RE : READ IT AND WEEP--FDA plan eliminates vitamin/supplement companies (fwd)

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This reminds me of the story of Essiac - Renée Caisse...it is worth the read.

Angel says NO MORE 2 Clarins <jap2bemc@...> a écrit :

Of course, lets regualte vitamins and require safety testing...but,

fragrances are safe and need no safety testing?

http://www.newstarget.com/022499.html

FDA Announces Plan to Eliminate Vitamin Companies Tuesday, January 15, 2008

by: Byron s

(NewsTarget) The FDA, emboldened by its transformation into a drug

company, has embarked upon an anti-American plan of interfering with business

and intentionally eliminating various dietary supplement companies from the

market. The FDA announcement came on Friday, June 22, 2007 under the guise of a

final rule for dietary supplement good manufacturing practices (CGMPs). Within

this 800 page rule the FDA states, " We find that this final rule will have a

significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities...

Establishments with above average costs, and even establishments with average

costs, could be hard pressed to continue to operate. Some of these may decide it

is too costly and either change product lines or go out of business... 140 very

small [less than 20 employees] and 32 small dietary supplement manufacturers

[less than 500 employees] will be at risk of going out of business... costs per

establishment are proportionally higher for very small

than for large establishments... The regulatory costs of this final rule will

also discourage new small businesses from entering the industry. "

(http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Elrd/fr07625a.html)

This FDA rule will directly raise the price of dietary supplements for all

consumers. The FDA acknowledges this and says " We expect that the majority of

these costs will be borne by consumers of dietary supplements, who will likely

respond to the increase in prices by reducing consumption. " Thus, the FDA is

intentionally seeking to shrink the size of the dietary supplement industry and

reduce the influence of safe and effective options to improve the dreadful trend

in the health of Americans. The goal is to leave toxic drugs as the primary

health option.

Independent analysis of this FDA rule has placed cost of compliance at 10 fold

what the FDA estimates with as many as 50% of small companies unable to comply.

The gutless cowards of Congress, a majority of whom are on the Big Pharma

payroll or will be on it once they leave Congress, have delegated their

lawmaking powers granted by the U.S. Constitution to a bunch of Big

Pharma-friendly unelected bureaucrats at the FDA, who are in turn using this

power to undermine free commerce and help Big Pharma eliminate competition from

the market. This is the behavior of a government in tyranny, inviting a

revolution by the people. It is noteworthy that fascist governments of the past

have eliminated health freedom and health options as a necessary condition to

enslave and brainwash a population

(http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=2108 & print_view=tru\

e) . Congress has delegated its responsibility to the people to such an extent

that over half the laws in this country are now concocted by unelected

bureaucrats with vested interests.

A Vehicle for Unprecedented Harassment

Any company that can afford to comply with the costs and regulations of this

new FDA rule can be targeted and eliminated at will by the FDA. In essence, the

FDA is seeking to make the dietary supplement industry document every phase of

production, including expensive testing at multiple points in the production

process. Massive record keeping will be required, including all customer

complaints and returns for any reason! This is utterly draconian and an

unnecessary interference and burden to free commerce. It is completely

Anti-American.

No doubt, the FDA will impose user fees as an additional charge so that FDA

agents will have the funding required to enforce the regulations. Under the new

rule any flaw in bookkeeping can result in a company's products being declared

adulterated, allowing the FDA to remove them from the market even though nothing

is wrong with them! A company can then be forced out of business because they

won't be able to sell any products to raise the money to comply. The rules are

so complex and vague that the FDA can selectively target any company it chooses,

even those attempting to comply in good faith.

The FDA is doing this under the pretense of improved consumer safety. Consumer

safety could readily be guaranteed by simply having all companies test their

final products for purity and potency. Instead of this simple approach the FDA

has gone to the extreme of burdening the dietary supplement industry with

regulations in excess of the drug industry. Supplements are foods, not drugs.

The food industry couldn't begin to comply with these FDA rules, even though

food contamination is far more dangerous to health than dietary supplements.

The FDA intends to phase this rule in over the next three years. This means

that within five years half the industry and many of the health options

individuals rely on will either be gone or significantly more expensive.

Even more chilling is that forces within the dietary supplement industry itself

are in no small part responsible for this FDA final rule.

Trade Groups and their Big Companies Turn on America

The Natural Products Association (formerly the National Nutritional Food

Association – NNFA) and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) have been

instrumental in forcing these drug-like rules on dietary supplements. These

globalist organizations are selling out America, destroying American jobs,

undermining the U.S. Constitution, and working in conjunction with

pharmaceutical companies to usher in Codex and the New World Order. Consumers of

dietary supplements should learn who these companies are before buying their

products and helping to inadvertently fund the destruction of health freedom in

this country.

When DSHEA was passed in 1994 part of that law required the FDA to establish

current good manufacturing practices (CGMPs) for the dietary supplement

industry. During a period of FDA outreach to the industry the FDA was surprised

to learn that CRN and NPA were in favor of drug-like CGMPs for the dietary

supplement industry. These trade groups, working closely with Senators Orin

Hatch (R-UT) and Tom Harkin (D-IA), have intentionally taken the supplement

industry down a slippery slope. It is noteworthy that Hatch takes in more money

from Big Pharma than he does from dietary supplement companies. Not only is

Hatch a big supporter of the Medicare Part D drug rip off of Americans he has

saved Big Pharma billions by protecting them from generic competition, as he is

currently attempting to do with his legislation for new biologic drugs. Hatch

also has a son working for NPA and another son that lobbies for NPA and the

dietary supplement industry. When Hatch leaves the Senate he

will be first in line for a six or seven figure Big Pharma salary.

The CRN has been taken over by multinational drug and food companies. Key

players are the nutritional divisions of Bayer, BASF, Cargill, Monsanto, Wyeth,

and Archer s Midland (http://www.crnusa.org/who_omc.html). Nutrition

companies that participate are in most cases owned by pharmaceutical companies,

heavily invested in pharmaceutical companies, or jockeying for position in the

international market as part of the New World Order. Key names include

Mannatech, Shacklee, Herbalife, GNLD International, The Vitamin Shoppe, and GNC.

These companies are glad to eliminate competition from small companies and start

up ventures.

Carrying on the general theme of Big Pharma ownership and a globalist agenda

are the companies that control the NPA. One need only look at the new NPA China

board to understand who these key players are

(http://www.naturalproductsassoc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=abt_China) .

Jarrow Formulas, Now Foods, GNC, and Herbalife top the list. At the end of 2006

Jarrow and Now helped lead the charge with Senators Hatch and Harkin to burden

the dietary supplement industry with bizarre Adverse Event Reporting legislation

(AER) which insisted that dietary supplement companies keep extensive records on

any type of consumer complaint. Aspects of this AER law are now implemented in

the FDA final rule on CGMPs. Of course, NPA was quick to offer expensive

training to its members to indoctrinate them into how to comply with the rules

that NPA, working on behalf of the FDA, just forced on its own members. Are

their member companies really this stupid? Or are they all working together? I

would recommend that any NPA member that believes itself to be a true

American company that values our constitution immediately withdraw from NPA

membership – consumers will be looking to see who you are

(http://www.naturalproductsassoc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=abt_Board) .

The picture is now crystal clear for any person who cares to look. Numerous

dietary supplement companies are anti-American and actively selling out our

country and our constitution, working hand-in-glove with the FDA and Big Pharma.

The majority of such companies can be found as members of CRN and NPA. It will

be up to the American consumer to save the dietary industry from itself and

preserve their own access to safe and effective natural health remedies. This is

a relatively simple task. Quit buying products from or quit being a distributor

in these fascist organizations. Support the small companies that are the

backbone of America, otherwise they will soon be extinct.

Update on S.1082 Threat to Dietary Supplements

Many of you have been following the extreme threat to dietary supplements posed

by S.1082 (http://www.wellnessresources.com/health_freedom.php) . Similar

legislation has now cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is

headed for the floor of the House in the next week or two. The House version of

this bill now contains the " food and food ingredients " language that the FDA can

use to apply drug-related risk/benefit analysis to dietary supplements and have

them removed from the market at their whim.

It is noteworthy that both CRN and NPA have posted on their websites

information stating that S.1082 is not a threat to dietary supplements. Both

organizations are flat out wrong. They cite a colloquy by Hatch, Harkin,

Kennedy, and Enzi as their evidence. This colloquy was a direct result of our

grassroots campaign to alert the American consumer to this major threat. In no

way does this colloquy protect dietary supplements. Until the language in the

bill is changed the threat exists and is very real. CRN and NPA also tell their

members that the Codex initiative to scare consumers into thinking that dietary

supplements are unsafe above minuscule amounts and need to be regulated by

international laws is also no big deal. It is clear that CRN and NPA, again

working hand-in-glove with the FDA, are a major part of the problem and are

actively engaged in forwarding the globalist agenda of the New World Order.

While pretending to represent the dietary supplement industry these

organizations are in fact shooting the industry in the back and undermining

health options for Americans.

The FDA is Out of Control

The FDA is a tyrannical organization that is now emboldened and completely out

of control. It is not surprising that the FDA is seeking to eliminate

competition to Big Pharma, they have been doing that for much of the past

century. What is surprising is that they are openly stating in their final rule

a plan that directly eliminates small businesses from existence. This fascist

organization believes itself to be above the rule of law and is actively working

against America and the rights of Americans

(http://www.emord.com/events/speeches/fda_violation.htm) . It must be stopped.

About the author Byron J. s, Founder/Director of Wellness Resources

(www.wellnessresources.com), is a Board-Certified Clinical Nutritionist, a

charter professional member of the International and American Associations of

Clinical Nutritionists (IAACN) since 1991. He is a nationally-renowned health

expert, radio personality, and educator. He is the creator and pioneer of The

Leptin Diet® and has been a featured expert consultant on Fox News Live, CBS

Infinity television (national syndication), and The Wall Street Journal.

s has appeared on hundreds of radio programs throughout the country. He

is the author of Mastering Leptin

(www.wellnessresources.com/products/mastering_leptin.php), The Leptin Diet

(www.wellnessresources.com/Books/leptin_diet.php), and Fight for Your Health:

Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of

America(www.wellnessresources.com/Books/fight_for_your_health.php).

s encourages individuals to take charge of their health, stand up for

their health rights, and not blindly succumb to propaganda from the

vested-interests who profit from keeping Americans sick. As founder of Wellness

Resources, Inc. of Minneapolis, MN, an independently-owned nutraceutical-quality

dietary supplement company since 1985. He has personally developed 75 effective

nutritional formulations. (www.wellnessresources.com)

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