-=> Quoting Mark Probert to George Lagergren <=-
 MP> GEORGE LAGERGREN was thinking about Re: FDA/CODEX alert and keyed
 MP> into  cyberspace:
 
 GL> FS> S.830, the FDA Modernization and Accountability Act of 1997 is
 GL> FS> hazardus to your health and must be stopped, heres why:
 
 GL> FS> -S. 830 tells the FDA to HARMONIZE America's food and drug law
 GL> FS> to the laws of the European Union. (The EU treats vitamins,
 GL> FS> minerals, and botanicals as DRUGS ans is planning on making its
 GL> FS> regulatory structure even worse in the future.) So what they are
 GL> FS> really talking about is making our laws match theirs. The FDA is
 GL> FS> bad enough. The EU system is even WORSE. 
 GL> FS> -S.830 gives a single manufacturer the right to turn a dietary
 GL> FS> supplement into a drug.
 
 MP> Gotta give him [Senator Hatch] another chance to vote unethically.
     Mark  -->  The real point here is that the big bio-chemical 
     medicine  [drug]  companies want to drive the smaller natural
     medicine companies out of business by using an international
     treaty to do it.  Then by having nations agree to abide by
     the international treaty.
     It is the old ploy of the bigger companies in any industry
     trying to drive out the smaller companies.   But in this
     case, the big boys are using an international treaty to
     accomplish their dirty work.   [Maybe, the first case???]
     So Senator Hatch (R-UT) would be doing right to stand up
     to the international drug companies who would put natural
     medicine companies out of business.   Remember, several
     companies which manufacture herbs in the State of Utah
     would be affected.
... "Scotty, beam me up another Blue Wave message."
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