FW: McCain backs FDA takeover of our Supplements

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Senator McCain is moving to give FDA control of our supplements!!!!

Don't let McCain take away your Supplements

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Hope Boudreau,

The Health Food Industry is under attack . again. We need your help. On Feb

3rd Senator McCain (R-AZ) held a press conference at which he announced

his intention to introduce legislation (S. 3002) that would amend the

Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) in several areas that would

affect dietary supplements. The legislation will be co-sponsored by Senator

Byron Dorgan (D-ND). McCain is presently seeking other Senators to

co-sponsor. You can see a draft copy of the McCain/Dorgan Bill by clicking

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If you were not thrilled about concept of the Federal Government taking over

our nation's health care industry, you might not enjoy McCain's attempt to

take over the health food industry. This bill places new burdens on dietary

supplements that are not required for any other class of food, essentially

giving the FDA arbitrary and discriminatory power to control the production

of and your access to any supplement at their discretion. If McCain's bill

passes, we can look to Europe for a snapshot of what we may be in for: EFSA,

the European Food Safety Authority, has sharply reduced the list of

available supplements and is in process of reducing potencies to ridiculous

levels, such as less beta carotene than can be found in half of a large

carrot.

We at Seagate happen to be very familiar with the FDA and their attempt to

arbitrarily control health foods. Three months ago we filed a lawsuit in

Federal Court against the FDA claiming numerous violations including their

own regulations, the 5th Amendment to the Constitution (our right to due

process), and for acting arbitrarily and without cause by trying to stop our

truckloads of olive leaf extract from crossing the border from our factory

in Baja California to San Diego. Since the lawsuit was filed, the FDA has

released all of our trucks, reversed the automatic detention designation

they placed on our company and has petitioned the Federal Judge to end our

lawsuit. We intend to pursue our case in public before the Court and seek

full remuneration of our attorneys' fees. I have brought this lawsuit to

your attention as an example of the future if the FDA were given the

absolute control over the health foods industry. It would not be pretty.

In announcing his bill, Senator McCain's office identified several groups

that support the yet-to-be-introduced legislation. These include the USADA

(US Anti Doping Agency), Major League Baseball, the National Basketball

Association, the National Football League, the National Hockey League, the

United States Olympic Committee, the American College of Sports Medicine,

National College Athletic Association and the PGA Tour. While these

organizations may believe that controlling the health food supplement

industry will affect their members' use of illegal steroids, this really

looks like a publicity stunt to show that they are being proactive in the

fight to improve their tarnished images regarding the illegal use of

steroids by some of their members. Illegal drugs are already regulated by

laws that are not very well enforced. Health food products are not the

source for these athletes' illegal performance-enhancing drugs .. although

many of these athletes when caught using, like to blame taking supplements

as their source for failing their drug tests, rather than the vials of

steroids that are available on the black market throughout the U.S.

If you wish to help defeat this bill, you can also forward this email to

other friends and relatives who enjoy having free access to health food

products. Drug companies have billions of dollars and very expensive

lobbyists to push through their bills. McCain is their friend. The

health food industry's one resource is the majority of Americans who take

vitamins and health food supplements .. in order to stay healthy and avoid

paying for those overpriced prescriptions.

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Thank you for your help and support !

Lentz

Seagate Products

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