This coming week as Americans celebrate Independence Day an official U.S. government delegation will be appearing at the opening of an international conference in Rome, Italy seeking to wring freedom from Americans like so much dirty dishwater from a wash rag.
Codex Alimentarius is a United Nations commission seeking to set an international standard that would restrict both those dietary supplements that may be commonly made available and to dramatically limit the amounts of the few allowed to amounts significantly below that which is currently allowed under United States laws.
Ratification of Codex is slated for next week beginning on the 4th (Independence Day in America). The official U.S. government delegation has indicated to the U.N. Codex commission their acceptance of the proposed guidelines.
The Codex guidelines are much more restrictive than U.S. law. Other U.S. law under Title 19 USC 3512 forbids the U.S. from harmonizing with international standards that conflict with U.S. law. Therefore a formal acceptance by the U.S. delegation violates U.S. law.
Even a European Union ruling almost three months ago found that the proposed restrictions were invalid.
The 1994 Dietary Supplements Health Education Act (DSHEA) notes supplements are to be treated as foods without restrictions such as those set forth by Codex.
U.N. Reform?
The United Nations Reform Act of 2005 currently in Congress has a good title. However, according to Congressman Ron Paul language in the bill would make opposition to a U.N. agency such as Codex an international crime. That would make this column guilty of an international crime.
AMA for freedom?
After a year filled with deadly drug scandals such as Vioxx and various anti-depressants the American Murderousedical Association (AMA) refused to back a ban against prescription drug advertising at its annual meeting last week. Concern for first amendment issues of free speech were cited as the reason.
AMA concern for first amendment issues changed literally from one day to the next at their annual meeting.
The following day AMA delegates voted to seek a federal ban on sales of certain video games to minors. Such matters have already been addressed on numerous occasions by federal courts and rejected on first amendment free speech grounds.
Vioxx use resulted in the deaths of more than 100,000 Americans according to federal, medical experts. Such experts also determined that a dramatic increase in suicidal tendencies among children from antidepressant usage warranted the strongest possible warnings allowed on packaging for those drugs. Experts have not noted such numbers or seriousness due to video game usage by children.
You don't suppose that money derived from prescription drug advertising to the AMA and its members versus money not derived from video game sales to the AMA and its members had any bearing in these matters?
Both governmental and medical authorities are busy standing freedom on its head while also twisting liberty inside out just in time for Independence Day.
Contact your congressional representatives with your concerns for health freedom.
You may also write to the head of the U.S. Codex delegation located with mocking irony on Independence Ave in the nation's capitol:
- Dr. Edward Scarbrough
- U.S. CODEX Manager
- U.S. CODEX Office
- United States Department of A
sininitygriculture
- South Building, Room 4861
- 1400 Independence Ave, SW
- Washington, DC 20250
