GEORGE LAGERGREN was thinking about Re: FDA/CODEX alert and keyed into 
cyberspace:
GL>-=> Quoting Mark Probert to George Lagergren <=-
GL> MP> GEORGE LAGERGREN was thinking about Re: FDA/CODEX alert and
GL> MP> keyed into  cyberspace:
GL> 
GL> GL> FS> S.830, the FDA Modernization and Accountability Act of 1997
GL> GL> FS> is hazardus to your health and must be stopped, heres why:
GL> 
GL> GL> FS> -S. 830 tells the FDA to HARMONIZE America's food and drug
GL> GL> FS> law to the laws of the European Union. (The EU treats
GL> GL> FS> vitamins, minerals, and botanicals as DRUGS ans is planning
GL> GL> FS> on making its regulatory structure even worse in the
GL> GL> FS> future.) So what they are really talking about is making our
GL> GL> FS> laws match theirs. The FDA is bad enough. The EU system is
GL> GL> FS> even WORSE.  -S.830 gives a single manufacturer the right to
GL> GL> FS> turn a dietary supplement into a drug.
GL> 
GL> MP> Gotta give him [Senator Hatch] another chance to vote
GL>unethically. 
GL>     Mark  -->  The real point here is that the big bio-chemical 
GL>     medicine  [drug]  companies want to drive the smaller natural
GL>     medicine companies out of business by using an international
GL>     treaty to do it.  Then by having nations agree to abide by
GL>     the international treaty.
GL>     It is the old ploy of the bigger companies in any industry
GL>     trying to drive out the smaller companies.   But in this
GL>     case, the big boys are using an international treaty to
GL>     accomplish their dirty work.   [Maybe, the first case???]
GL>     So Senator Hatch (R-UT) would be doing right to stand up
GL>     to the international drug companies who would put natural
GL>     medicine companies out of business.   Remember, several
GL>     companies which manufacture herbs in the State of Utah
GL>     would be affected.
the real point is that if the pharmaceutical companies had a Senator in 
their pocket because that Senator owned a share of a business, the 
herbals would be whining and screaming all over the place.
However, because he is on the side of herbals (natural chemicals good) 
against the pharmaceuticals (artificial chemicals evil) you do not mind 
if his ethics stink.
                ===>The Voice of Reason<===
                     mark.probert@juno.com
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