Guest guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 someone more paranoid than me. I was also concerned about the FDA releasing a non-searchable document that also cannot be highlighted and cut and pasted. that is reprehensible. maybe one of you computer whizzes could rip this open for us and reformat it in a way that will allow us to properly address this matter. > > ACUDOC11 [ACUDOC11] > Tuesday, February 10, 2004 8:47 AM > mbs319 > Update on FDA Ban > > Hi Marc Sklar > > Just thought you might like to see how all of this ties-in. > > The FDA released it's Ephedra Ban Administrative Code Rule which will > be published & available in the Federal Register tomorrow. The rule > momentarily does not directly attack traditional Asian formulaes (or > for that matter any herbs) but THEY ARE COMING and it is clear what > they intend to do. Since they have scanned the document into a pdf > file and made it non-searchable you will have to download a very large > file in order to see this info. > > Also NOTICE that they only write the words 'traditional Asian > formulaes' and don't use other words such as herbs or medicines etc. > > Go to http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/1995n-0304-nfr0001.pdf > It will take awhile to download. Then....... > Read the actual Page #203-207 regarding Traditional Asian formulaes > Read the actual Page #361-363 regarding the Final Rule > > EVEN this recent blurb by the W.H.O. is designed as you can easily > read/see..... to speak to the 'big bad dangers' of natural herbs. Is > this coincidental that it comes out concurrent with the Ephedra > Ban????? As a lawyer turned enemy once said to me.....'if a trout > appears in your morning cereal it is NO accident especially if it > happens more than once'. > http://www.who.int/en/ > > SEE the overall strategy and their pending plan to attack ALL > practitioners utilizing natural substances.......from THE MOST > important perspective (by removing the availability of the substances > we use)??? > > If MDs are the 'official' ones to administer and collect reimbursement > for acupuncture and LAc's can't use herbs or nutrients....where does > that leave us? Obviously - out in the cold without a revenue stream. > Imminent destruction. > > Here is the FDAs Food & Drug Act Definition of a DRUG....posted below. > This is HOW they are going to approach ALL acupuncturists and > naturopaths in the very near future. It is a 'deluge attack' waiting > for a convenient time for them. It is their ACE in the hole. > > Ever ask yourself what the heck all the other national organizations > have been doing since the 70's or certainly since the early 90's? The > Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act has been in existence since the 1930's. > > Richard > > FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT > CHAPTER I - SHORT TITLE & > CHAPTER II - DEFINITIONS¹ > > CHAPTER I - SHORT TITLE > > SEC. 1. Short title. > > This chapter may be cited as the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. > > > ---------- > > CHAPTER II - DEFINITIONS¹ > > SEC. 201. [321] For the purposes of this chapter - > > Food, Drug(g)(1) The term ''drug'' means > > (A) articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, > official Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official > National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; and > (B) articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, > treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals; and > © articles (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any > function of the body of man or other animals; and > (D) articles intended for use as a component of any article specified > in clause (A), (B), or ©. A food or dietary supplement for which a > claim, subject to sections 403®(1)(B) and 403®(3) of this title or > sections 403®(1)(B) and 403®(5)(D) of this title, is made in > accordance with the requirements of section 403® of this title is > not a drug solely because the label or the labeling contains such a > claim. A food, dietary ingredient, or dietary supplement for which a > truthful and not misleading statement is made in accordance with > section 403®(6) of this title is not a drug under clause © solely > because the label or the labeling contains such a statement. > > (2) The term ''counterfeit drugs'' means a drug which, or the > container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the > trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, or device, > or any likeness thereof, of a drug manufacturer, processor, packer, or > distributor other than the person or persons who in fact manufactured, > processed, packed, or distributed such drug and which thereby falsely > purports or is represented to be the product of, or to have been > packed or distributed by, such other drug manufacturer, processor, > packer, or distributor. > > Chinese Herbs FAX: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 , wrote: > someone more paranoid than me. I was also concerned about the FDA > releasing a non-searchable document that also cannot be highlighted and > cut and pasted. that is reprehensible. maybe one of you computer > whizzes could rip this open for us and reformat it in a way that will > allow us to properly address this matter. > I've just emailed you a Word file with the editable document. Brian C. Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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