Re: The Truth About CODEX??

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Sharyn E. Cerniglia wrote:

The "Truth" About CODEX??

While I am no fan of the FDA, I think

this article bears reading….have we been being fed internet hype?

http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/vitamins.asp

Sharyn

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Possibly, however, I

wouldn't want to bet the farm on it. There is a lot that goes on that

people are not aware of. Presidents have a way of signing EO's that

pave the way for the WTO, NWO, WHO, FAO and Codex to make their move at

an appropriate time. Since when have vitamins and minerals not been

considered dietary supplements?

"Vitamins and minerals are not under the gun. Dietary supplements are."

Quite frankly I do believe

that vitamins and minerals, along with other dietary substances are

under the gun. If not now, soon. There is such huge profit and the

pharmaceutical companies are not reaping any of it. Codex is the brain

child of the European Pharmaceutical companies, primarily the German

pharmaceutical companies.

Here is a portion of the Codex guidelines being proposed,

and yes, it will affect American consumers. We have our own Codex

Alimentarius office in the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the

USDA. Make no mistake about what is happening to our rights. They are

being removed from each and every one of us through various means.

Codex Alimentarius Commission

DRAFT REPORT OF THE 26th SESSION

OF THE CODEX COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION AND FOODS

FOR SPECIAL DIETARY USES

Bonn, Germany 1-5 November 2004

Appendix II

Draft Guidelines for Vitamin and Mineral Food

Supplements

(at Step 8 of the Procedure)

PREAMBLE

Most people who have access to a balanced diet can usually obtain

all

the nutrients they require from their normal diet. Because foods

contain many substances that promote health, people should therefore by

encouraged to select a balanced diet from food before considering any

vitamin and mineral supplement. In cases where the intake from the diet

is insufficient or where consumers consider their diet requires

supplementation, vitamin and mineral food supplements serve to

supplement the daily diet.

1. SCOPE

1.1 These guidelines apply to vitamin and mineral food

supplements intended for use in supplementing the daily diet with

vitamins and/or minerals.

1.2 Food supplements containing vitamins and/or minerals as well as

other ingredients should also be in conformity with the specific rules

on vitamins and minerals laid down in these Guidelines.

1.3. These Guidelines apply in those jurisdictions where products

defined in 2.1 are regulated as foods.

1.4. Foods for special dietary uses as defined in the General

Standard for the Labelling of and Claims for Prepackaged Foods for

Special Dietary Uses (CODEX STAN 146-1985) are not covered by these

Guidelines.

2. DEFINITIONS

2.1 Vitamin and mineral food supplements for the purpose of

these guidelines derive their nutritional relevance primarily from the

minerals and/or vitamins they contain. Vitamin and mineral food

supplements are sources of concentrated forms of those nutrients alone

or in combinations, marketed in forms such as capsules, tablets,

powders, solutions, etc.,that are designed to be taken in measured

small-unit quantities 1

but are not in a conventional food form and whose purpose is to

supplement the intake of vitamins and/or minerals from the normal diet.

3. COMPOSITION

3.1 Selection of vitamins and minerals

3.1.1. Vitamin and mineral food supplements should contain

vitamins/provitamins and minerals whose nutritional value for human

beings has been proven by scientific data and whose status as vitamins

and minerals is recognized by FAO and WHO.

3.1.2. The sources of vitamins and minerals may be either

natural or synthetic and their selection should be based on

considerations such as safety and bioavailability. In addition, purity

criteria should take into account FAO/WHO standards, or if FAO/WHO

standards are not available, international Pharmacopoeias or recognized

international standards. In the absence of criteria from these sources,

national legislation may be used.

3.1.3 Vitamin and mineral food supplements may contain all

vitamins and minerals that comply with the criteria in 3.1.1. a single

and/or mineral or an appropriate combination of vitamins and/or

minerals.

3.2 Contents of vitamins and minerals

3.2.1 The minimum level of each vitamin and/or mineral contained

in a vitamin and mineral food supplement per daily portion of

consumption as suggested by the manufacturer should be 15% of the

recommended daily intake as determined by FAO/WHO.

3.2.2 Maximum amounts of vitamins and minerals in vitamin and

mineral food supplements per daily portion of consumption as

recommended by the manufacturer shall be set, taking the following

criteria into account:

(a) upper safe levels of vitamins and mineral established by

scientific risk assessment based on generally accepted scientific data,

taking into consideration, as appropriate, the varying degrees of

sensitivity of different consumer groups;

( the daily intake of vitamins and minerals from other dietary

sources.

When the maximum levels are set, due account may be taken of the

reference intake values of vitamins and minerals for the population.

This provision should not lead to setting of maximum levels that are

solely based on recommended nutritient intakes (e.g. Population

Reference Intake or Recommended Daily Allowance values).

Here is a blurb from the New Zealand Codex site: Yes the United States

of American and 159 other countries are all members of Codex.

“Codex” is short for CODEX

ALIMENTARIUS, an international food standards code

developed by

the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). The CAC is an international

food

standards agency that was established jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization

of the

United Nations (FAO) and the World

Health Organization(WHO) in 1963. The CAC develops

standards

for use by all member nations. Codex standards are designed to protect

the health of consumers and promote fair practices in food trade.

Now I suggest further reading here: http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/PHARMACEUTICAL_BUSINESS/health_movement_against_codex/

However, we each need to make up our own minds about what is happening

in the world today. Those who are in control wish to stay there and

they wish to expand that control to include the whole of humanity for

whatever their reasons. Might be a conspiracy theory, however, it is

presenting itself and being otherwise all on its own.

Okay, I had my say on this subject, at least for now. Peace be with you

all.

-- Peace, love and light,

Don "Quai" Eitner

"Spirit sleeps in the mineral, breathes in the vegetable, dreams in the animal and wakes in man."

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