In a message dated 6/23/2005 2:28:44 PM, blue.willow writes:
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Emergency Congressional Oversight Urged to Prevent Illegal Action by US
CODEX Delegation Next Month
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Congress has been notified by the Natural Solutions Foundation that US
CODEX policy, announced at a Public Hearing by the US CODEX Manager,
conflicts with U.S. law. Two laws, the unanimously passed 1994 Dietary
Supplements Health and Education Act (DSHEA) and the 1997 FDA Modernization
Act (FDAMA) protect supplements from harmonization with international
standards. US CODEX policy supports the restrictive Vitamin and Mineral
Guideline (VMG) set for ratification with illegal U.S. assistance in Rome
next month in direct violation of explicit US legal prohibitions.
Congressional oversight is being urged to prevent illegal policy action by
the US CODEX Delegation on behalf of this country.
(PRWEB) June 23, 2005 -- All members of Congress were notified by the
Natural Solutions Foundation that the US CODEX policy, announced at the US
CODEX Office Public Hearing on June 9, 2005 conflicts with two US laws which
classify supplements as food (with no upper limits) and exclude them from
harmonization with international standards. Because it is illegal, the US
CODEX policy to support the VMG should be reversed immediately through
Congressional oversight.
Three U.S. Congressmen, Reps. Paul, DeFazio and Burton, have already signed
a Congressional Letter to Dr. Edward Scarbrough, the US CODEX Manager,
urging him to bring US CODEX policy into alignment with US law, http://www
prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb250895.php.
On June 1, 2005 a Citizen's Petition, http://www.healthfreedomusa
org/petition/petition.pdf, a legal document designed to compel the US to
follow its own laws, was submitted to the US CODEX Manager notifying him
that support of the restrictive VMG violated Title 19, USC 3512 which
prohibits the US from harmonizing with international standards which violate
US law. Although presented as an Emergency Petition because of the
forthcoming ratification of the VMG at the July 4-9 meeting of the Codex
Alimentarius Commission, the US CODEX Office has not yet responded.
Interestingly, US CODEX policy in support of the VMG was announced over two
weeks before the supposed completion of the US's policy decision-making
process which Dr. Scarbrough believes will not be completed until next week.
None the less, written and oral representations of the US's illegal intent
to support the VMG were made by the US CODEX Office as early as two weeks
ago at the public hearing. At that meeting, Dr. Scarbrough noted that public
input had only a "theoretical possibility" of impacting US CODEX policy.
However, Congressional oversight to ensure that Executive Branch Agencies,
such as the US CODEX Office, support Public Policy as determined by Congress
is expected to cause the CODEX Delegation to rethink its position.
The Natural Solutions Foundation, http://www.HealthFreedomUSA.org, is a
leading voice in the health freedom movement in America.
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