Natural Solutions Foundation files Emergency Citizen Petition to Support DSHEA in CODEX Crisis
The Natural Solutions Foundation petitioned the U.S. CODEX Office to adopt as the policy of the U.S. CODEX Delegation and of the US Government, a policy regarding support for international harmonization through CODEX ALIMENTARIUS or otherwise, only as it conforms to United States law and practice. This policy should be adopted on an emergency basis, prior to the 28th General Session of the CODEX Commission scheduled for July 4-9, 2005 in Rome, Italy.
Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 3, 2005 -- Maj. Gen. Albert N. Stubblebine III
(US Army, Ret.) announced today that the Natural Solutions Foundation is
Petitioning the U.S. CODEX Office (U.S. Department of Agriculture) to adopt
support for international Dietary Supplement harmonization (and any other
international harmonization) only as it conforms to United States law and
practice as the policy of the U.S. CODEX Delegation. The Foundation has
requested that policy be adopted on an emergent basis, prior to the 28th General
Sessions of the CODEX Commission scheduled for July 4-9, 2005 in Rome, Italy.
The Petition is posted on the Internet at www.HealthFreedomUSA.org/petition .
The CODEX
ALIMENTARIUS Commission is the U.N. trade agency that determines international
food (and nutrient) regulations. It has been widely criticized for its
restrictive proposals which are likely to cause great harm in the US and
globally if implemented.
The Dietary Supplement industry has responded
with growth and expansion to substantial consumer demand since the adoption of
the Dietary Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA). Much of this growth may be
attributed to the Free Market in Dietary Supplements that was established by
DSHEA. As U.S. District Court Judge Tena Campbell stated in the Ephedra Decision
last month (Nutraceutical Corporation and Solaray, Inc. v. Lester Crawford,
Acting Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Case No. 2:04CV409 TC,
USDC, Utah Central Division),
“the legislative history of the DSHEA
indicates that Congress generally intended to harmonize the treatment of dietary
supplements with that of foods when it added the dietary supplement
subsection...”
Codex's restrictive vitamin and mineral guidelines should
be replaced by the U.S. Dietary Supplement Health Education Act (DSHEA)
food-based standard as the international standard for vitamin, minerals and all
other dietary supplements. The DSHEA, passed unanimously by the U.S. Congress in
1994, recognizes and protects the value of individuals making personal
nutritional and health choices in a way that is rejected by the proposed CODEX
guidelines
The culmination of 50 years of U.S. legislation and litigation
has refined the supplement policy of the United States ensuring that individual
choice and desire play a key role in ensuring private and public health. The
CODEX guideline subordinates individual choice to scientifically inaccurate and
unsupported, supposed professional expertise. The DSHEA balances professionals,
science and people.
Members of the public have continually warned United
States policy makers that pending CODEX regulations fail to meet both the
standards of United States law and the requirements of international law.
Dr. Rima Laibow, MD, Medical Director of the Natural Solutions
Foundation, stated, “We are urging the U.S. CODEX Office to adopt as the policy
of the U.S. CODEX Delegation support only for international harmonization that
conforms to United States law and practice,” referring to 19 USC 3512, “United
States law to prevail in conflict - No provision of any of the Uruguay Round
Agreements, nor the application of any such provision to any person or
circumstance, that is inconsistent with any law of the United States shall have
effect.”
The Petition is being presented, under the Administrative
Procedures Act, to the U.S. Codex Office, President Bush, the Secretary of the
Health and Human Services Department, The Secretary of Commerce, the
Environmental Protection Agency, The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture,
the head of the U.S. CODEX office, the head of the Food and Drug Administration
and Congressional leaders of both parties.
The Natural Solutions
Foundation is devoted to vigorously preserving, promoting, protecting and
defending Health Freedom in the United States and abroad.
Natural
Solutions Foundation
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