CODEX ALIMENTARUS - Your Worst Nightmare

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CODEX ALIMENTARUS - Your Worst Nightmare

 

 

 

 

 

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

 

LETTER FROM RIMA E. LAIBOW, MD

 

Condensed Version

 

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS (Latin for " Food Rules " )

 

March 23, 2005

 

 

Let me ask you if you know anyone who has actually read all 15,000+

 

pages of the working documents of the Codex Alimentarius Commission?

 

Well, I have. As such, allow me to attempt to put an end to any

 

confusion you may have about Codex Alimentarius by sharing what I have

 

learned and what I believe to be a reasonable and appropriate level of

 

concern.

 

 

Following is a summary of what Dr. Laibow found in reading all 15,000+

 

pages.

 

 

The World Trade Association (WTO) is very close to taking away our

 

right to buy, sell or use almost all nutritional supplements. In

 

addition, the ability of physicians to legally practice environmental

 

or natural medicine and the rights of patients to chose these

 

treatments are about to be criminalized here in the United States.

 

 

Currently in the U.S. nutrients are classified as foods [under the 1994

 

Dietary Supplements Health and Education Act (DSHEA)] and any substance

 

not explicitly forbidden is permitted as a nutrient. Under CODEX, any

 

substance not explicitly permitted by CODEX policy is banned as a

 

nutrient. The CODEX preamble specifies that supplements and nutrients

 

" may not be used to prevent, treat or cure any disorder. "

 

 

Natural health options will become illegal if either of the following

 

occurs:

 

 

1) the United States is " harmonized " with the WTO this spring while

 

compliance with CODEX is still " voluntary "

 

 

2) total compliance becomes mandatory, as it will be after the next

 

CODEX Commission meeting in Rome July 4-9, 2005.

 

 

Once CODEX is implemented, either through " harmonization " or mandatory

 

compliance, we will be forced to follow the European CODEX model in

 

which it will be illegal to manufacture, buy, sell, recommend, or use

 

any but 28 ultra-low dose nutrients whether you are a consumer or a

 

licensed health professional. Only synthetic versions of that short

 

list will be allowed and natural supplements, herbs, enzymes and other

 

non-pharmaceutical treatments will be banned. The only legal health

 

option left will be the pharmaceutical one.

 

 

CODEX regulations have been " harmonized " (i.e., approved) in the EU,

 

Canada and Australia. The United States is next unless we act

 

decisively and act now.

 

 

On August 1, 2005, 75 percent of the natural substances currently

 

available in health food stores and pharmacies in Europe will become

 

illegal as a direct result of CODEX.

 

 

Once implemented, CODEX ALIMENTARIUS does the following:

 

 

VITAMINS, MINERAL, NUTRIENTS AND PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES

 

 

The European Supplements Directive is the model administrative agency

 

for CODEX and permits a total of 28 ultra-low dose nutrients. All other

 

nutrients-for example, alpha lipoic acid, CoQ10, fish oil, and

 

curcumin-are banned. Vitamin C, for example, at any dosage higher than

 

200 mg per day will be illegal. CoQ10 will be totally forbidden at any

 

dose.

 

 

Only synthetic forms of permitted nutrients will be available. All

 

natural versions will be illegal substances. Only synthetic nutrients

 

(at ultra-low dosages) manufactured by pharmaceutical companies will

 

meet the molecular standards for use in humans or animals.

 

 

HERBS AND HERBAL TREATMENTS

 

 

The European Supplements Directive has produced a very short list of

 

herbs which may be used and the conditions for which they may be used

 

(another short and very trivial list).

 

 

All other applications of herbs and any other herbs besides those

 

listed are strictly forbidden.

 

 

TRADITIONAL HEALING ARTS

 

 

CODEX stipulates which conditions may be treated using herbs and allows

 

only minor, self-limited conditions. Treating any other conditions with

 

herbal remedies will constitute a crime.

 

 

Ayurvedic, Tibetan, tribal and other traditional medicines which use

 

herbs and natural substances will be forbidden world-wide.

 

 

Herbal, shamanic, energy based (e.g., Reiki and acupuncture) medicine

 

are forbidden forms of treatment

 

 

GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOs)

 

 

CODEX makes the un-labeled use of GMOs legal in all foods under all

 

circumstances.

 

 

Farmers in Iraq, for example, must purchase their seeds from Monsanto

 

and are forbidden from retaining seed crops under the new Iraqi

 

constitution. Similar laws exist in other places.

 

 

TOXIC RESIDUES

 

 

CODEX sets permissible upper limits for pesticide residues, toxic

 

chemicals, hormones in food and other environmental contaminants that

 

are many times higher than levels advocated by chemical and pesticide

 

industry lobbying groups.

 

 

ANTIBIOTICS, GROWTH STIMULANTS AND OTHER HORMONES IN FOOD ANIMALS

 

 

CODEX mandates that all animal feed must be treated with antibiotics,

 

hormones and growth stimulants world wide.

 

 

Organic, free range and biodynamic farming will become illegal.

 

 

IRRADIATION OF FOOD:

 

 

CODEX mandates irradiation of food under circumstances now hotly

 

contested by food safety advocates.

 

 

The standards which comprise CODEX are virtually complete: final

 

ratification of the entire package is expected at the Codex

 

Alimentarius Committee meeting in Rome July 4-9, 2005.