A wide variety of organizations, working together with ANH-USA, have swung into action to stop John McCain’s new bill that threatens dietary supplements. Already thousands of messages are on their way to Capitol Hill in protest. Please be sure that your message is among them. If you have not already done so, please take action now.
TAKE ACTION AND TELL YOUR SENATOR NOT TO CO-SPONSOR THIS BILL Donate to our campaign to stop this bill! McCain’s bill is called The Dietary Supplement Safety Act (DSSA). It would repeal key sections of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA). DSHEA protects supplements if 1) they are food products that have been […]
Senator McCain has filed a new bill that attacks your access to supplements and would repeal key sections of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act. Please contact your senators now. Tell them not to co-sponsor this exceptionally bad bill and instead help to defeat it!
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to abolish Structure/Function Claims and Qualified Health Claims. What does this jargon mean? Why is this so important?
With hundreds of thousands of seasonal flu-related complications, more than 35,000 deaths from the flu, and countless more from the H1N1 flu expected this season, ANH-USA asks the obvious question: What are the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Health and Human Services (HHS) doing about it? The answer: Not much!
FDA calls Cheerios an “Unapproved Drug” For Immediate Release: May 14, 2009 Contact: Tami L. Wahl, 800.230.2762 FDA CALLS CHEERIOS AN “UNAPPROVED DRUG” SCIENCE BEHIND THE CEREAL’S HEALTH CLAIMS REMAINS UNCHALLENGED The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to cereal manufacturer General Mills for claiming on its cereal box that Cheerios […]
Food Safety Bill Passes on Second Attempt For Immediate Release: July 30, 2009 Contact: Tami L. Wahl, 202.467.1986 American Association for Health Freedom The American Association for Health Freedom today expressed extreme regret over legislation, passed today by the House of Representatives, aimed at improving our nation’s food safety. The bill, H.R. 2749, the Food […]
Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) Protecting the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act What is DSHEA? Are Dietary Supplements Unregulated? ANH-USA’s Position on DSHEA ANH-USA Initiatives in Support of DSHEA Protecting the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) defines dietary supplements as food […]
A new, long-awaited food safety bill is now before the US House of Representatives. It is the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, or FSEA. Introduced by Reps. Henry Waxman (D–CA) and John Dingell (D–MI), the FSEA is meant to address food safety concerns. But as you will see, much of it is not about […]
The healthcare reform debate in Washington has a central question: “Should every American be required to carry health insurance?” The pros and cons of that question were debated on the editorial page of the June 10 USA Today.