***  Write  Congress to EXEMPT dietary supplements from the
           "harmonization" section of the FDA Reform Bill
               (S. 830 / HR 1411)    ****
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 Ja> Subject: ILLEGALITY OF MOST HERBS, VITAMINS, & SUPPLEMENTS  IN USA
 Ja> MAY BE REALITY SOON!!
 Ja> Reply-To: jaladev@hotmail.com
 Ja> Newsgroups: alt.health
 
 Ja> The FDA Reform Bill (S.830/HR 1411) blitzed through both houses of
 Ja> Congress earlier this month (October '97) with minimum/no discussion. 
 Ja> It contains language recommending "harmonization" of U.S. law with that
 Ja> of the European Union, where herbs and non-RDA dietary supplements are
 Ja> regulated as drugs. Please contact your Congresspeople and the members
 Ja> of the Congressional Conference committee currently finalizing the
 Ja> version of this bill that will be sent to the President, and ask them
 Ja> to amend the "harmonization" section to EXEMPT dietary supplements and
 Ja> herbs. Members of the Conference committee are: Senators Jeffords,
 Ja> Coats, Gregg, Frist, DeWine, Kennedy, Dodd, Harkin, and Mikulsky
 Ja> Addresses, phone & fax #'s, e-mail addresses, etc. are available from
 Ja> the Library of Congress's website:
 Ja> 
 Ja> More information on the "harmonization" issue is available by using
 Ja> Webcrawler, Metacrawler, etc. to search for "Codex and Dietary
 Ja> Supplements", "Codex and Herbs", etc.  Any questions, more info.,
 Ja> please e-mail me!!
 Ja> Thanks and best wishes to all,
 Ja> Sharon, c/o 
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