IAHF List: The New Zealand National Election is on Saturday July 30. Please forward this to anyone in New Zealand who you know. They should only vote for opposition party candidates who oppose the ruling Labor government, because the Labor government wants to harmonize their liberal vitamin laws to Australia's mindlessly restrictive laws. Lets keep our fingers crossed for the vitamin consumers of New Zealand that Labor does not win a majority in Parliament. If the opposition parties can elect enough people to Parliament to force Labor to share power, they may be able to block harmonization to Australia.
AMERICANS: If you are an American, please alert more people to the fact that our biggest problem is that pharmaceutical interests are dominating our trade associations, keeping the truth on the Codex vitamin issue from coming out. The big lie is that DSHEA "can't be harmonized" to a finalized Codex vitamin standard. Ostensibly, a federal statute protects all of our domestic laws from harmonization, but it is only a paper tiger. See this news article from the Washington Times "WTO DECIDES US LAW VIOLATES TRADE TREATIES": http://www.washtimes.com/business/20020718. Electors! DEMAND Total Honesty & Full Disclosure by Government Public Notice in the interest of Health and safety of consumers, presented by The New Zealand Charter of Health Practitioners Incorporated. Please e-mail this article to all your contacts. Overseas readers please mail to all your New Zealand contacts Special Note: Your e-mail address has been supplied by an associate organisation If you feel that you have received this e-mail in error, unsubscribe information is at the end of this article. How Should You Vote? The New Zealand Charter of Health Practitioners Incorporated does not presume to tell its members and supporters how to vote. Members have requested that the 'Charter' research the health policies of the political parties. This is the first article in a series relating to political health policies Subject List: 1. Unsafe Dietary Supplements. 2. Safe Unsafe 3. Loss of Sovereignty and rights. 4. Ministry Ignore facts 5. The Ministry of Health have failed 6. The Ministry has been doing 7. What can you do 8. Take Action Unsafe Dietary Supplements Your Government the Minister of Health and the Ministry of Health have entered into an agreements with The Australian Therapeutic Goods Authority to control and restrict your access to all types of dietary supplements (Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, Amino Acids and Health Products). The Guiding theme behind The Australian Therapeutic Goods Authority and the New Zealand Ministry of Health Joint Agency Harmonisation Treaty is the need to ensure the safety and efficacy of dietary supplements . The prime reason given by the Australians and the New Zealand Ministry of Health project team presented to the New Zealand health industry has been "The safety of Dietary Supplements" . Ignorance Appears to be Bliss The New Zealand Ministry of Health have chosen to ignore its own records and for its own purpose of empire building has continually mounted an attack on safe dietary supplements while at the same time ignoring the very real danger to health and life created by unsafe prescription drugs and illness created by sub-standard food manufacture and preparation. The following graphic presents very clearly the information uncovered by investigative researcher Ron Law from the Governments own files. This information was previously hidden from public view and the official reason for this action was "That it would confuse the public." This graphic also illustrates the known policies of the political parties, in relation to the Australian Harmonisation Treaty and natural health policies, contesting the 2002 election. How can ANYONE say no to Safe Health???? Your Ministry of Health and Your Labour Government are saying "NO to safe health". They have embraced the Big Lie "that Dietary Supplements are not safe. " The updated graphic above Illustrates the most recent available statistics of legally recorded deaths, preventable deaths, obtained from public hospital patient records. These figures do not include private hospital or other death records. The Tip of the Iceberg It needs to be recognised that these recoded deaths could be under reported by three to six times. It also needs to be noted that these figures represent zero deaths from dietary supplements. Nearly Three deaths every two weeks from food related illnesses. Over eighty deaths per week from pharamaceutical drugs. The Ministry of Health and the Government have hidden from public view the true facts about Pharmaceutical Drug Deaths, about Food Related Illness Deaths and about the safety of Dietary Supplements. The Ministry of Health and the Government will give away New Zealand Sovereignty to the Australian Therapeutic Goods Authority and Australian manufacturers. (Unless you take action to stop them). This loss of Sovereignty will mean the closure of 175 small innovative manufacturers and could ultimately lead to the loss of thousands of jobs at the retail and distributor level. Over one hundred thousand New Zealanders are involved in retail and distribution according to Health Industry experts. They will initially remove from sale over 200 safe dietary supplement substances used by New Zealanders for promotion of their health and wellbeing and as preventative and corrective therapies for degenerative conditions. (Unless you take action to stop them). They will increase the price of existing safe and effective dietary supplements. Industry experts estimate that registration and compliance costs will increase the price of dietary supplements by at least twenty-five percent (25%). (Unless you take action to stop them). They will build a monumental bureaucracy, with high registration and compliance charges to feed an ever growing top heavy bureaucracy, (Unless you take action to stop them). The New Zealand Ministry of Health have ignored the fact that "Over eighty New Zealanders die every week due to correctly tested, correctly approved and correctly prescribed pharmaceutical drugs", and this will continue. (Unless you take action to stop them). 1998 Statistics, the last year of detailed official statistics available. The New Zealand Ministry of Health have ignored the fact that "Nearly three New Zealanders die every three weeks from the effects of Food borne illness", and this will continue. (Unless you take action to stop them). 1998 Statistics, the last year of detailed official statistics available. Pharmaceutical drugs kill eight times more New Zealanders each week than motor accidents. Yet New Zealand spends millions of dollars annually on a high profile media campaign to keep death of the road, while ignoring the pharmaceutical drug death toll. Efficacy of Dietary Supplements The Pharmaceutical/Medical lobby have continually claimed "That dietary supplements and Health Products are not subject to the same stringent tests as subsidised pharmaceutical medicines and that there is no proof of their effectiveness". This claim is repeated parrot fashion by New Zealand Ministry of Health and Australian Therapeutic Goods Authority officials. The fact is that, the great majority of dietary supplements are manufactured and tested using the same criteria as pharmaceutical drugs. The fact is that, consumers do not re-purchase unsubsidised dietary supplements and health care products that are not effective. The bulk of dietary supplements available in the New Zealand market place have enjoyed many years of effective and safe use. According to medical experts, using statistics from the American Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control. Fifty percent of all new scientifically approved and scientifically tested pharmaceutical drugs are removed from the marketplace over a five year period, due to adverse reactions, hospitalisation and death . Dr. Susan Martindale New Zealand's Joint Project Team leader replied to the above facts as follows: "oh no! They are only removed because they are not selling". When informed regarding the efficacy of dietary supplements at a meeting in Auckland in February 2002 the Australian Therapeutic Goods Authority Joint Agency project official stated: "People should not self medicate as they do not know what is good for them." Protectors of New Zealanders Health The New Zealand Ministry of Health is supposed to be protecting the public health! Instead of protecting the public health the Ministry of Health wastes millions of your tax dollars in the support of policies to suppress dietary supplements and natural therapies. Instead of protecting the public health the Ministry of Health wastes millions of your tax dollars in composing extensive reports setting out what a great job they are doing. The Ministry of Health have failed: To adequately inform the New Zealand public of the range or number of Pharmaceutical Prescription Medicines that have been responsible for the death of ten New Zealanders each week for the last twenty years. The Ministry of health have failed: To warn the New Zealand Public regarding death promoting Pharmaceutical Medicines. The Ministry of health have failed: To demand warning notices on Adverse reaction producing pharmaceutical medicines. Let us take a quick look at what the Ministry of Health has been doing? The Ministry of Health acted in haste to demand that Bee products be subject to warning labels. Subsequent Parliamentary investigation proved that the Ministry allegations were contrary to fact, untrue and unfounded. The Ministry of Health acted in haste to demand that all St, Johns Wort health products be subject to a warning label. This decision was based on Adverse Reaction reports of one only brand of a synthetic pharmaceutical manufactured fraction of St. Johns Wort (which claimed to be St. Johns Wort). None of the health industry manufactured St, Johns Wort products produced any Adverse Reaction reports, but warning labels were demanded by our vigilant Ministry of Health. The Ministry of Health acted in haste to remove Melatonin from over the counter sale, made it a prescription medicine and then informed Medical Doctors not to prescribe Melatonin. This action by the Ministry was taken because of an article extolling the virtues of Melatonin in a Women's Magazine. This action was also taken after the Ministry was informed that there had been no harmful toxicity reports ever and that four million Americans had over a four year period used Melatonin without any substantiated Adverse Reaction reports. The list could go on and on, an interesting book could be written about the deficiencies of the New Zealand Ministry of Health. The Hon. Annette King The Hon Annette King Labour Minister of Health fully endorses and supports the Ministry proposals for a Trans-Tasman Harmonisation Treaty Joint Agency proposal and claims in her back dated letter (28 June 2002) that consumers are being misled on a number of points. In actual fact the Minister is being misled and misinformed by her own Ministry in the same way as the Ministry has been endeavouring to mislead and misinform the Health Industry. Our lengthy discussions with Ministry officials over the last ten years, the Ministry's subsequent actions and lack of action on key issues, brings in to question integrity of Ministry Officials. What can you do? As an ordinary New Zealander it is easy to feel hopeless and infective when facing the might and power of the Ministry and misguided Parliamentarians. Take Action Now! Now is the appropriate time to take action during this election campaign. Do not wait until the "Harmonisation Treaty Joint Agency Bill" is before Parliament - Take Action Now. - Question every Labour Candidate (Labour is the only major party proposing this Australian take-over). regarding the Trans-Tasman Therapeutic Goods Joint Agency Proposal and the Harmonisation Treaty. - Ask very specific questions and if you are not satisfied with the answers, let them know accordingly. - The future of your health and wellbeing and the future of future generations is in your hands. This Act of Parliament and other proposed legislation Acts will seriously effect your right to look after your own and your families health. Demand that the regulation of Dietary Supplements be: "By New Zealanders, for New Zealanders" and not by Australians for Australian manufacturers. Demand that all references to Dietary Supplements be removed from the Trans-Tasman Therapeutic Goods Joint Agency proposals. Still concerned as to what questions to ask political candidates and Parliamentarians? Like to receive updates on health and health legislation? Subscribe today: Send an e-mail to ' [email protected] ' with the following words typed in the subject line ' election action ' without the quote marks. 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