FDA ANNOUNCES COMING RAMPAGE AGAINST DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

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Here is some more of that mandate, folks.

 

6 Nov 2004 20:00:01 -0000

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FDA ANNOUNCES COMING RAMPAGE AGAINST DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS//

IAHF ANNOUNCES HEALTH FREEDOM SUMMIT MTG IN SAN DIEGO NOV 19th

 

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IAHF List: Please see the FDA's Press Release of a few days ago titled

 

FDA ANNOUNCES MAJOR INITIATIVES FOR DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

 

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/NEW01130.html

 

In the coming 12 months we will be under a level of attack that we

haven't seen since the early 90s. We're going to have to fight on the

domestic front as well as on the international front if we wish to

maintain

our access to dietary supplements. Many of the avenues by which the FDA

will be attacking in the coming year will be vi pharma created

loopholes in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA)

of 1994.

 

These loopholes were created by pharma interests dominating the vitamin

trade associations in the early 90s and were intended to enable them to

line up their sell out deals with drug companies as they bailed out of

the industry.

 

An example of this is Ken Murdock Jr., former owner of Nature's Way. He

was one of the chief instigators of the trouble we're having right now

and was instrumental in putting language into DSHEA that would give the

FDA a long range ability to turn the tables on us all. Meanwhile, a few

years ago, he sold out completely to Madaus, the German

phytopharmaceutical company that took over Nature's Way while he has

since bought a

car dealership in Utah.

 

Recently the pharmacists published a white paper (see

http://www.iahf.com/20041013a.html ) that was signed off on by all the

mainstream medical associations including the AMA which clearly

indicates that they plan on attacking DSHEA in the coming Congress-

perhaps

via a new bill we haven't seen yet, or perhaps through a renewed push

behind Durbin's bill, but I suspect they might try dropping a new bill on

us.

 

What form this attack will take remains to be seen. Senator Durbin has

just been named Minority Whip, which could be either a good or bad

thing for us. It could be good because he could get so tied down with

Senate business that he might not have as much time to spend attacking us

and pushing S.722, or it could help him get momentum behind it.

 

 

EMERGENCY HEALTH FREEDOM MEETING IN SAN DIEGO NOV 19th At ACAM To

ADDRESS

DOMESTIC ATTACKS ON DSHEA AS WELL AS CODEX--

 

IAHF EXTENDS INVITATION TO ANYONE ON THE LIST WHO CAN ATTEND- ITS FREE

 

The Emergency Health Freedom Meeting that I told you about will be held

at the ACAM Conference on Friday November 19th from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

in the West Tower of the Sheraton Hotel at 1380 Harbor Island Dr., San

Diego, CA in the West Tower's " Coronado A " Room. Phone of the Sheraton

is 619-291-2900.

 

Phone of the Super 8 Motel where I will be staying is (609) 692-1288

Super 8 Motel is just 15 min drive from the Sheraton.

 

Rob Verkerk, PhD, Exec Dir of the UK's Alliance for Natural Health will

be presenting a power point presentation about their lawsuit to

overturn the EU Food Supplement Directive. This has huge global

importance-

see http://www.alliance-natural-health.org

 

Suzanne Harris, JD of the Law Loft will be discussing the Codex meeting

in Bonn that she just attended, as well as the Codex General Principles

meeting in Paris which she will be attending next week.

 

I will be providing an overview of the whole situation we're facing

both domestically and internationally to try to tie it all together

and to

get people pulling together. Maury Silverman will be addressing the

issue of GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practice Regs) which FDA will be coming

at us with this year. Note that FDA intends to violate the law with the

GMP regs they come at us with which will force us to sue them again.

Jonathan Emord's Writ of Certiorari on Saw Palmetto was denied by the

Supreme Court, but he's trying again at the District Court Level in

California. Emord will be spearheading a lawsuit against FDA's

upcoming GMP

regs which will be a bid to bury the more innovative companies in red

tape.

 

We're in a TRIAGE situation here folks.

 

Its going to be DO OR DIE time for the dietary supplement industry in

the coming year.

 

I have seen Rob Verkerk's Power Point Presentation about the Alliance

for Natural Health's lawsuit which clearly shows its global importance,

and urge as many of you as possible to come to our meeting in San Diego

to hear what he, Suzanne, and I have to say.

 

It would be great to meet any of you who can attend. Our meeting is

free. The ACAM meeting itself is not free. If you would like to attend

the

ACAM meeting itself, go to http://www.acam.org/events.htm

 

DVD OF EMERGENCY ACAM MEETING TO BE AVAILABLE

 

IAHF will be making a DVD of the Emergency ACAM Meeting, and we will be

making copies available to list members. We still have some thank you

letters to send out for donations received recently, and hope to get

them in the mail very soon. I just have to generate a new, updated thank

you letter reflecting where we stand now that the CODEX meeting has

concluded in Germany.

 

If you just signed on to the list and did not receive my last update

sent yesterday, please see info on the Codex meeting which just concluded

at http://www.thelawloft.com/Freedom/11042004_bonn.htm As you can see,

we're under the gun.

 

IAHF just purchased a new computer with DVD burning and video editting

capability. We hope to be able to put more streaming video in the Media

section at http://www.iahf.com and to get DVD disks out to people in an

effort to spur the creation of IAHF chapters nationwide in the coming

year.

 

One year ago I moved from Virginia to Washington State, but I want to

emphasize that IAHF has a very solid contact in Washington DC who has

been doing extensive work for us on Capital Hill. As we get set up here

in our new location, its becoming easier to gear our heads into all that

will have to be done to turn IAHF into a membership organization.

 

Right now I only have one part time volunteer helping me in my office

in Point Roberts. If we can get enough donations here we can bring this

person on full time which would free me up for public speaking gigs

nationwide, and to do a weekly radio show. Some people have offered to

set

me up with my own radio show, so good things are happening and I just

would like to thank all of you for your ongoing support.

 

NOW is the time for all vitamin consumers to come to the aid of IAHF so

that we can continue rolling this boulder uphill together. The life you

save via donations here could be your own. IAHF 556 Boundary Bay Rd.

Point Roberts WA 98281 USA or via paypal at http://www.iahf.com see

paypal button on the scrollbar inside the site.

 

Hope to see as many of you as possible in San Diego on November 19th,

and thanks for your ongoing support. Please snowball this information by

mass forwarding it and by posting it on your websites. Also seeking

reciprocal links between IAHF.COM and your websites. This is a TRUE

grassroots health freedom campaign, don't be fooled by phony imitations!!

 

--

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

jham

800-333-2553 N.America

360-945-0352 World

 

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