Offtopic - vitamins (was ionspa/aqua chi)

[Roger]

Just a reminder, this may become almost a moot topic soon if we dont act:
We must fight against the "harmonization" of supplement regulations that may
occur very soon under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Codex Alimentarius
process. Essentially all supplements except something like 18 minerals and
14 vitamins will be pulled off the shelf (as happened in Australia) unless
they undergo safety and effectiveness testing, like they do with drugs at a
cost of millions of dollars. This would make it prohibitive for smaller
companies thus forcing them out of business.
ANH (http://www.alliance-natural-health.org/) is conducting an expensive
legal challenge in Europe to modify or prevent this from happening. If they
lose then the USA will be required to join this harmonization, under WTO
rules. The WTO pre-empts our law since it is an international treaty. The
FDA is all for it.
Another one you can support is Intl Advocates for Health Freedom
http://www.nocodexgenocide.com. John is a little rabid but its whats needed
to fight big pharma. He is doing it based on his experience of saving his
own life with supplementation. He really puts it on the line. He is flying
out to Wash. DC soon on his own dime to confront legislators. He is asking
for donations to help.
Pls pass this along to your friends and other newslists.
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[homeopathus]

From the draft guidelines for Codex:
http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/THE_ ... codex.html

Appendix II
DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR VITAMIN AND MINERAL FOOD SUPPLEMENTS

3. COMPOSITION
3.1 Selection of vitamins and minerals
3.1.1 Vitamin and mineral food supplements should contain
vitamins/provitamins and minerals whose
nutritional value for human beings has been proven by scientific data
and whose status as vitamins and
minerals is recognised by FAO and WHO.
3.1.2 The sources of vitamins and minerals may be either natural or
synthetic and their selection should be
based on considerations such as safety and bioavailability. In
addition, purity criteria should take into
account FAO/WHO standards, or if FAO/WHO standards are not available,
international Pharmacopoeias or
recognized international standards. In the absence of criteria from
these sources, national legislation may be
used.
3.1.3 Vitamin and mineral food supplements may contain all vitamins
and minerals that comply with the
criteria in 3.1.1, a single vitamin and/or mineral or an appropriate
combination of vitamins and/or minerals.

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