The most outrageous Crime against consumers ever perpetrated.
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 over ride 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, et c. = 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 over ruled 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
(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?
Please write or call your congress man or women and or senator and let them know what you think about this!
[ February 11, 2005, 11:43 AM: Message edited by: Bruce & Deb Newton ]
Posted by Jim Upchurch (Member # 209) on :
Well, who says the UN is worthless! haha. Anyway it hasn't made it to the USofA and I don't think it will pass muster with the anti-socialist American crowd, which is still in the majority here. Let's answer the challenge with a movement to defund US interests in the UN.
Posted by Lotti Prokott (Member # 2684) on :
If this is true, it is outragous!
Do you know if Canada is in this deal, too?
I tried your links and they all don't work.
Posted by Bruce & Deb Newton (Member # 2312) on :
Sorry Lotti,
I don't know if Canada is in, or not.
I have edited the post to correct the links.
Posted by Philip Steffen (Member # 2235) on :
It sounds a bit exagerated- They meet in SECRET. How do we know about the meetings then?
Herb-for-thought though. I will infrom myself.
Posted by Lotti Prokott (Member # 2684) on :
Same here, Phil, but what I found out in a short time is not encouraging.
If it is true that many big pharmaceutical companies are represented in the committee responsible for this, it suddenly makes a lot of sense. There is a huge market in vitamins and supplements out there and they are missing out on it, and God-forbid, the population might actually get healthier by using them and need less of their drugs for sicknesses.
If you google "codex alimentarius vitamins supplements" you'll find lots to read.
BTW, thanks, your links work now
[ February 11, 2005, 01:01 PM: Message edited by: Lotti Prokott ]
Posted by Sheila Ferrell (Member # 3741) on :
Well...give 'em a break . . .they have to start SOMEWHERE with the agenda of getting control of your life . . .
In all seriousness tho' . . .if this passes . . . what next . . .???
And you should watch how these things are always under the guise of 'protecting' people or for their own good. These people sit like vultures waiting for someone to abuse something . . .and hopefully someone even dies . . .then they have that much more ammo to get a controll-seeking foot in the door . . .
Posted by Paul McDowell (Member # 5092) on :
The UN is imposing vehicle safety standards now too.
They are mandating higher latch strength on sliding side van doors. An esimated 20 people are killed annually (worldwide) due to door failure and neglecting to wear a seatbelt.
Expect roller coaster style restraints soon, so you cant forget to wear your seatbelt. Its for your own good!
As for vitamins, there is one good reason to regulate them. There is no law that requires the label to accurately describe what is in the bottle. Rip-off artists have been able to get away from prosecution because of loopholes. WTC laws arent the answer though.
[ February 11, 2005, 01:12 PM: Message edited by: Paul McDowell ]
Posted by Curtis hammond (Member # 2170) on :
There is also a good reason NOt to let the GOV regulate.. The regulators don't know when to quit..
The weapons ban a fwe years ago is a clasic example.
The ban included martial art toys, plastic and foam items that resembled martial art toys, and some animal control devices (bull nose rings). They wre included as deadly weapons.
Posted by John Meeks (Member # 5081) on :
I just left a nutritionist office 20 mins ago and then got to my office to read this. We were there trying to learn about alternatives to the head drugs we currently give my 11 year for ADHD which he has been on since 5. It is "hereditary", like I needed to be told that. So I would have liked an alternative to any kind of voodoo goorue done on me also. So I guess if this passes, it will be cheaper to buy Concerta than vitamins. John M
Favorite bumper sticker: "I love my Country... I fear my goverment"
Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
JIVE... just plain JIVE! And we elect the JIVE A$$ES who continue to enact the robber baron system on us? CONSUMPTION aint just an ailment,it is a habit and them crooks know us like a book. Whats next? Your liberties maybe.
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