>To: Kathy Greene Fucetola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Hammell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: Ralph Fucetola JD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:59:53 -0500
>>02/12/05
>
>Recently an industry organization spokesperson told a Health Freedom
acti>vist
>that “9 out of 10” lawyers involved with Dietary Suppleme>nt issues do
not
>think Codex Alimentarius and the WTO are a threat to American health
choi>ce
>freedoms.
>
>I am one of those "1 of 10" lawyers without-pharma-cartel-clients who
tak>es
>the CODEX issue very seriously.
>
>Frankly, with the EU "positive list," the US IOM calling for scrapping
D>HSEA,
>and our "public servants" in FDA working to "harmonize" our laws to
Europ>e's
>restrictions, any lawyer, or vitamin industry association, failing to see>
the
>threat is either deluded or a shill for the cartel.  Lawyer Nancy Lord
wr>ote a
>good article on the threat at her lawloft.com web site.
>
>When I was on the Gary Null show a while ago, I said: "Don't subject our
>dietary supplement rights  to WTO - CODEX controls, instead, Harmonize
th>e
>rest of the world to American freedoms protected under DSHEA." - this
>political position remains valid and needs to be raised as often and
loud>ly as
>possible.
>
>Last night, I was at an organizing meeting for NJ Natural Health
Professi>onals
>group.  Fifty MDs, acupuncturists, homeopaths, nutrient purveyors and a
c>ouple
>consumers all came together specifically to oppose CODEX and the related
>threats.  This is happening all over the country.  The Grass Roots is
wak>ing
>up.
>
>The people there knew about S3, they knew about CODEX, they knew about
th>e
>efforts of Alliance for Natural Health in Europe and they were not at all>
>surprised that some industry associations and "experts" are objectively
>"controlled opposition" doing the cartel's bidding.
>
>No one is being fooled anymore.  The "Vitamin War" is entering a decisive>
>crisis.  Once ANH wins in the EU, the restrictive European regulatory
mod>el
>will not be an option for CODEX.  Our current American regulatory model,
>where
>people are free to innovate and make broad claims for the benefits of
>nutrients, enshrined in DSHEA, must become the world model.
>
>Isn't that the new American Mission - to bring freedom to the whole
world>?
>
>We can all help by donating to the Alliance for Natural Health – >to
make
>sure their fight to overturn the EU’s restrictive Food Supplement>
Directive
>is successful (they’ve hired the only European law firm to have e>ver
>overturned an EU directive and have already gotten over a couple of the
l>egal
>hurdles toward that goal).  http://www.alliance-natural-health.org.
>
>We can also help by going to important web sites like the International
>Advocates, www.iahf.com and www.bolenreport.com.  Also,
>saveoursupplements.org, lef.org or vitaminlawyernews.com.
>
>Thanks,
>Ralph Fucetola JD
>www.vitaminlawyer.com
>
>
>
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