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Dietary Supplements, Clean Foods - Next Victims of Fake " Safety " Bills

Dietary Supplements, Clean Foods

Next Victims of Fake " Safety " Bills

McCain's " Dietary Supplement Safety " Bill

Joins Fake " Food Safety " S510

Farmers, Food and Your Freedom Under Attack...

02/04/10 - UPDATE: while the fake " Food Safety " Bill S510 remains stalled

in the Senate, after our November Blitz sent more than 150,000 emails to

the Senate over one long weekend, this week Sen McCain announced that he

was offering another " safety " bill, S 3002. This alleged " safety " bill is

aimed at the type of food called " Dietary Supplement " in a blatant attempt

to undermine your freedom to access high potency vitamins, minerals and

other dietary supplements which Americans have enjoyed since a unanimous

Congress adopted the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994

(DSHEA). The McCain bill seeks to overthrow major provisions of the current law

and force " HARMonization " with international Codex Alimentarius (_so-called

" World Food Code " ) restrictions on our food and health freedoms.

See our analysis of the bill at: http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=4608_

(http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=4608) and please take the Action below;

we've modified it to include the new bill; please send this new message

to your Senators, even if you've already used the earlier version of this

Action Item. See also: _http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=4615_

(http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=4615) for our Health Freedom Action eAlert

eblast

on this issue -- and please forward that link to all your contacts.

11/17/09 - UPDATE: the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

Committee (HELP Committee) " marked-up " S.510, the Senate version of the

(sic) " Food Safety " bill on Tuesday, November 18, 2009. This is the last step

before a full Senate vote. The Senate bill can be read at:

http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.510: -- this bill has an even

weaker Family

Farm and Ranch, Community and Home Garden exemption than the bill (HR.2749)

which passed the House at the end of July. Some minor changes were made, as

a result of hundreds of thousands of emails to decsion makers generated

from this Action Item and other citizen actions -- so now it's time to

continue to Push Back! We have until early in the new year to make our voices

heard, since the Senators, after considering the nearly 150,000 messages they

received from this Action Item, will not vote on the bill until January.

For updates: see our blog entry at: _http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=4014

_ (http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=4014)

HELP Chairman Sen. Tom Harkin, mentioning “public concerns†(namely your

Push Back!) and the Committee’s desire to protect family farms and organic

agriculture, confirmed (about minute 58.5 of the " Mark-up " hearing video

archive at the HELP site) that Codex Alimentarius (the so-called World Food

Code) does not trump the Dietary Supplement Health and Safety Education Act

of 1994 (the law that allows the USA to have the most potent nutrients and

most vibrant nutrient market in the world) “DSHEA … governs the law here,

not Codex standards…†Chairmen Harkin further stated: the provision in

bill that requires FDA to “make recommendations including whether to

harmonize whth Codex does not signal any intent to move in a different

direction

on DSHEA…â€

2010 UPDATE: THESE PROMISES ARE NOT ENOUGH! WE CALL UPON ALL SENATORS TO

OPPOSE JOHN MCCAIN'S " BACK DOOR " ATTACK ON DSHEA: DO NOT CO-SPONSOR HIS

" DIETARY SUPPLEMENT SAFETY ACT OF 2010 " !

PLEASE TAKE THE ACTION BELOW TODAY!

[Message goes to the President, your Senators and the HELP Comment Email

Address]

NOTE: If you have already taken this Action Item, we encourage you, and

every member of your family and circle of contacts to do so again since it

has been amended to reflect the passage of HR 2749 on July 30, 2009 after two

failed attempts on the previous days, the " mark-up " of the Senate

version, S510 in November 2009 and McCain's February 2010 gambit to extend the

attack to Dietary Supplements. If passed by the Senate, in any form, the

Food Fascism Bill will guarantee the loss of clean, healthy food, high potency

dietary supplements and independent farming in the US -- and the complete

industrialization of the US food supply. Now the question is what will the

Senate do?

We did manage to get some protective exemptions into the House bill for

small farmers who sell food directly to consumers or to restaurants, but they

are, frankly, weak and will not be enough to protect your food or our

farmers. But the Senate bill has much weaker protections, just mentioning

minor exemptions for restaurants once and farms twice. McCain's " Dietary

Supplement Safety " bill is an obvious attempt to get the stalled (sic) " food

safety " show going again.

We need to rally people immediately to submit the below email message to

the Senate and to visit with their Senators at home to demand accountable

voting on this bill.

The Obama administration is pushing new farm controls which will drive

small and independent farmers off the land, literally leaving the field to

Agribiz, (implementing all of Codex through complete HARMonization and

allowing the FDA to declare Marshal law) through Congress as fast as possible

and

have coordinated the House bills so there will be no debate and committee

meetings are closed. The story will not be the same in the Senate, if we

can generate enough public outrage!

Transparency, change, undoing Bush's regulations, giving the public time

to comment, grassroots anything? None are visible in the current

legislative process. Our entire food system, and thus our health, is being

given to

the last people with any interest in quality or safety: Big Abgribiz.

This is going on in the absence of public scrutiny. Those who do know what

is happening, of course, have zero access to the process and to the major

media. Meanwhile, the media is absent while Congress is moving at warp

speed to sew this up.

There will be no direct, frontal assault on organic farming and dietary

supplements, but an insidious process of " infecting " organic farming and

nutrient products with regulations, " traceability " requirements, required

practices and prohibitions enforced by truly draconian fines and prision terms

for even minor offenses running to hundreds of thousands to millions of

dollars and 8 years in prison for minor offenses... all under the guise of

fake " food safety. "

Example: imagine Salatin's wonderful organic farm under the direction

of the USDA, with detailed instructions on what he must feed and when, how

he must medically " treat " his animals and with what, what he must " spray "

and when, ... you get the picture. These bills will industrialize all

farms and insure the farmers are forced to buy chemicals and drugs. Organic

is dead. As well as human control over the food supply. As well as health.

H.R. 2749 includes a weak exemption for farmer to consumer or restaurant

sales because of the Push Back we generated. But the bill has now passed

the House and it is imperative that NO version of " food safety " pass the

Senate. More Push Back is needed for more protection for dietary supplements,

farmers, gardeners, community farming, all local food production (including

yours!) and food processing.

We've set up an Action Item for you to send an unmistakable message to

your Senators. We must educate the Senate that you value DSHEA, organic

farmers and small farming and do not - do not - want independent farmers

regulated out of existence. You do not want " Big Agrabiz " regulations applied

to

organic and small family farms and ranches or to natural/organic food

products, including Dietary Supplements.

We have prepared the following Petition to Congress with regard to this

matter:

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PETITION

(2010 Changes in Red)

To Amend S.510 or Any Food or Dietary Supplement Safety Modernization Act

or Similar Bill

By the Addition of the

Natural and Family Food and Farming Exclusion Amendment

And by Defeating Any Attempt to Add McCain's Fake

" Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010 " Provisions to S510

The Members of the Senate of the United States of America:

Whereas the proposed Food Safety Administration within the Department of

Health and Human Services should focus its activities on the significant

public administration issues involving the capacity of large scale,

industrialized agriculture to threaten public safety,

Whereas dietary supplements, organic and natural agriculture, family farms

and ranches, and natural or organic food products, including dietary

supplements are not a significant part of the food safety problem, and

Whereas Congress previously provided for an exemption for natural food

dietary supplements from the increased agency authority granted by the FDA

Modernization Act of 2007, through a rule of interpretation, added as section

1011 of that Act, and has on numerous occasions exempted small and family

farms from the same level of regulation as has been deemed necessary in the

case of industrialized agriculture,

The citizens ascribing to this Petition therefore hereby request that any

Food Safety Modernization Act identical or similar to HR 2749 be defeated,

or that it, or any substitute for it be amended to exclude organic and

natural agriculture, family farms and ranches, and natural or organic food

products, including dietary supplements, through a rule of interpretation, as

follows:

“Rule of Interpretation

“No provision of this act shall be deemed to apply (a) to any home,

home-business, homestead, home or community gardens, small farm, organic or

natural agricultural activity, ( to any family farm or ranch, or © to any

natural or organic food product, including dietary supplements regulated

under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994.â€

We also note the language of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 USC sec 203

(s) (2) which provides, " (2) Any establishment that has as its only regular

employees the owner thereof or the parent, spouse, child, or other member

of the immediate family of such owner shall not be considered to be an

enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce or a

part of such an enterprise... " Language such as this would be helpful to

allay our concerns.

If the FDA Center for Food Safety is to be moved into a new Food Safety

Agency, then Dietary Supplements, regulated as foods under the Dietary

Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) should be included in such agency,

with the proviso that such substances, as foods, are deemed safe when used

as directed.

We oppose any bill which undermines the provisions of DSHEA and call for

extending those protective provisions as has been proposed by Rep. Dr. Ron _

of Texas. No provision of the fake " Dietary Supplement Safety Act of

2010 " should be included in S510 or adopted individually; we call upon all

Senators to refuse to co-sponsor Sen. McCain's bill which threatens our

Health Freedom and our rights under DSHEA.

Furthermore, the ascribing citizens Petition the Congress of the United

States to declare it the public policy of the United States that organic and

natural agriculture, home and community gardens, family farms and ranches,

and natural or organic food products, including dietary supplements shall

be at all times free from suit, vexation, trouble, penalty, or loss of their

goods, for the inestimable values they confer upon the public.

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You know we need your help to defray the costs of this Action Item and to

keep up the good food and freedom fight.

Please donate here: http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?page_id=189_

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[March 7, 2009 - This Petition was prepared by Ralph Fucetola JD, a

Trustee of the Natural Solutions Foundation, for educational purposes –

www.HealthFreedomUSA.org and modified on July 31, 2009, November 17, 2009 and

February 5, 2010]

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February 10, 2010

Subject:

Dear Senator

" The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act " - S.510 Sen. McCain's (sic)

" Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010 " Natural Solutions Foundation,

www.HealthFreedomUSA.org, as part of its efforts to educate Congress regarding

the

inestimable benefits of health and food freedom, has asked its hundreds of

thousands of supporters, with many of your constituents, including me, among

them,

to alert you to our deep concerns for the protection of organic and small

family farms and ranches from new legislation and regulation that is more

properly applied to large-scale agricultural businesses. The net result of

S.510, and any like it, will be to industrialize the food production of the

United States with near total loss of small scale, wholesome and

community-based farming. This is a loss that neither our society nor our

collective

health status can afford. Our concern focuses on legislation to establish a “

Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human

Services.â€

This bill is H.R. 2749 which passed the House of Representatives on July

30, 2009 despite intense opposition from the people of the United States. The

Senate will soon consider a similar bill. While we do support DIVESTING THE

FDA and USDA of their often mis-used food authority, I adamantly oppose the

bill which the House passed and strongly OPPOSE S.510 which has even weaker

protections for family farms than the House bill. AS MY ELECTED SENATOR, I

URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THESE BILLS and any similar substitutes. WE NEED

PROTECTION FOR LOCAL, NATURAL AND ORGANIC FOOD AND FOR DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

TOO. If the Senate insists upon passing these dangerous and ill-advised bills,

it is urgently important that you write into these bills specific language

protecting organic and small family farms and ranches as well as family and

personal food production. These enterprises and all natural products,

including organic and natural food products and Dietary Supplements, must be

unambiguously exempted from the controls of these bills. Such products and such

farms and ranches are not part of the food safety problem. They are, in

fact, the true food safety system. The problem is with mega-farms and agra

business facilities. H.R. 2749 included a weak exemption for farmer-to-consumer

or farmer-to-restaurant sales, that is not enough! S.510 has even weaker

exemptions! We, the health and freedom focused eaters of the United States

demand that our natural and organic food products, Dietary Supplements and

their producers be protected from the increased regulation of food producers

provided in these pending bills and any similar enactments. Thank you for

your urgent attention to this matter. Health Freedom is Our First Freedom and I

look to you to protect it for all Americans. While the Senate HELP

Committee " marked-up " the bill on November 18, 2009, some minor changes were

made

offering some small small improvements, but the specific language recommended

here is the minimum we must have to protect important citizen interests.

Addendum: Kindly accept this PETITION requesting that Congress amend the

pending bills to include a specified Rule of Interpretation: PETITION To Amend

S.510 or Any Food or Dietary Supplement Safety, Modernization Act or

Similar Bill By the Addition of the Natural and Family Food and Farming

Exclusion

Amendment And by Defeating Any Attempt to Add McCain's Fake " Dietary

Supplement Safety Act of 2010 " Provisions to S510 or Otherwise The

Members of the Senate of the United States of America: Whereas the proposed

Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services

should focus its activities on the significant public administration issues

involving the capacity of large scale, industrialized agriculture to threaten

public safety, Whereas dietary supplements, organic and natural

agriculture, family farms and ranches, and natural or organic food products,

including

dietary supplements are not a significant part of the food safety problem,

and Whereas Congress previously provided for an exemption for natural food

dietary supplements from the increased agency authority granted by the FDA

Modernization Act of 2007, through a rule of interpretation, added as section

1011 of that Act, and has on numerous occasions exempted small and family

farms from the same level of regulation as has been deemed necessary in the

case of industrialized agriculture, The citizens ascribing to this Petition

therefore hereby request that any Food Safety Modernization Act identical or

similar to HR 2749 be defeated, or that it, or any substitute for it be

amended to exclude organic and natural agriculture, family farms and ranches,

and natural or organic food products, including dietary supplements, through

a rule of interpretation, as follows: “Rule of Interpretation “No

provision of this act shall be deemed to apply (a) to any home, home-business,

homestead, home or community gardens, small farm, organic or natural

agricultural activity, ( to any family farm or ranch, or © to any natural or

organic food product, including dietary supplements regulated under the Dietary

Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994.†We also note the language of

the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 USC sec 203 (s) (2) which provides, " (2) Any

establishment that has as its only regular employees the owner thereof or

the parent, spouse, child, or other member of the immediate family of such

owner shall not be considered to be an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the

production of goods for commerce or a part of such an enterprise... "

Language such as this would be helpful to allay our concerns. If the FDA Center

for Food Safety is to be moved into a new Food Safety Agency, then Dietary

Supplements, regulated as foods under the Dietary Supplement Health and

Education Act (DSHEA) should be included in such agency, with the proviso that

such substances, as foods, are deemed safe when used as directed. We oppose

any bill which undermines the provisions of DSHEA and call for extending those

protective provisions as has been proposed by Rep. Dr. Ron of Texas.

No provision of the fake " Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010 " should be

included in S510 or adopted individually; we call upon all Senators to refuse

to co-sponsor Sen. McCain's bill which threatens our Health Freedom and our

rights under DSHEA. Furthermore, the ascribing citizens Petition the

Congress of the United States to declare it the public policy of the United

States

that organic and natural agriculture, home and community gardens, family

farms and ranches, and natural or organic food products, including dietary

supplements shall be at all times free from suit, vexation, trouble, penalty,

or loss of their goods, for the inestimable values they confer upon the

public.

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