Big Government Plan for Your Supplements

The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) celebrated its 50^th year of existence the first week of July while also conducting its 36^th session,
with several hundreds of member-state delegates and non-governmental
organizations in attendance.  Chairman Sanjay Dave was re-elected as CAC
Chairman and presided over the meeting in a fair and business-like
manner.

          But fair and business-like did not compensate for the
Commission’s gross nutritional ignorance that resulted in certain
Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs) being approved for vitamins and
minerals over the repeated and strong objections of the National Health
Federation (NHF), a Codex-accredited non-governmental organization.

          As Scott Tips – the NHF’s delegate at that meeting – remarked afterwards, “Of course we spoke up in
opposition to approval of these NRVs, because they will reduce by 20%
to 66% all but one of the already-low B vitamin NRVs, increase Calcium
NRVs while reducing Magnesium NRVs (the exactopposite of
what modern nutrition tells us should be done), and promote, at best,
subsistence nutrition when optimal nutrition is called for here. These
are standards that would only allow consumers to put one foot before the
other, barely avoiding slipping into the grave, as they shuffle through
life.  Consumers deserve better, they deserve optimal nutrition that
allows them to maximize their potential and quality of life.”

          To continue reading the full report of what happened at this most recent meeting, CLICK HERE.
The fight over these NRVs is not over and will continue in November in
Germany at the Nutrition Committee meeting to be held there.

          Another detailed critique of the proposed Codex
recommendations has been written by health journalist Bill Sardi, as
commissioned by the NHF.  The entire critique can be read online.  Sardi has written the U.S. delegate to Codex in the past, opposing passage of similar guidelines. He has been an outspoken critic of Codex.

          Codex has drawn the similar ire of other health-freedom
advocates.  There is a concern that Codex solely serves the needs of big
business and that it is a conduit for disease mongering by
establishment of nutrient recommendations that lock in in a certain
level of disease in human populations that then requires more doctoring
and drugs.

          For more information, contact the National Health Federation, the only health-freedom organization with standing to participate at Codex meetings.

          Minneapolis, Minnesota will be the hosting city for Codex
Alimentarius’ next Committee meeting on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in
Foods (August 24-30, 2013). NHF will be there participating not only at
the plenary session but also at the working group session on the
Guidelines on Risk Management Recommendations for Residues of Veterinary
Drugs, with the intent and goal of keeping as many drug residues out of
our foods as possible.