Re: New law that would give FDA more control over supplements. Very Important pleses read.

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Hello everyone. I assume most of us have gotten this from WAPF groups in our

areas but just in case, I wanted to post this message. I went to the link and

filled out the form. I have already gotten an email from my reps. office. This

takes about 5 minutes so please check it out. Roni

Message: 1

Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 07:56:39 -0500

From: Langlois <john.langlois@...>

Subject: ACTION ALERT: THREAT TO DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

WESTON A. PRICE FOUNDATION

ACTION ALERT

July 25, 2005

TAKE ACTION TO DEFEAT HR 3156, LIMITING AVAILABILITY OF DIETARY

SUPPLEMENTS

We need your help to put the brakes on a bad bill in the U.S. House of

Representatives. H.R. 3156, otherwise known as the Dietary Supplement

Access and Awareness Act, would give the FDA authority to ban virtually

any herb or specialty product from the market if it failed to pass an

arbitrary risk/benefit analysis.

H.R. 3156 threatens to fundamentally alter DSHEA (the Dietary

Supplement Health & Education Act.) DSHEA allows you to purchase dietary

supplements while giving the Food and Drug Administration authority to remove

unsafe products from the market.

H.R. 3156 would hold dietary supplements to a higher standard than

riskier food additives and over-the-counter drugs. It proposes onerous and

unnecessary reporting requirements that will increase the cost of your

medicinal herbs without providing a safer product. It also establishes

a troubling risk analysis process that could remove any dietary

supplement even if there is no proof of actual harm.

According to the language of H.R. 3156, an herb should be removed from

the market if there is any chance of a so-called risk unless

" sufficient " health benefits are proved to the FDA's satisfaction. This approach

ignores the bio-individuality of individuals and is an impossible

standard for most supplement manufacturers to meet; the science in this area

receives less than 1% of U.S. research funding.

This bill is unacceptable and if allowed to progress will severely

undermine your health rights. Take action today! And tell your friends.

Together, we can put the brakes on this bill that is bad for health, bad

for you, and bad for the nation's pocketbook.

Please go to the following link to ask your Congressperson to vote NO

on this bill:

http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker & cmd=track & j=371722\

67 & u=339618

Thank you.

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Bill Sanda

Executive Director

Weston A. Price Foundation

bsanda@...

Our postal address is

PMB #106-380

4200 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Washington, District of Columbia 20016

United States

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