Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 On Jan 12, 2005, at 4:33 PM, Musiclear wrote: > > Citizens Health Action Network <info > January 12, 2005 1:36:58 PM PST > musiclear > Urgent Alert - Preserve Your Health Rights > > > <logo.gif> > > <spacer.gif>URGENT HEALTH ALERT! DEADLINE FEBRUARY 1st > > Dietary Supplements are Important to YOUR Health > Tell the FDA to RESPECT your HEALTH RIGHTS > > Take Action Today! It only takes one minute to send an email > message to the FDA. > > FDA is reviewing portions of DSHEA, the Dietary Supplement Health > Education Act. The agency may propose new and overly burdensome > regulations that could restrict your access to new dietary ingredients > and dietary supplements that were not on the market prior to 1994 when > DSHEA was passed. > > Recall that 2.5 million concerned consumers contacted Congress > between 1992 and 1994 to support DSHEA and assure access to their > supplements. In response to the overwhelming consumer support, > Congress passed DSHEA and deliberately created new and different > regulations for dietary supplements. Congress enacted DSHEA to stop > the FDA from treating dietary supplements like food additives or drugs > and to protect consumer's rights to purchase these products. > > We need to make our voices heard once again! > The deadline is February 1, 2005. Send YOUR Letter NOW > > Tell the FDA to uphold DSHEA and your continued access to beneficial > dietary supplements today! At risk are many innovative > and particularly effective dietary supplements. The FDA needs to > hear from you to preserve your hard-won access to the most innovative > and important health products. Any new guidelines that require > onerous food additive and drug like notifications, excessive testing > and documentation will make the introduction of new products > unnecessarily expensive. > > This disincentive for companies to develop new health promoting > products will assuredly lead to the reduction of many products that > can benefit the health of Americans. It could block consumer access to > validated new and innovative products -- for good. American consumers > have the right to these health enhancing products that are also shown, > in many cases, to reduce the staggering public health burden, and > reduce the cost of health care. > > We only have a few short weeks to send a strong message. The FDA is > considering comments until February 1,2005. Make sure your voice is > heard. > > Washington, DC needs to hear from at least 25,000 consumers who care > about their health rights. Urge the FDA to ensure that any new > guidelines for New Dietary Ingredients reflect the intent of Congress > and continue to provide complete access to the safe, affordable and > innovative dietary supplements you rely on for your health. > > > Take action today! > > <spacer.gif><spacer.gif>We are committed to protecting your privacy, > so your email address will NEVER be sold or exchanged. If you would > like to from this newsletter, please reply to this message > with " Remove " in the subject line. > <spacer.gif> > > <spacer.gif> Chinese Herbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 Hi Is there an active link for this? I'd like to participate, but the " click here " parts of the email didn't do anything. < wrote: On Jan 12, 2005, at 4:33 PM, Musiclear wrote: > > Citizens Health Action Network <info > January 12, 2005 1:36:58 PM PST > musiclear > Urgent Alert - Preserve Your Health Rights > > > <logo.gif> > > <spacer.gif>URGENT HEALTH ALERT! DEADLINE FEBRUARY 1st > > Dietary Supplements are Important to YOUR Health > Tell the FDA to RESPECT your HEALTH RIGHTS > > Take Action Today! It only takes one minute to send an email > message to the FDA. > > FDA is reviewing portions of DSHEA, the Dietary Supplement Health > Education Act. The agency may propose new and overly burdensome > regulations that could restrict your access to new dietary ingredients > and dietary supplements that were not on the market prior to 1994 when > DSHEA was passed. > > Recall that 2.5 million concerned consumers contacted Congress > between 1992 and 1994 to support DSHEA and assure access to their > supplements. In response to the overwhelming consumer support, > Congress passed DSHEA and deliberately created new and different > regulations for dietary supplements. Congress enacted DSHEA to stop > the FDA from treating dietary supplements like food additives or drugs > and to protect consumer's rights to purchase these products. > > We need to make our voices heard once again! > The deadline is February 1, 2005. Send YOUR Letter NOW > > Tell the FDA to uphold DSHEA and your continued access to beneficial > dietary supplements today! At risk are many innovative > and particularly effective dietary supplements. The FDA needs to > hear from you to preserve your hard-won access to the most innovative > and important health products. Any new guidelines that require > onerous food additive and drug like notifications, excessive testing > and documentation will make the introduction of new products > unnecessarily expensive. > > This disincentive for companies to develop new health promoting > products will assuredly lead to the reduction of many products that > can benefit the health of Americans. It could block consumer access to > validated new and innovative products -- for good. American consumers > have the right to these health enhancing products that are also shown, > in many cases, to reduce the staggering public health burden, and > reduce the cost of health care. > > We only have a few short weeks to send a strong message. The FDA is > considering comments until February 1,2005. Make sure your voice is > heard. > > Washington, DC needs to hear from at least 25,000 consumers who care > about their health rights. Urge the FDA to ensure that any new > guidelines for New Dietary Ingredients reflect the intent of Congress > and continue to provide complete access to the safe, affordable and > innovative dietary supplements you rely on for your health. > > > Take action today! > > <spacer.gif><spacer.gif>We are committed to protecting your privacy, > so your email address will NEVER be sold or exchanged. If you would > like to from this newsletter, please reply to this message > with " Remove " in the subject line. > <spacer.gif> > > <spacer.gif> Chinese Herbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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