Time: Wed Nov 27 18:09:37 1996
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 17:56:13 -0800
To: Fisher <nfisher@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: LLAW: UN BAN ON VITAMINS
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DEA now acknowledges that its attacks
on health food stores are "in rem" actions
subject to the Supplemental Rules for
Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims.
See Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,
Rule 9(h).
/s/ Paul Mitchell
At 03:24 PM 11/27/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Are we now going to have to start hoarding the mentioned herbs, minerals
>vitamins, etc.--Is this for real or someone's way to induce favorable
>sales on these items. How can we research his more diligently, so as
>to be able to start precautionary actions????
>
>Nancy
>
>
>
>On Wed, 27 Nov 1996 beazur@skyenet.net wrote:
>
>>
>> >From: "Steve Wingate" <stevew@world.std.com>
>> >Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 07:11:56 -0800
>>
>> >Although written by a prominent Canadian M.D., the
>> >
>> >article below, one of the BEST we have read on the
>> >
>> >topic, was distributed by a U.S. group seeking to stop
>> >
>> >the CODEX in the U.S. The CODEX affects the U.S., Canada,
>> >
>> >and all member nations of the U.N. We URGE you to read
>> >
>> >it and decide if maybe, just maybe, it's finally time
>> >
>> >for you to use the democractic process TODAY to
>> >
>> >preserve the future of you and your family TOMORROW.
>> >
>> >
>> > ------> BY Zoltan P. Rona, M.D., M.Sc.
>> >
>> >
>> >>> >If you value freedom of choice in health care, it may still not be
>> >too
>> >
>> >>> >late for you to help stop the pending world wide suppression of
>> >
>> >>> >Complementary Medicine. If the Codex Alimentarious (Nutrition Code)
>> >
>> >>> >Commission has its way, then herbs, vitamins, minerals, homeopathic
>> >
>> >>> >remedies, amino acids and other natural remedies you have taken for
>> >
>> >>> >granted most of your life will be gone. The name of the game for
>> >Codex
>> >
>> >>> >is to shift all remedies under the prescription category that would
>> >be
>> >
>> >>> >controlled exclusively by the medical monopoly and its bosses, the
>> >major
>> >
>> >>> >pharmaceutical firms. This scenario, predictably, has been denied
>> >by
>> >
>> >>> >both the Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA) and the Health
>> >
>> >>> >Protection Branch (HPB or Hocus Pocus Bunch). Do not for one
>> >second
>> >
>> >>> >believe these people. Let me explain.
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >WHAT IS CODEX?
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >No, Codex is not a new sanitary napkin. Nor is it a benign group
>> >of
>> >
>> >>> >boring bureaucrats. It is officially known as the United
>> >Nations/World
>> >
>> >>> >Health Organization (WHO) Codex Alimentarious (Nutrition Code)
>> >
>> >>> >Commission. It meets every 2 years, usually in Rome, and very
>> >little
>> >
>> >>> >has appeared about it in the media. Nevertheless, documentation
>> >
>> >>> >supports the possibility that Codex is the greatest threat to
>> >health
>> >
>> >>> >freedom in the world today. Most of the information we have on this
>> >
>> >>> >secretive group can be found on the Internet.
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >Codex is empowered by governments to set standards of operation for
>> >the
>> >
>> >>> >health industry. Over 90% of the international organizations
>> >"allowed"
>> >
>> >>> >to send delegates to the meetings represent giant multinational
>> >
>> >>> >pharmaceutical corporations. The only "consumer" organization is
>> >the
>> >
>> >>> >"International Organization of Consumer Unions". Neither the
>> >natural
>> >
>> >>> >health care industry nor the general public has any representation
>> >at
>> >
>> >>> >Codex meetings.
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >THE CODEX PLAN OF ACTION
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >In October, 1996, Codex met in Bonn, Germany to make radical changes
>> >in
>> >
>> >>> >the rules governing dietary supplements for member nations. The
>> >
>> >>> >proposals of greatest concern were those made by the German
>> >delegation
>> >
>> >>> >("Proposed Draft Guidelines for Dietary Supplements") and is being
>> >
>> >>> >sponsored by Hoechst, Bayer and BASF. These are the three drug
>> >
>> >>> >companies formed when the Nurenberg War Trials disbanded IG Farben,
>> >
>> >>> >manufacturer of the poison gas used in Nazi concentration camps.
>> >This
>> >
>> >>> >is not the first time that the U.N. has been linked closely with
>> >Nazi
>> >
>> >>> >war criminals.
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >Ostensibly, their purpose is "....create a set of international
>> >
>> >>> >standards to guide the world's growing food industry and to protect
>> >the
>> >
>> >>> >health of consumers." If you really believe that, I have some ocean
>> >
>> >>> >front property for you at half price in Saskatoon. The drug
>> >company
>> >
>> >>> >backed proposals call for the following:
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >1. No vitamin, mineral, herb, etc., can be sold for prophylactic
>> >
>> >>> >(preventative) or therapeutic reasons.
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >2. Natural remedies can be sold as food but they must not exceed
>> >the
>> >
>> >>> >potency (dosage) levels set by the commission. This means that
>> >consumer
>> >
>> >>> >access to dietary supplements will be limited to the RDA dosage as
>> >a
>> >
>> >>> >maximum limit for vitamins (vitamin C - 60 mg, vitamin E - 15 mg,
>> >etc.).
>> >
>> >>> >Supplements without an RDA (e.g. coenzyme Q10) would be illegal to
>> >sell
>> >
>> >>> >because they would all become drugs.
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >3. Codex regulations for dietary supplements would become binding,
>> >
>> >>> >eliminating the escape clause within the General Agreement of
>> >Tariffs
>> >
>> >>> >and Trade (GATT) that allows a nation to set its own standards.
>> >This
>> >
>> >>> >applies to all member countries of the U.N. Any nation that does
>> >not
>> >
>> >>> >accept and apply these new standards will be heavily fined by the
>> >World
>> >
>> >>> >Trade Organization (WTO) creating the potential of crippling entire
>> >
>> >>> >sectors of that nation's economy.
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >4. All new supplements would be banned unless they go through the
>> >Codex
>> >
>> >>> >approval process.
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >Five steps have already been taken in the Codex process over the
>> >past
>> >
>> >>> >few years. Remember Canadian Bill C-7 which was passed eventually
>> >in
>> >
>> >>> >Canada as C-8? The similarity of the process, the secrecy and the
>> >
>> >>> >wording between the Codex proposals and the Canadian laws is
>> >uncanny.
>> >
>> >>> >Voting in favour of adopting the German proposal has been
>> >overwhelming
>> >
>> >>> >(16 for and 2 against in the most recent vote). The Codex process is
>> >now
>> >
>> >>> >at "Step Five"- formalization and debate concerning the specific
>> >
>> >>> >features. In two years, Codex could jump from step 5 to step 8 to
>> >
>> >>> >finalize these restrictions.
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >The Codex proposals already exist as law in Norway and Germany where
>> >the
>> >
>> >>> >entire health food industry has literally been taken over by the
>> >drug
>> >
>> >>> >companies. In these countries, vitamin C above 200 mg is illegal as
>> >is
>> >
>> >>> >vitamin E above 45 IU, Vitamin B1 over 2.4 mg and so on.
>> >Shering-Plough,
>> >
>> >>> >the Norway pharmaceutical giant, now controls an echinacea tincture
>> >
>> >>> >which is being sold there as an OTC drug at grossly inflated prices.
>> >The
>> >
>> >>> >same is true of ginkgo and many other herbs and only one government
>> >
>> >>> >controlled pharmacy has the right to import supplements as
>> >medicines
>> >
>> >>> >which they can sell to health food stores, convenience stores, or
>> >
>> >>> >pharmacies.
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >According to Dr. Matthias Rath, researcher and author who discovered
>> >a
>> >
>> >>> >correlation between vitamin C deficiency and heart disease, the
>> >three
>> >
>> >>> >Nazi-linked drug companies pushing so hard for the German proposal,
>> >
>> >>> >Hoechst, Bayer and BASF, are also manufacturers of heart drugs.
>> >
>> >>> >Obviously, with the vitamin competition gone, nothing will stop
>> >their
>> >
>> >>> >profits.
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >IS CANADA INVOLVED?
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >Yes, very much so. According to John C. Hammell, legal advocate for
>> >the
>> >
>> >>> >U.S. based Life Extension Foundation, the Nazi-linked proposals have
>> >the
>> >
>> >>> >backing of Canadian and French Codex commission representatives.
>> >In
>> >
>> >>> >June of 1996, the Codex Executive committee will be creating an
>> >"expert
>> >
>> >>> >panel" on herbs which is likely to generate a "negative list" to
>> >prevent
>> >
>> >>> >public access to certain herbs internationally (see the list
>> >below).
>> >
>> >>> >The formation of this "expert panel" was advocated by none other
>> >than
>> >
>> >>> >the Canadian representatives. Why then are the HPB and the CHFA
>> >denying
>> >
>> >>> >that the Codex proposals will have no impact on the availability of
>> >
>> >>> >nutritional supplements in Canada? Either spokespersons for these
>> >two
>> >
>> >>> >groups are ignorant about the proposals or they are lying to the
>> >public
>> >
>> >>> >in order to protect drug company profits. After all, several
>> >voting
>> >
>> >>> >members of the CHFA are owned by or are subsidiaries of major drug
>> >
>> >>> >manufacturers or pharmaceutical chains. Neither group can be trusted
>> >to
>> >
>> >>> >give the public straight answers about the Codex scam. They are in
>> >a
>> >
>> >>> >clear conflict of interest since they stand to gain financially when
>> >the
>> >
>> >>> >supplement prices are boosted out the roof.
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >Further evidence of Canadian involvement is the HPB (Hocus Pocus
>> >Bunch)
>> >
>> >>> >position on what is or is not a food or a drug. This bunch is
>> >either
>> >
>> >>> >cleverly devious about their support of pharmaceutical concerns or
>> >just
>> >
>> >>> >plain dumb. For example, garlic, ginger, licorice and peppermint
>> >are
>> >
>> >>> >considered to be foods when sold as spices. If a grocery store
>> >manager
>> >
>> >>> >makes claims for their therapeutic effects, they then become drugs
>> >via a
>> >
>> >>> >hocus pocus mechanism which remains to be defined.
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >As it now stands in Canada (and this changes on a regular basis
>> >given
>> >
>> >>> >the current mood, blood sugar level or whims of officials at the
>> >HPB)
>> >
>> >>> >the following list of currently available health food store
>> >nutritional
>> >
>> >>> >supplements are considered nebulously to be either "a drug", "a
>> >drug
>> >
>> >>> >even in the absence of claims" or "a new drug with claims":
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >Aloe vera
>> >
>> >>> >Astragalus
>> >
>> >>> >Bilberry
>> >
>> >>> >Capsicum
>> >
>> >>> >Cascara sagrada
>> >
>> >>> >Cat's claw
>> >
>> >>> >Chamomile
>> >
>> >>> >Dong Quai
>> >
>> >>> >Echinacea Augustifolia and Purpurea
>> >
>> >>> >Ephedra
>> >
>> >>> >Feverfew
>> >
>> >>> >Garlic
>> >
>> >>> >Ginger
>> >
>> >>> >Ginkgo biloba
>> >
>> >>> >Ginseng
>> >
>> >>> >Golden Seal
>> >
>> >>> >Gotu Kola
>> >
>> >>> >Hawthorne
>> >
>> >>> >Java Java
>> >
>> >>> >Licorice
>> >
>> >>> >Milk Thistle
>> >
>> >>> >Pau D'arco (Taheebo)
>> >
>> >>> >Peppermint
>> >
>> >>> >Psyllium
>> >
>> >>> >Sarsaparilla
>> >
>> >>> >Saw palmetto
>> >
>> >>> >Yohimbe
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >This list is likely to expand over the next two years. If the Codex
>> >and
>> >
>> >>> >the HPB have their way, your favourite supplements will be replaced
>> >by
>> >
>> >>> >expensive, patented, over-the-counter or prescription drugs. Just
>> >look
>> >
>> >>> >what has already happened to amino acids like tryptophan. Once
>> >
>> >>> >available for under $20 for a bottle of 100 tablets of 500 mgs. at
>> >your
>> >
>> >>> >local health food store, the same tablet is now only available by
>> >
>> >>> >prescription at a cost of over $120 at your pharmacy. On top of
>> >that,
>> >
>> >>> >in order to get a prescription for tryptophan, you will have to
>> >convince
>> >
>> >>> >your doctor to give you one. This is easier said than done simply
>> >
>> >>> >because most medical doctors have no clue what tryptophan does or
>> >
>> >>> >believe it to be toxic. Project this shallow thinking on to the
>> >herbs
>> >
>> >>> >listed above and it becomes quite clear that public access to
>> >natural
>> >
>> >>> >remedies will be a thing of the past. For more information,
>> >
>> >>> >documentation and a plan of action that you can take to fight the
>> >Codex
>> >
>> >>> >proposals, contact:
>> >
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >>> >John Hammell
>> >
>> >>> >Legislative Advocate
>> >
>> >>> >The Life Extension Foundation
>> >
>> >>> >2411 Monroe St. #2
>> >
>> >>> >Hollywood, FL
>> >
>> >>> >33020
>> >
>> >>> >USA
>> >
>> >>> >800-333-2553
>> >
>> >>> >954-929-2905
>> >
>> >>> >fax: 954-929-0507
>> >
>> >>> >e-mail: John@lef.org
>> >
>> >>> >Internet: http://www/lef.org/lef/index.html
>> >
>>
>>
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