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Misty L. Trepke
http://www.searching-alternatives.com
Wonderful Window of Opportunity Just Opened to
Change U.S. CODEX Policy!
Urgent Action Required!
Dear Health Conscious American,
Sometimes, in the middle of an intense battle, an opportunity crops
up unexpectedly, where seizing it can turn the tide of events. A
phenomenal opportunity has arisen in the battle to prevent
ratification of the pro-illness CODEX ALIMENTARIUS Vitamin and
Mineral Guideline!
I will first explain to you what that opportunity is, and then I
invite you to join me in taking action to take advantage of this
opportunity.
U.S. CODEX Office Policy on CODEX ALIMENTARIUS is Illegal
As I've explained in my blog, the U.S. has declared its intent to
support the restrictive, illness-promoting CODEX ALIMENTARIUS Vitamin
and Mineral Guideline (VMG) at the CODEX ALIMENTARIUS meeting in Rome
next month, despite the fact that this position is illegal under U.S.
law. Title 19 USC 3512 prohibits America from harmonizing with any
international standard that violates U.S. laws. The CODEX Vitamin and
Mineral Guideline would violate DSHEA (the 1994 law which treats
supplements as foods).
In Reply to: Still can help stop CODEX...Archive. posted by Walt Stoll [93.1889] on June 25, 2005 at 08:04:18:
Here is a link to the US website that will send auto notices each time new inforamtion is posted regarding CODEX:
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy
development is important. Consequently, in an effort to ensure that the
public and in particular minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities, are aware of this notice, FSIS will announce it on-line
through the FSIS web page located at
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/2005_Notices_Index/.
FSIS also will make copies of this Federal Register publication
available through the FSIS Constituent Update, which is used to provide
information regarding FSIS policies, procedures, regulations, Federal
Register notices, FSIS public meetings, recalls, and other types of
information that could affect or would be of interest to our
constituents and stakeholders. The update is communicated via Listserv,
a free e-mail subscription service consisting of industry, trade, and
farm groups, consumer interest groups, allied health professionals,
scientific professionals, and other individuals who have requested to
be included. The update also is available on the FSIS web page. Through
Listserv and the Web page, FSIS is able to provide information to a
much broader, more diverse audience.
In addition, FSIS offers an e-mail subscription service which
provides an automatic and customized notification when popular pages
are updated, including Federal Register publications and related
documents. This service is available at
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/news_and_events/email_subscription/
and allows FSIS customers to sign up
for subscription options across eight categories. Options range from
recalls to export information to regulations, directives and notices.
Customers can add or delete subscriptions themselves and have the
option to password protect their account.
Done at Washington, DC on May 24, 2005.
F. Edward Scarbrough,
United States Manager for Codex.
Question about CODEX.....are they calling vitamins and supplements "Food"? Here is their definition:
Attachment 4--Definitions for the Purpose of Codex Alimentarius
Words and phrases have specific meanings when used by the Codex
Alimentarius.
For the purposes of Codex, the following definitions apply:
1. Food means any substance, whether processed, semi-processed or
raw, which is intended for human consumption, and includes drink,
chewing gum, and any substance which has been used in the manufacture,
preparation or treatment of ``food'' but does not include cosmetics or
tobacco or substances used only as drugs.
2. Food hygiene comprises conditions and measures necessary for the
production, processing, storage and distribution of food designed to
ensure a safe, sound, wholesome product fit for human consumption.
3. Food additive means any substance not normally consumed as a
food by itself and not normally used as a typical ingredient of the
food, whether or not it has nutritive value, the intentional addition
of which to food for a technological (including organoleptic) purpose
in the manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packing,
packaging, transport, or holding of such food results, or may be
reasonably expected to result, (directly or indirectly) in it or its
by-products becoming a component of or otherwise affecting the
characteristics of such foods. The food additive term does not include
``contaminants'' or substances added to food for maintaining or
improving nutritional qualities.
In Reply to: (Email notification)Re: Still can help stop CODEX...Archive. posted by ~CT [3862.1999] on June 25, 2005 at 10:04:27:
Thanks, CT!
Walt
In Reply to: Re: (Email notification)Re: Still can help stop CODEX...Archive. posted by Walt Stoll [93.1889] on June 26, 2005 at 07:55:42:
CODEX CAN BE STOPPED dead in it's tracks in the USA. Tell Congress to vote NO to CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement). In the CAFTA agreement, there exists sections which state the the USA will indeed harmonize to the Codex regulations set out by the WTO. You need to write to your congressman or woman and tell them you are not interested in CAFTA for the US.
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