Re: Imminent Danger of Worldwide Supplement Ban (CODEX) [was: Norway/German/CODEX

From: Olafur Pall Olafsson (olafurpall_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/05/05 

Date: 4 Feb 2005 17:57:04 -0800

Paul Antonik Wakfer wrote:
> Anth wrote:
>
> > Quote :-
> >
> > CODEX now applies to Norway and Germany, among others, where zinc
tablets
> > rose from $4 per bottle to $52. Echinacea (an ancient
immune-enhancement
> > herb) rose from $14 to $153 (both examples are now allowed by
prescription
> > only). They are now "drugs". Vitamin C above 200 mg, niacin above
32 mg,
> > vitamin B6 above 4 mg-all are banned over-the-counter as drugs. No
amino
> > acids (arginine, lysine, carnitine, etc. = essential amino acids!),

> > essential fatty acids (omegas 3, 6, 9, etc.), or other essential
supplements
> > such as DMEA, DHEA, CoQ10, MSM, beta-carotene, etc. are allowed.
>
> It is far, far worse than this small quote suggests, and most of
those
> on this group do not seem to understand how imminent it is HERE in
North
> America and *why* that is so. Here is the complete message from which

> the above is quoted. I urge everyone to read it in its entirety
> (including my comments at the end) and then to act STRONGLY and
IMMEDIATELY.
>
> ------------ Important message begins --------------
>
> Subject: Banning of the sales of Vitamins .. worldwide ...
>
> Read this very important health message below and contact everyone.
>
> Your right to choose your vitamin, mineral and other supplements may
end
> in June of this year (2005). After that U.S. supplements will be
defined
> and controlled by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World
> Health Organization (WHO). The CODEX ALIMENTARIUS (Food Code) is
setting
> the supplement standards for all countries in the WTO. They will be
> enforced by the WTO and will override U.S. laws. The U.S. President
and
> Congress agreed to this take-over when the WTO Treaty was signed.
> Violations are punished by WTO trade sanctions. CODEX drastically
> restricts vitamins, minerals, herbs and other supplements. CODEX met
> secretly in November, 2004 and finalized "Step 8 (the final stage)"
to
> begin implementation in June, 2005.
>
> The CODE includes:
>
> (1) No supplement can be sold for preventive or therapeutic use.
>
> (2) Any potency higher than RDA (minimal strength) is a "drug"
requiring
> a prescription and must be produced by drug companies. Over 5000 safe

> items now in health stores will be banned, terminating health stores
as
> we now know them.
>
> (3) CODEX regulations become binding internationally.
>
> (4) New supplements are banned unless given very expensive CODEX
testing
> and approval.
>
> CODEX now applies to Norway and Germany, among others, where zinc
> tablets rose from $4 per bottle to $52. Echinacea (an ancient
> immune-enhancement herb) rose from $14 to $153 (both examples are now

> allowed by prescription only). They are now "drugs". Vitamin C above
200
> mg, niacin above 32 mg, vitamin B6 above 4 mg-all are banned
> over-the-counter as drugs. No amino acids (arginine, lysine,
carnitine,
> etc. = essential amino acids!), essential fatty acids (omegas 3, 6,
9,
> etc.), or other essential supplements such as DMEA, DHEA, CoQ10, MSM,
> beta-carotene, etc. are allowed.
>
> The CODEX rules are not based on real science. They are made by a few

> people meeting in secret (see web sites below), not necessarily
> scientists. In 1993 the FDA and drug corporations tried to put all
> supplements under restriction and prescription. But over 4 million
> Americans told Congress and the President to protect their freedom of

> choice on health supplements. The DSHEA Law was passed in 1994, which

> does so. But this will be overruled by CODEX and the World Trade
> Organization.
>
> Virtually nothing about it has been in the media. What the drug
> corporations have failed to do through Congress they have gotten by
> sneak attack through CODEX with the help of a silent media. What can
be
> done at this late hour?
>
> (1) Spread the word as much as possible. Inform yourselves fully at
>
> http://www.ahha.org, http://www.iahf.com, and
> http://www.alliance-natural-health.org .
>
> (2) Oppose bills S.722 and H.R.3377. These support the CODEX
> restrictions with U.S. laws, changing the DSHEA law.
>
> (3) Support H.R.1146 which would restore the sovereignty of the U.S.
> Constitution over CODEX, etc.
>
> (4) Express your wishes to the President, Senators and
Representatives
> (They got us into this!) ASAP.
>
> (5) Contact multi-level health marketing groups that can get their
> members to inform the government.
>
> (6) Send donations, however small, to the British Alliance for
Natural
> Health (see web site above). It has succeeded in challenging the
CODEX
> directives in World Court later this month or next. They need help
> financially, having carried the fight effectively for everyone. CODEX

> and the FDA wish to protect us by controlling supplements in the same

> way they do prescription drugs. A study of the latter by three
medical
> scientists was reported in the Journal of the American Medical
> Association, April 15, 1998-Vol. 279, No. 15, p. 1200 ".Incidence of
> Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR's) was found to be extremely high."
> Covering 30 years (1966 to 1996) it was found that in the U.S. an
> average of 106,000 hospitalized patients per year (290 per day)! die
> from ADR's and 2,200,000 need more hospitalization for recovery.
These
> were FDA approved drugs, properly administered by competent
> professionals in hospitals--none were considered malpractice. This is

> the number four cause of death in the U.S. When combined, these
account
> for 7% of all hospitalized patients. This is equivalent to a 9-11
attack
> every ten days. There are very few fatalities from supplements or the

> news would be on every front page. There is no need for more FDA
control
> of supplements than is already in place, which is substantial.
Instead
> of drastically restricting supplements, why doesn't the FDA better
> control and restrict the extremely dangerous pharmaceutical drugs
which
> are now killing us at the rate of a major airline crash per day?
>
> Wallace G. Heath, Ph.D.
>
> 1145 Marine Drive Bellingham, WA 98225
>
> -------------------------------
>
> Comment by Paul Wakfer:
>
> If this takes place, not only all supplement stores, but all
supplement
> suppliers will be out of business. All of us who are taking large
doses
> of supplements will have nothing left but food, caloric restriction
and
> exercise for disease prevention and life extension, plus those few
> things we will be able to buy "underground". However, just as with
> proscribed narcotic drugs, these underground sources will be
expensive,
> of questionable purity and many may even be operated by violent
criminal
> types. Is this the environment of fear and uncertainty within which
you
> want to purchase your supplements?
>
> While many readers of the MoreLife Yahoo group and the Morelife.org
and
> SelfSIP.org websites will realize that it is not normally my and
Kitty's
> method to have any "truck" with government as long as we can avoid
it,
> in this case we are fighting for our very lives! If CODEX is
implemented
> as designed and is adhered to by all major countries, then the entire

> supplement supply industry as it is currently practiced, particularly
in
> North America, will be instantly gone and our chance for a continued
> healthy existence into old age and beyond will be drastically reduced

> (practically to zero). This CODEX nonsense MUST BE STOPPED from
invading
> any more countries and I most strongly urge everyone to do whatever
s/he
> can to stop it from happening. This is not the time to shrug and say
> "someone else will stop it, why should I bother myself". If you wish
to
> have any chance to maximize your lifetime happiness, you must act
NOW.
>
>
> --Paul Wakfer
>
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I would like to add that you can go to the link below and sign
a petition which opposes the ban. You can sign it online and it
takes less than a minute, all you need is a name and an email adress.
http://www.laleva.cc/petition/modulo.php3

To read the petition go to this link.
http://www.laleva.cc/petizione/english/petitioneng.html

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