>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 > > > _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [email protected] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
