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We had all better do a part, or get Harmonized, and isn't that why they came

here a few centuries ago???? Opression???

 

 

This codex thing is not over and we had better all do our part, or we will

get Harmonized.This just in from the Weston A Price Foundation

(westonaprice.org). Because it affects herbal products as well as nutritional

supplements,

we should all stay informed of its progress through Congress.

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WESTON A. PRICE FOUNDATION

ACTION ALERT

July 25, 2005

 

TAKE ACTION TO DEFEAT HR 3156, LIMITING AVAILABILITY OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

 

We need your help to put the brakes on a bad bill in the U.S. House of

Representatives. H.R. 3156, otherwise known as the Dietary Supplement Access and

Awareness Act, would give the FDA authority to ban virtually any herb or

specialty product from the market if it failed to pass an arbitrary risk/benefit

analysis.

 

H.R. 3156 threatens to fundamentally alter DSHEA (the Dietary Supplement

Health & Education Act.) DSHEA allows you to purchase dietary supplements while

giving the Food and Drug Administration authority to remove unsafe products

from the market.

 

H.R. 3156 would hold dietary supplements to a higher standard than riskier

food additives and over-the-counter drugs. It proposes onerous and unnecessary

reporting requirements that will increase the cost of your medicinal herbs

without providing a safer product. It also establishes a troubling risk

analysis process that could remove any dietary supplement even if there is no

proof

of actual harm.

 

According to the language of H.R. 3156, an herb should be removed from the

market if there is any chance of a so-called risk unless " sufficient " health

benefits are proved to the FDA's satisfaction. This approach ignores the

bio-individuality of individuals and is an impossible standard for most

supplement

manufacturers to meet; the science in this area receives less than 1% of

U.S. research funding.

 

This bill is unacceptable and if allowed to progress will severely undermine

your health rights. Take action today! And tell your friends. Together, we

can put the brakes on this bill that is bad for health, bad for you, and bad

for the nation's pocketbook.

 

Please go to the following link to ask your Congressperson to vote NO on

this bill:

http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker & cmd=track & j=3717

3484 & u=339618

 

Thank you.

 

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Bill Sanda

Executive Director

Weston A. Price Foundation

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