shell out just to keep the jackals at bay.

 

Peter and I were at the recent Health Freedom Summit in Minnesota along

with Trueman Tuck from Friends of Freedom, who played a role in the

Strauss victory. IAHF Still needs urgent donations to get a couple of key

people to the upcoming Codex meeting in Bonn on November 1. Many thanks

to those of you who have sent donations.

 

Tomorrow we're going to start sending those of you who have contributed

IAHF bumper stickers and some other materials including some valuable

articles about the FTAA threat as thanks.

 

If any of you have not yet sent in your donations, any amount is very

badly needed: via paypal: http://www.iahf.com see paypal button on top

of scrollbar once enter site, or send check or MO to: IAHF 556 Boundary

Bay Rd. Point Roberts, WA 98281.

 

COMPLETE VINDICATION FOR STRAUSS HERB COMPANY

 

Kamloops BC (September 20)- In a stunning victory the Strauss Herb

Company of Kamloops BC was completely cleared of all charges in Kamloops

provincial court Monday. In throwing out the 30 remaining charges of the

original 73 count Health Canada alleged violations the judge noted the

Crown didn't have any evidence to back up their charges.

 

This came as no surprise says the Strauss Herb Company and their lawyer

Shawn Buckley. There was never a question of the products being

compliant Buckley says. Strauss general manager Jim Strausz Jr. says

he has

always felt the charges, which were laid in January of 2003 during the

first Strauss Canada Cup of Curling, were filed to try and embarrass the

firm during it's first national-profile sponsorship. " The fact that

Health Canada sat on the file for nearly two years and did nothing, and

then laid charges when they did speaks volumes about the moral compass

some Health Canada employees follow, " says Strausz. " This action was

initiated to smear and defame Strauss Herbs, not to benefit or protect

the

health of Canadians. If it cost us half a million to defend ourselves

from these slanderous lies how many scarce health dollars did Health

Canada waste in this utterly failed prosecution? "

 

Buckley says that had the judge not thrown out the charges he was

prepared to argue the merits of the case and was certain he would have

prevailed. " The company was always in compliance, " he says. " It's

funny that

the Crown offered a " deal " early on in the proceedings and Strauss Herb

Company could have " copped a plea " and paid a $500 fine and moved on. "

Instead, based on the values the company believes in and the moral

stance of the owner nearly half a million dollars was invested to prove a

point of honour. That point being Strauss believes in their products and

their right to honestly promote their benefits.

 

From a lawyer's perspective Buckley says he was disappointed the Crown

stayed the charges relating to advertising. " The Charter of Rights and

Freedom arguments are very compelling that the government has no basis

to restrict free speech and in fact Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the Food

and Drug Act are wholly unsupportable in law. " Buckley says he feels the

Crown feared to " go there " because if his arguments prevailed the

legislation would have been struck down.

 

" The good news is we are still in business and we are still making and

selling the products hundreds of thousands of people have come to rely

on to maintain and improve their health, " says Strausz. The bad news is

that our good name has been harmed and we have lost many millions of

dollars in sales as people were scared off by bogus claims of fraud

levelled by a government organization they thought was acting in their

best

interests. " We are considering our legal remedies available to recoup

our losses, " says Strausz. " In the meantime it is back to business as

usual. "

 

 

For more information contact Strauss Herb Company

866 478 2873

 

Jim Strausz General Manager

For Health Freedom,

John C. Hammell, President

International Advocates for Health Freedom

556 Boundary Bay Road

Point Roberts, WA 98281-8702 USA

http://www.iahf.com

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