The FDA is Running an Extortion Racket

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Have any of you seen this article? This article has to do with our freedom to choose our own healthcare, but it demonstrates the tactics the government will use to keep us from our freedoms and more money in their pockets...seems governments corrupt in all area, not just the Dept. of Ag....

The FDA is Running an Extortion Racket

The

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is running a criminal extortion

racket designed to shift money from health supplement companies to the

pockets of top FDA contractors. At least three different companies have

been targeted for extortion by U.S. Food and Drug Administration

employees.The FDA extortion racket works like this: FDA

employees use keyword-scanning software to scan the Web pages of

natural health product and supplement companies. They look for terms

like cancer, cures, treatment, remedies and other " forbidden " words.FDA

employees then review the discovered pages to determine if they contain

any words that might inform consumers of the health benefits of the

nutritional products -- or links that point Web users to scientific

articles from peer-reviewed medical journals that explain the health

benefits of specific foods, supplements or nutrients. Companies are

even targeted for simply posting customer testimonials, even when those

testimonials make absolutely no health claims.When offending

words or links are found by the FDA, they contact the company and warn

them to remove all information and links from their websites. Cherry

products, for example, cannot link to scientific articles explaining

the simple biological fact that cherries ease inflammation in human

beings. Such links are considered " drug claims " by the FDA.If

the company being targeted refuses to fully comply with the FDA's

requests, the FDA then threatens the company principals with arrest and

seizure unless they agree to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to

top FDA contractors and sign a " consent decree " where the company

" admits " to committing various crimes.The FDA employees or

contractors receiving the extorted money, it is claimed, are being paid

to " review web pages " to make sure they don't contain anything that

might inform consumers about the scientifically-validated benefits of

the health products being sold.

Sources:Natural News October 21, 2008

Mike

did a fine piece explaining how the FDA has been targeting

supplement makers for some time, claiming it's all in the interest of

public safety. But it doesn't take much investigation to realize what's

really going on: the FDA isn't interested in protecting you -- they're

interested in protecting the pharmaceutical industry.And in

doing so, they are intimidating, censoring and threatening to imprison

supplement companies that attempt to explain the health benefits of

their products.Why are they doing this? Because the FDA is

financially supported by the drug companies in the form of user fees

for drug approval, and they will stop at nothing to protect the hand that feeds it. Though

it may sound incredulous that a public health agency would go so far as

to try and bankrupt supplement makers, this practice is already

occurring. Last June the FDA announced new standards for dietary supplements

that were intended to improve consumer safety. In reality, the 800-page

rule surrounds the dietary supplement industry with regulations and

requirements in excess of those imposed on the drug industry, and up to

50 percent of small companies will simply not be able to afford to

comply.Now they are going after the companies that are still

around and threatening to arrest them if they don't sign a tyrannical

Consent Decree, which means the company "admits" to various "crimes"

and gives the FDA the right to:

• Cease product manufacturing, processing, or distribution• Recall the product (at the company's expense)• Charge the company $100 per hour for travel time and other work of FDA employees (with NO limit)

• Charge the company for FDA employee hotel rooms and storage fees for all products seized by the FDASo

you can see how a small-scale supplement company could easily be run

out of business with these types of fees. You may be thinking, well

what types of "crimes" did the supplement makers do to deserve this?

You've got to hear this …. The Story Gets Even More Outrageous …One

company being targeted by the FDA is the FruitFast company, which was

forced to sign an FDA document and admit to "misbranding" their "drug."Well,

their "drug" is cherry juice concentrate, and their "misbranding" was

an entirely true statement that the juice concentrate helps to

eliminate gout. The FDA ruled that this claim made the cherry

juice an "unapproved drug" and this is what gave them license to target

the company.The fact that the FDA feels it necessary to take

time and money going after a cherry juice company, while continually

allowing and defending such known toxic products as bisphenol A, flu shots and aspartame, shows what this fraudulent "bought-and-paid-for" agency has truly come to.

It comes down to basic rights. Should

a company be allowed to state true, factual evidence and scientific

research that supports their product, be it cherry juice or a bicycle

helmet? Of course. And should a government agency have

the right to threaten and extort money from companies who do so? Not in

a supposedly "just" society. Yet this is going on all over the United

States.There are Ways You Can Help You can help stop the FDA from targeting supplement manufacturers by signing the petition at www.reformFDA.org.

The

petition, sponsored by the American Association of Health Freedom, is

devoted to ending the FDA's power and influence over the health of the

U.S. population. You can also contact your Congressperson or Senator,

and tell them you support Freedom of Speech rights for supplement

companies. You can also tell Congress that you support the Health Freedom Protection Act,

a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Ron that would prevent the FDA from

censoring truthful claims about the curative or preventative effect of

dietary supplements.It takes only about 10 percent of the

population to become aware of the injustices going on in the health

care arena, and voice their opinions as such, to prompt real change. So

if you feel strongly about this issue, please do your part to let your

feelings be heard, and encourage those in your circle to do so as well.

Together we can make a difference.

Dr. Mercola-- Warmly, Verderaime RVT,RN,DHerbwww.mtairyfolkmedicinecenter.comThe whiter the bread, the sooner you're dead.

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