Opinion by
Consumer Advocate
Tim Bolen
Monday, July
4th, 2005
"Big Pharma"
won a major victory in Rome, Italy today. Vitamins and minerals, for
over-the-counter sale will be phased out, almost completely, in every country on
Planet Earth. The
"German
Model" of health care will now be the law of the land - in every land.
Below is a press release from
Diane Miller JD of the National Health Freedom Coalition, detailing the action.
Diane is in Rome at the meeting.
Press Release -
National Health Freedom Coalition: Codex Full Commission adopts Codex
Guidelines for Vitamin and Mineral Food Supplements in final form July
4, 2005, Rome Italy. by Diane Miller JD.
Minutes ago the full Commission of
Codex Alimentarius adopted in final form, the Codex Guidelines for
Vitamin and Mineral Food Supplements. This adoption is the Step 8
adoption, the final stage of adoption for the international Codex
guidelines. The Codex Vitamin and Mineral Food Supplements guidelines
are now official and no longer in draft form.
The Commission, attended by over 85 of
the 171 Codex countries, adopted the guidelines by consensus method.
There was brief discussion before adoption taking in comments from a
small number of countries and two NGOs.
Australia requested adding the word
"only" in Section 1.3 bertwee the words "apply" and "in". The sentence
would then read "These guidelines apply only in those jurisdictions
where products defined in 2.1 are regulated as foods."
Australia's comments were followed by
request from Venzuela and Spain to clarify the spanish translation.
Venezuela was followed by China. China
stated that every government in making decisions about vitamins and
minerals should take into account the dietary limitations of their own
countries, that governments can select vitamins and minerals acocording
to the customs and habits of their country. China also pointed out that
there should be definitions of the sources of vitamins.
Columbia spoke up and commented that
Vitamins and Minerals are intended for deficiencies and are recommended
for health reasons and said that there has to be no exaggerated use of
minerals.
Egypt commented and offered a
clarification saying that vitamin and minerals can be considered if
daily needs are not being met.
After the countries were heard, the
Chairman recognized NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations). National
Health Federation (NHF) a world wide consumer organization with
NGO status at Codex was recognized to speak. Attonery Scott Tipps of
NHF stood and requested the guidelines not be adopted but rather be sent
back to commitee for 3 important reasons. 1) According to Codex rules
a "purpose" statement must be part of all guidelines adopted and the
Vitamin and Mineral guidelines did not contain a purpose. Secondly,the
guidelines did not define vitamin and mineral and therefore it is
unclear as to what is being regulated. And lastly, he pointed out that
the Chinese comments were substantive and according to Codex rules on
page 27 of the procedural manual, a substantive amendment request should
be addressed at the committee level. His comments were heard.
The NGO IADSA was then recognized.
IADSA stressed the fact that the draft guidelines should be adopted
because they had been worked on in committee for near 10 years and that
valuable consensus had been reached in the Bonn Germany committee
meeting and the guidelines should now be passed.
After all comments, the Chair,
consulted with counsel to assess whether the addition of the word "only"
would change the meaning of the sentence. After learning that it would
not he consulted with Australia and Australia repeated their request for
amendment. The Chair recommended adoption of the amendment and there
was no dissent. Then the Chair recommended the guidelines be adopted at
Stage 8 in their final form and that China submit their substantive
amendment requests to the committee at their next meeting. There was no
further comment or dissent from any country and the guidelines were
adopted.
What this means, in the United States, is that as soon as CAFTA (Central
American Free Trade Agreement) passes the House of Representatives (it has
already passed the Senate), the US government will be forced, by the terms of
that CAFTA agreement, to
restrict vitamin and supplement sales in accordance with the
"German
Model" of health care.
If and when this happens, the hard
won 1994 DSHEA (Dietary Supplement Health & Education Act) will be nullified,
and the dismantling of the North American supplement Industry will begin.
However, it is not inevitable -
the use of "supplements" and other "alternatives" to conventional
medicine regimens represents over fifty percent (50%) of the total US health
dollar spent annually. Eighty-eight percent (88%) of US adults use an
"alternative," and believe in them. Opposition is already gearing up
for the battle - (click here).
This is a battle between "We
the People," and the free world's biggest, and worst, enemy - ever - "Big
Pharma."
Stay tuned...
Tim Bolen - Consumer Advocate
This "Millions of Health Freedom Fighters -
Newsletter" is about the battle between "Health and Medicine" on Planet Earth.
Tim Bolen is an op/ed writer with extensive knowledge of the activities of a
subversive organization calling itself the "quackbusters," and that
organization's attempts to suppress, and discredit, any, and all health
modalities that compete with the allopathic (MD) paradigm for consumer health
dollars. The focus of the newsletter is on the ongoing activities, battles,
politics, and the victories won by members of the "Health Freedom Movement"
against the "quackbusters" It details "who the quackbusters are, what they are,
where they are operating, when they appear, and how they operate - and how easy
it is to beat them..."
For background information on the "Battle between
Health and Medicine" go to:
http://www.savedrclark.net/by_whom2.htm.
