Guest guest Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Please note: The future of your supplements is at stake. This is in addition to CAFTA! July 26, 2005 National Nutritional Foods Association 1220 19th Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 2112 E. Fourth Street, Suite 200 Santa Ana, CA 92705 ph: (800) 966-6632 e-mail: nnfa@... Action Alert! Tell Congress to Protect Dietary Supplements! As you read this, Congress is considering new legislation that would take away your access to safe, effective and affordable dietary supplements. You can make a difference by urging your Representative to oppose The Dietary Supplement Access and Awareness Act (H.R. 3156) and any bill that would limit your choice and access to dietary supplements. Visit www.nnfa.org to work for healthy policies and make your voice heard. BACKGROUND: The Dietary Supplement Access and Awareness Act (H.R. 3156), introduced by Representatives (D-CA), Waxman (D-CA), and Dingell (D-MI), this month, would place trusted vitamins, minerals, and herbs under unprecedented and unwarranted scrutiny. If H.R. 3156 becomes law, 70 percent of dietary supplements currently on the market would become subject to burdensome new regulations - some equivalent to those required for prescription drugs - driving up supplement prices for everyone and forcing well known dietary supplements to disappear from store shelves. AREN'T SUPPLEMENTS ALREADY REGULATED? In 1994, Congress took an important step forward with passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) - federal legislation that requires manufacturers of all dietary supplements to ensure the products they put on the market are safe. The law holds manufacturers directly accountable for product safety and demands truth in labeling and advertising. These consumer safeguards give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration all the authority it needs to police the marketplace and keep bad products from being sold. TAKE ACTION NOW: Write Your Representative Let your lawmaker know that good laws exist on the books, and the FDA needs to enforce them. Please share your personal supplement story, so that your lawmaker understands why it's important to protect your access to dietary supplements. Click here to tell Congress to protect dietary supplements! Send an Action Alert to Your Friends NNFA invites you to become a voice for supplement choice. Please pass this alert on to your friends, and ask them to visit www.nnfa.org and make their voice heard. On behalf of NNFA, thank you for taking action to protect America's access to safe, effective, and affordable supplements. NNFA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization representing retailers and suppliers of natural and nutritional products. http://www.nnfa.org/aboutnnfa Visit NNFA's Advocacy Action Center to learn more about legislative activities that affect those who buy, sell and consume natural and nutritional products, like organic foods and dietary supplements. Bruce Guilmette, Ph.D. Survive Cancer Foundation, Inc. http://www.survivecancer.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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