FDA - Request for Input

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Hi I got the email below from AHNA and asked for their permission

 

to sent it on to you guys since I know many of us have something to say

 

about it.

 

 

 

Marlen

 

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marlen

FDA - Request for Input from AHNA Members

 

 

 

You're receiving this email because you are a member of AHNA.

Dear AHNA Members:

 

 

 

The Leadership Council of AHNA wishes to share the following information

with you about the draft US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) document

entitled

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Guidance for Industry on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Products and

Their Regulation by the Food and Drug Administration.

 

 

 

In February of this year, the FDA announced in the

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Register that it has observed confusion in the public as to whether certain

products used in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are subject to

regulation by the FDA or the Public Health Service Act. At that time, the

FDA announced a draft publication entitled

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Guidance for Industry on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Products and

Their Regulation by the Food and Drug Administration

 

and asked for comment. However, AHNA and many others only learned of this

from the NCCAM UPDATE emailed on March 12, 2007.

 

 

 

In recent weeks, a growing number of concerns have been expressed about the

FDA document by numerous organizations and individuals including members of

AHNA. Questions include whether the FDA is trying to squash health freedoms,

eliminate dietary supplements, put alternative therapies and natural health

care under the control of allopathic doctors and even effect religious

practices. Also in question is whether these claims are real - and what the

document really means.

 

 

 

AHNA, at this point, has not responded to the FDA regarding these

guidelines, and is presently gathering additional data about this issue. We

invite members to share their input regarding these guidelines after

consideration of the various aspects of this issue.

 

 

 

You can find the actual guidelines at:

 

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Other websites that discuss this issue are: The Integrator Blog (April 18th)

issue at:

 

 

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http://theintegratorblog.com/site/ and the American Association for Health

Freedom and its allied Health Freedom Association:

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We really want to hear how you would like us to respond. We must hear from

you by May 17 as the comment date has only recently been extended and

responses are due to the FDA by May 29, 2007.

 

 

Please respond to: <director director and thank

you for your feedback.