Posted by
lobo1776 on Sunday, April 29, 2007 1:43:10 PM
On May 29th, 2007, the FDA will make a decision that will have a direct impact on the health and safety of you and your family. The FDA will recommend to Congress to either accept or reject the use of the "CODEX ALIMENTARIUS" system of labeling foods and drugs here in the US. The World Trade Organization (WTO), a branch of the United Nations, has warned the US that unless it complies with CODEX by December 31st, 2009, harsh economic sanctions would be imposed on the US.
A wise man once said: "To be forewarned is to be forearmed". If that be the case we need to know what CODEX is, who is behind it, and what effect it will have on the health and safety of the people of the US.
CODEX is a system of labeling foods and drugs that is currently being used in Europe. CODEX is based on European Napoleonic law which, simply put, says that any foods or drugs not listed in CODEX as explicitly permitted are forbidden. Not on the list of CODEX are vitamins, vitamin supplements, herbs, herbal remedies and juices. Here in the US we use the Common Law which, simply put, says that something does not have to be explicitly permitted to be legal. A very big difference!!!
The history of CODEX begins when it was developed in 1962 by the United Nations as a trade commission with the altruistic idea of standardizing food and drug laws in the world. CODEX is administered by the World Health Organization (WHO) and enforced by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO enforces CODEX by the use of crippling economic sanctions against non-compliant nations which, as stated before, it intends to do in 2009. To avoid the economic sanctions of the WTO, President Bill Clinton, upon taking office, urged Congress to enact legislature making CODEX law in America. Instead, due to a massive grass roots campaign by natural health promoters, in 1994, Congress passed the Dietary Health and Education Act as an American law properly classifying vitamin supplements and herbs as food instead of drugs, thus making them available to the public over the counter.
What effect would CODEX have on you the consumer? Let's say for years you've been taking One-A-Day multiple vitamins for your health. Under CODEX, they would no longer be available. How about all those natural herbal treatments to lose weight? Out of here, history. Oprah would have to get her Hoodia tea on the black market. Are you one of those who subscribes to the health benefits of Noni Juice? Better stock up now, because Noni Juice will be illegal when CODEX is adopted.
Why are vitamins, herbs, and juices illegal under CODEX? Two reasons: 1). CODEX has determined these things to be toxins and not explicitly permitted. 2). Following the Napoleonic Law that which is not explicitly permitted is forbidden. How did CODEX come to the conclusion that vitamins, herbs and juices were toxic? CODEX uses Risk Assessment, a branch of Toxicology. Easiest way to explain it is that animals are injected with a substance and are studied for the effect it has on them. A complicated scientific formula is then used to interpret the data on how it would effect humans. In the case of vitamins, herbs and juices, CODEX has determined their nutrients pose a significant risk to humans and therefore are not permitted or are only permitted in such low doses as to be ineffective.
It doesn't stop there. CODEX also supports the use of unregulated Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) in crops so they can produce their own pesticides. These crops containing the pesticides are then ingested by humans causing health risks. Also farmers would continue spraying crops with pesticides even though the crops are producing their own. Now your food sources have the potential of having twice the normal safe dosage of pesticides. Here's the kicker. CODEX would allow the use of GMOs in food sources without labeling them. In addition, any country not using GMO laced food sources would be economically sanctioned.
Thomas Jefferson was once quoted as saying:"if people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.” CODEX would take away our Constitutional Right of Freedom of Choice. You have a right under the Constitution to seek alternative natural solutions to drugs and surgery. You have the right to reject or accept eating food sources that are genetically modified. You have a right under the Constitution to be free from unjust or undue goverment control. These are some of the your rights under the Constitution that the FDA, the American Medical Association, Pharmaceutical companies, BioTechnology companies, the United Nations and, yes, certain members of Congress, don't want you to know about.
There is help. An organization called the NATURAL SOLUTIONS FOUNDATION which has been working tirelessly to protect the DSHEA and to educate Congress and the American people about the great health risks CODEX presents. The NSF has produce a 40 minute video called: Nutricide - Criminalizing Natural Health, Vitamins, and Herbs which explains better than I can what CODEX is. If your not into watching videos you can read their report, In-Depth Codex Alimentarius Information. If after, you've seen the video or read their report, you are moved to action, or if you're moved to action now, you can sign their Citizens Petition and let the FDA know how you feel.