CODEX - The Drug Pushers Are Trying to Take Your Vitamins Away
Because They Are Afraid You Will Find How Effective Vitamins Are to Treat Many
Disease Conditions. This Amounts to Genocide That Will Probably Result in
the Death of You or Some of Your Children
I don't know how to stop this. I don't know if it CAN be stopped. Its happening with such DELIBERATE slowness that no one sees whats happening unless they're immersed in it like I am, and I don't know how to get people to wake up. They're busy running their businesses, and unless a threat is so highly visible that its EASY to see, they just don't pay any attention. So they will one day find themselves on the edge of a cliff, being pushed off, and they won't even know how they got there, and I don't know at this point what to say to them.
- John Hammell
Update
Thu Aug 1 08:25:50 CDT 2002
CODEX Harmonization creeping closer than we think...
MAXIMUM TOLERABLE LEVELS
The labels on your vitamin and mineral
bottles may soon change.
Labels may soon list "Tolerable Upper
Limits," which would likely scare uninformed consumers away
from taking so-called mega-dose food supplements. These restrictions come
at a time when researchers are finding that high-dose folic acid, vitamin
D, vitamin C, vitamin B12, selenium and other nutritional factors may
convey significant preventive or therapeutic health benefits.
These restrictions are part of international trade agreements now being
deliberated in Europe, called CODEX. To read
Bill Sardi's recent letter to the U.S. CODEX delegation, go to
www.askbillsardi.com
B. SARDI'S CODEX LETTER TO FEDS
Know
ledge of Health, Inc.
457 West Allen Avenue, Unit 117
San Dimas, California 91773 USA
July 30, 2002
Elizabeth Yetley
And the US Delegation to CCNFSDU
To be entered into the public record
To the CODEX delegates:
The very fact that there are deliberations to establish upper limits on the
intake of essential vitamins and minerals is likely to mean some number must
be agreed upon by CODEX. There is a false assumption that there is a signif
icant enough health riskto consumers who overdose on food supplements, enoug
h so that limits must be established with some haste.
It can be argued that the over-dosage of any substance canproduce side effec
ts. While food supplements are not free of side effects, they are rela
tively safe. They are safer than chlorinated tap water(long-term carci
nogen; causes bladder, kidney and rectal cancer), table salt (results in mil
lions of cases of hypertension), aspirin and ibuprofen (causes stomach ulcer
s which may hemorrhage and result in death), cow=E2=80=99s milk (countries w
ith the highest consumption have the highest mortality rates), bacon preserv
ed with nitrates (increases risk of brain cancer more than 10-fold), and ace
taminophen (Tylenol, which causes thousands of cases of liver toxicity annua
lly, hundreds of liver transplants and some deaths), all which are non-presc
ription items.
Efforts to restrict the dosage of food supplements appear tobe a misdirected
priority.
CODEX convenes at a time when it has become apparent there are more than 150
,000 needless deaths from properly prescribed drugs annuallyin the USA (over
400 preventable deaths per day, equivalent to a fully loaded commercial air
liner crashing and killing all on board every day!). Furthermore, it h
as become apparent that the biological action of most prescription medicatio
ns can be duplicated with vitamins, minerals, amino acids and herbal product
s at far less cost and side effects to consumers. The public needs to
be educated about the health benefits of food supplements, not scared away a
s is currently the case.
Some of the current restrictions on the dosage of food supplements are alrea
dy harming the public. For example, the FDA does not permit more than 99 mil
ligrams of potassium in a food supplement due to a small number of people wh
o may develop potassium overload. Yet consumers caneat a couple of ban
anas a day, which provides about 700 milligrams of potassium per piece of fr
uit. This reveals a bias against food supplements that is in urgent ne
ed of correction.
In a sense, it could be said that table salt is a food supplement (concentra
ted, refined sodium). The over-consumption of salt, approximately 4000 milli
grams per day in the USA, results in millions of cases of hypertension and h
astens the onset of osteoporosis since sodium competes with calcium for abso
rption. Prepared foods are laced with salt as companies compete for th
e consumer's palate. So there is little hope that Americans will reduce sodi
um consumption to recommended levels (<1500 mgs per day) without the coop
eration of foodpurveyors. Yet not a word is uttered to restrict the do
sage of sodium in an unlabeled salt shaker nor in labeled canned food.
The antidote to the over-dosage of sodium is potassium, which guards agains
t salt sensitivity. But the dosage restriction on potassium in food su
pplements prevents most consumers from obtaining a simple and cost-effective
answer to the problem. Instead, millions of dollars of ineffective anti-hyp
ertenive drugs are sold in the place of potassium.
The U.S. FDA has taken an untenable position by often scaring the public awa
y from so-called high-dose food supplements. CODEX may make the same m
istake. For example, the FDA has repeatedly issued warnings for the pu
blic to be wary of high-dose vitamin A supplements. The potential risk
is liver toxicity, which only occurs in about 30 people annually in the USA
, most whom have pre-existing liver disease. Yet health authorities es
timate millions of Americans have low vitamin A levels and exhibit health pr
oblems such as diminished night vision and a compromised immune system.
; Yet to prevent a few from developing liver toxicity the FDA warns millions
of adults away from supplemental vitaminA.
For various reasons explained in a memo I addressed to U.S.CODEX delegates t
wo years ago, I believe that limits on the dosage of food supplements will r
esult in significant health problems. The science on vitamins is chang
ing rapidlyand the dosage of vitamin D, folic acid, vitamin C needed for opt
imal health is likely to exceed any proposed upper limits presented to the d
elegates of CODEX. For example, an upper limit on the dosage of supple
mental vitamin D is likely to be harmful to blacks living in northern latitu
des who are immune compromised due to their limited ability to produce vitam
in D from sunlight exposure.
Sadly, while recent studies reveal nutritional deficienciesat epidemic level
s, which result in significant morbidity and mortality, CODEX ponders upper
limits for food supplements. Recent studies indicate as much as 80 percent o
f Americans are deficient in magnesium, 80 percent deficient in essential fa
tty acids, 40 percent do not consume sufficient amounts of vitamin B12 or vi
tamin D, and more than 90 percent do not consume the amount of vitamin C tha
t has been conclusively shown to prevent cataracts (300 mgs) and reduce bloo
d pressure (500 mgs). Food supplements could safely and economically r
emedy these deficiencies, but the public is not alerted. Just the shor
tage of magnesium in the American diet results in an estimated 340,000 cases
of sudden-death heart attack annually.
If an outbreak of beri beri due to a vitamin B1 (thiamin) shortage affecting
just a few thousand people were to be reported in the news media, health of
ficials would be compelled to correct the problem. Yet millions of Ame
ricans today exhibit overt signs of nutritional deficiency while public heal
th authorities point their finger of accusation at the few side effects caus
ed by food supplements which are largely reversible and non-mortal.
CODEX convenes at an historic moment in time when man-made medicines are beg
inning to fail. Bacteria are now resistant to the =E2=80=9Cmagic bullet=E2
=80=9D antibiotics. Over 14,000 Americans now die needlessly in hospit
als due to mutated microbes that cannot be killed by the most potent antibio
tics. Again, modern medicine=E2=80=99s over-reliance upon prescription
drugs is the problem. While it has been conclusively shown that carva
crol and allicin, the active ingredients in oregano and garlic, can kill vir
tually every known bacterium without inducing germ resistance, these natural
remedies are ignored and are often considered nothing more than snake oil.&
nbsp; Even needless death does not prompt public health authorities tolook a
t natural alternatives. At a time when there is anxiety over biologica
l terrorism, there is even some evidence that carvacrol and allicin are pote
nt against the anthrax bacterium and the smallpox virus, yet pharmaceutical
companies continue to gain the attention of the news media and funding from
governmental sources for problematic vaccines that are known to result in si
gnificant mortality.
For these and other reasons, I re-submit the letter I wrote to the U.S. CODE
X delegation two years ago, with hopes it will be read in detail and that th
e CODEX convention will back away from proposed limits on the dosage of food
supplements, at least until further research is conducted.
Sincerely,
Bill Sardi
Attachment
FEDS SCHEDULE PUBLIC CODEX MEETING
From BSardi@aol.com Mon Jun 3 10:15:47 2002
From: BSardi@aol.com
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 13:15:47 EDT
Subject: CODEX MEETING
To: EBalbert@natrol.com
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BILLING CODE 3410-DM-P
From Neil E. Levin (neilelevin@yahoo.com)
CODEX
I've taken it upon myself to comment on parts of an article that
appeared at www.nutraingredients.com. In my view the article is an
apologist's account of benefits of the EU directive. My remarks are
starred (***).
Ed J. Fry - 03-21-02
Vitamin supplement directive approved by MEPs
14/03/02 - Despite fierce lobbying which at one stage caused the European
Parliament’s email system to crash, MEPs yesterday voted to approve plans
for a tightening of the safety controls for vitamin supplements.
Such was the level of vitriol unleashed against Emilia Mueller, the MEP who
proposed the legislation, that Parliament also took the unprecedented step
of opening an investigation into the lobbying – not to say bullying –
tactics of some of the bill’s opponents.
*** Who is bullying whom is open to dispute. A muted, passionless
drafting of laws and regulations that does not engage the public in a
meaningful conversation about its future access to supplements serves
only those in public office and industry who cynically claim that
pending (de facto) restrictions in some markets are in the public's best
interests.
The new legislation means that manufacturers of food supplements
containing vitamins and minerals have three years to provide the European
legislators with full details of the ingredients used in the
supplements.
Once they have been submitted, they will then be assessed for safety in
accordance with existing scientific guidelines and maximum levels will then
be set.
Manufacturers will also be obliged to provide detailed labelling on bottles
and packaging to give consumers clear daily dosage instructions. They will
also have to carry a warning about the dangers of excessive use.
The rules are logical in that they bring dietary supplements under the same
kind of safety controls as food and medicines, but they have faced stern
opposition from an extremely vocal minority who have claimed that many
products currently available for use will now be banned.
The European Commission has strongly refuted these claims, saying that
only those products which are not found to be safe will be removed from
sale. This, the Commission argued, was clearly in the interest of
consumers throughout the Union, and that any product which was natural
and safe had nothing to fear.
*** The above passage completely ignores the active steps that must be
taken by industry or others to prove (according to criteria yet to be
determined) that given products are safe. Many products will be
considered only temporarily "innocent". Within an allotted period these
products would be removed from the market in the absence of as yet to be
defined "adequate proof of safety".
Not everyone agreed, however, and one Dutch vitamin supplement supplier
is said to have bombarded the European Parliament with emails claiming
that the increased cost of submitting the ingredients for assessment would
push many producers and retailers out of business.
Other opponents said that they feared the maximum levels set by the
European authorities would err on the low side, forcing manufacturers to
reformulate their products and obliging consumers to buy more in order to
obtain the same dose.
Reports claim that some 300 nutrients currently used in supplements are
not included on the initial list of permitted substances, but these reports
have been dismissed by some people in the industry.
As far as we are aware, there are nowhere near 300 substances on the list”
said Simon Pettman of IADSA, an organization which represents national
dietary supplement associations across Europe. “There are perhaps 30 or
so substances currently on the list for approval by the Commission's
Scientific Committee on Food, and there will almost certainly be more, but
by no means as many as 300.”
*** Is Mr. Pettman referring to 30 classes of products, rather than the
many more discrete substances and/ or products that fall within such
categories? He appears to be correct rhetorically, but not arithmetically.
The problem is that the most vociferous individuals have been those who
are opposed to the regulations, Pettman said, giving the impression that
there is widespread discontent with the ruling. “I think it is safe to
say that of the 21 or so national associations which we represent in
Europe,
17 are delighted with the rules, a couple are neutral and the rest have
some
slight concerns.
*** Yes, it's generally those who have freedoms snatched away, as will
be the case especially in the Netherlands and UK, who are most
vociferous in protesting. As for those in other nations who will be
"granted" relative freedom by the EU Directive, of course, there would
be little complaint. It is the disposition of some to be content with
and grateful for "freedoms" bestowed by a patriarchal state, while still
others will complain the EU is being too generous in granting even this
modest access to nutrients, by which the ignorant masses may still
"harm" themselves.
“Even those who are not 100 per cent happy with the rules – for example, we
know of some concerns about the way in which the dossiers have to be
submitted to the SCF and the costs that might entail – nonetheless realize
that they are necessary and inevitable – it is perhaps more in the
detail of how they are to be implemented that the concerns arise.”
*** These are the undefined dossiers without which given products will
not be allowed for continued sale.
Pettman said that the lawmakers could perhaps have decided to set the
maximum limits for nutrients from the outset, rather than going through the
lengthy procedure of obliging companies to submit details and then assess
them. “But if they had done this, I suppose we would simply have been
arguing about the limits instead,” he added. “The way they have chosen is
not perhaps the ideal way, but all things considered it is perhaps the most
practical.”
*** Leaving the limits open assures that powerful and moneyed interests
will influence the limit setting process. As to whether any public
input will be regarded remains in question, as to date the EU
Parliament's response appears to have be hostile to "non-official"
(public) input.
Some of the organizations lobbying against the directive have accused
IADSA of not doing enough to stand up for its members, but Pettman
explained that they had misunderstood what the organization’s role was.
“About 98 per cent of our European members are in favour of the rules. Of
course, this means that 2 per cent are opposed, but we cannot take sides
with either party. In the UK, for example, there has been a lot of press
coverage condemning the regulations, but most of our members there are
in favour of the rules. The coverage in Britain is simply another
example of Euro-bashing that the UK press enjoys so much.”
***Mr. Pettman claims to have taken sides with neither party, yet his
other words belie him. He appears, most assuredly, to have taken sides
with the nominal majority. By stating that most of IADSA's members are
in favour of the Directive, in the interests of full disclosure and
transparency, he might acknowledge that the most powerful and
influential constituents among IADSA's member organizations are
pharmaceutical conglomerates. Taking the politically safe tack of
attributing outcries over the Directive in the UK to the press, while
nowhere acknowledging that flesh and blood citizens have a legitimate
concern or stake in this matter, he only implies his allegiances .
He added that it was hard to understand why opponents were so active now,
right at the end of the decision-making procedure, when the proposal had
first been put forward in May 2000. “That was the time to scream and shout,
not now! In any case, it is hard to understand why there is so much
opposition to regulations which will bring greater safety and clarity to the
industry.
*** Perhaps a few salient questions would assist Mr. Pettman in
understanding the delayed public protest to the Directive. Since when
did the EU Parliament invite public participation into this
"decision-making procedure"? When was public comment solicited? How
could the public respond to pending regulations, when so much is still
undecided? Where and where were disclosures published by the EU?
“It is true that some of the concerns raised by lobbyists are genuine and
need to be addressed. But the way they have gone about putting their case
makes them look like extremists and does little or nothing to promote their
cause.”
*** Only citizens in a minority of EU countries who presently enjoy open
access to supplements are likely to be negatively impacted by the
Directive's outcome. However, in light of the looming restrictions of
regulations about to be imposed, isn't their level of agitation
understandable? It is too convenient and facile, and not at all
instructive or inclusive, to attribute the public's outrage at its
disenfranchisement to an unnamed public figure (Dr. Rath), who has been
made a scapegoat by official scorn and derision.
He concluded: “One argument I have seen is that the whole directive is a
plot by the major pharmaceutical companies to price the smaller players
out of the market. That is tosh – the vast majority of the vitamins produced
are made by these same major players who will themselves be subject to
the same regulations. They may well be able to shoulder the additional
costs more easily than smaller players, but to accuse them of conspiring is
frankly ludicrous.”
*** Given the EU and U.S. criminal sanctions and significant fines (now
pending in Australia, as well) against major pharmaceutical
manufacturers of vitamin products for conspiring to "fix" and inflate
prices, why is it ludicrous to deduce the pharmaceutical industry
(cartel) would seek to extend its monopolistic hold on medicinals to
include natural substances? The pharmaceutical industry is the most
profitable industry in history precisely because it knows how to exploit
laws and regulations in its own favour, particularly those involving
proprietary control and pricing of products.
The European Commission also welcomed the decision to approve the
legislation. “The aim of this legislation is to put consumer safety and
informed consumer choice first, and to solve the problems manufacturers
currently face in marketing their products due to diverging national rules,”
said David Byrne, Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection.
“Consumers across Europe will have a wide range of safe products
available from which to choose, which is not the case in quite a few member
states today. The aim of the directive is not to ban food supplements as
some lobbies have misled consumers to believe. Some people find they
need food supplements to compensate for their inadequate intake of
essential vitamins and minerals. Labels must give them clear information
about how to use and how not to use them. We also must make sure that
the chemical substances used to produce vitamins and mineral
supplements are safe and subject to independent scientific assessment.”
“These principles of food safety and transparent information as outlined in
the White Paper on Food Safety apply here as they do to all other food
products. It must however be clear that a varied diet remains the best
approach to achieving good health.
*** Commissioner Byrne makes statements about the necessity for proven
"safe" supplements for consumers who find the "need ... to compensate
for ... inadequate intake of essential vitamins and minerals". Given
that parameters of safety and intake levels are yet be defined, and that
by scientific analysis there is little "scientific assessment" that is
independent of economic influence, why should those in countries facing
future restrictions be buoyed by bureaucratic assurances that say, in
effect, "We're the government, and we're here to help you". Really.
The scientific truth is that nutritional science has a better
understanding of what constitutes optimal nutrient intake for laboratory
animals than for humans. For an array of reasons, mostly ones involving
maximization of profits and minimization of liability, most human
nutritional indices are stated in terms of "adequacy," not promotion of
vigorous health.
Specification of levels of an optimal range for human nutrient intake
is not a part of the everyday medical or scientific lexicon, nor does it
enter into the EU's "discussion" of what or how nutrients will be
allowed to be sold. Is it any wonder that those who aspire to a better
or more complete dietary regimen, for themselves and their families,
would be angered by largely arbitrary dictates of rule and order --
cloaked as science?
As one "cowboy" American who appreciates the liberty of being able to
take what in MY judgement constitutes health enhancing supplements,
perhaps I might be forgiven for siding with a scientist and clinician
who worked closely with a peace loving, biochemical genius and two time
Nobel laureate, rather than a brace of attorneys and bureaucrats.
ejf
Biggest Vitamin Ingredient Manufacturer Roche sells off it's Vitamin Division
By Brian Agar
Big News for Vitamin manufacturers & sellers, read below! Roche is the
biggest vitamin ingredient supplier in the world. Now read between the lines
& look for what's not being said. Why would Roche, who maintains the largest
Market share in the world on Vitamin Nutrients for manufacturers, sell off
their vitamin division to concentrate more fully on their Pharmaceutical
business? Now consider the attempts by our FDA, the NAS, & the Codex agendas
of setting upper limit levels on ALL nutrients, even when none has been
scientifically proven, like Vitamin C. The agenda is this: Once upper limit
levels are established, any therapuetic levels of nutrients above upper limit
levels in daily doses, will become prescription only. Again Big Pharma is
setting an agenda of taking away people's choice of treating themselves with
nutrients at therapeutic doses, to make them available as either prescription
only, or USP Pharmaceutical Grade, at much higher prices. Tryptophan went
from $5-$10.00 for consumers, to about $70.00 for a months supply of
Pharmaceutical grade USP l-tryptophan, after that little red herring about
the contaminated batch from Japan took it out of stores for a while. If Roche
retains pharmaceutical rights to their nutrients, & they do here, they will
do well to spin off dwindling vitamin nutrient sales that sell through
conventional retail outlets, to concentrate more fully on booming &
continuously rising pharmaceutical sales. This sale alone should really wake
up retailers to the threat of Codex & artificially imposed upper limit levels
on key nutrients. Why would they sell when they have market share lead? It's a
lot later than anyone thinks.
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