Stop CODEX Global “Harmonization” of Food and Supplement Restrictions
 Will it or Won’t it affect your Vitamins? Background of Codex European Union U.S. Policy Codex Alimentarius Q&A Documents and Links of Interest | Codex Overview Codex dietary supplement standards are expected to mirror those currently being built into European guidelines, where the maximum limit for beta carotene would be the amount found in half a large carrot, while that for selenium would be no more than what is typically available in one third of a Brazil nut! How will Codex affect your vitamins? As Europe escalates integration of Codex-like guidelines severely restricting access to supplements, it’s appropriate to ask, what will happen here in the United States? Will we continue to enjoy access to high quality, therapeutic doses of nutrients? This article will analyze Codex Alimentarius (Codex) to determine the potential implications, if any, on our domestic supply of higher-dose dietary supplements that contain vitamins and minerals. Codex, the system used by governments and major corporations to develop global guidelines and standards, deals with virtually all aspects of the food supply. Presently only one guideline relates to vitamins and minerals, and although the guideline was ratified in 2005, full implementation by governments as a template for national laws is expected in 2012-13. The once outstanding elements such as which methods to use to determine risk of high dose supplements have now been agreed. The present analysis is two pronged: 1. is there a relationship between Codex and the U.S. domestic policy on dietary supplements; and 2. if yes, then what might the effect on U.S. domestic policy be (i.e., is Codex more restrictive or more liberal than current U.S. domestic policy) | |
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 | Ask the CCFL to Revise Its Draft Position on the Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods! The Codex Committee on Food Labeling will meet May 9–13, 2011, in Québec City, Canada, where members will review the Codex guidelines on labeling food. Among the items for review are the Codex labeling standards for genetically engineered foods.US delegates said that since the intentions of Codex have been met, there is no need for any more rigorous standards as regards GE labeling! Ask the committee to revise its draft position—a consumer’s right to know is an important standard. The US should be a world leader, not an embarrassment on the world stage, supporting a bad standard. Read More>> | |
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 | November 27, 2012 Next week, ANH-USA will travel to Germany to represent YOU at the next Codex meeting. Here’s what to expect. Read More>> | |
| Putting to Rest Recent Codex Rumors | ||
 | October 5, 2010 There’s nothing like a good conspiracy theory. But in the Internet age, conspiracies sometimes proliferate like weeds—and this one is false. Read More>> | |
| Further Update on our Story–Supplements Gain Exemption From Codex Language in Senate Food Safety Bill | ||
 | April 27, 2010 ANH-USA recently shared with you our hard won victory for dietary supplements in an amendment to the still to be voted on Senate FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510). After working for several months with our champions in the senate, supplements were exempted from language in the Food Safety bill that likely would have created a slippery slope toward US harmonization with irrationally restrictive standards under the global Codex Alimentarius. Read More>> | |
ANH-USA Victory! Supplements Are Exempted From Codex Language in Food Safety Bill | ||
 | April 13, 2010 The FDA Food Modernization Act (S. 510), also referred to as the “Food Safety” bill, has been modified to exempt dietary supplements from language that otherwise creates a slippery slope toward U.S. harmonization with Codex Alimentarius. ANH-USA worked to protect the natural health community from this dangerous provision that threatened access to high quality, therapeutic supplement doses by working with key senators to modify the language, now for the second time. Read More>> | |