drewski
Truth Seeker
Joined: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:19 am Posts: 42 Location: California
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Save our supplements!
Save Our Supplements and Demand the FDA Withdraw the NDI Draft Guidance!! November 19, 2011
To be delivered to: The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate and President Barack Obama
In July the FDA issued its “Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues” (what is called the "NDI Draft Guidance"). The agency issued the guidance, mandated by the food “safety” law passed earlier this year, purportedly to clarify requirements for filing new dietary ingredient (NDI) submissions.
However, the FDA is going way beyond simply clarifying existing requirements. It is attempting to drastically change existing law by saying that finished product manufacturers must make a submission for every product that contains an NDI or whenever a formula is changed, if an NDI is present. If this guidance is not withdrawn and its misinterpretation of law is backed by the FDA's own policy, review and enforcement powers, it would cause major disruption in the dietary supplement market; force a significant number of products off the shelves; and result in revenue losses of over a billion dollars and the unemployment of over 100,000 Americans.
Neither American consumers nor the dietary supplement industry should stand for this unconscionable attempt by the FDA to, via various NDI-related side doors, effectively re-write DSHEA, maim the health-food industry and drastically reduce consumer choice.
That is why Citizens for Health is calling on Congress and the President to demand that the FDA summarily withdraws the NDI Draft Guidance and goes on the record stating that the agency will not, now or ever, review, consider, surveil or engage in enforcement activities according to the re-interpretation of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) evident in its Guidance document but, instead, will honor the law that the American people gave to the FDA (via Congress) to uphold via regulation according to both the spirit, letter, and plain and intended meaning of DSHEA.
I hereby join with Citizens for Health (CFH) and its over 100,000 citizen supporters in calling on Congress to demand that the U.S. FDA not use appropriated funding in enforcement of new dietary ingredients (NDIs) until this NDI Draft Guidance is summarily withdrawn or drastically modified to comply with Congressional intent. Congress must insist that the FDA summarily withdraws its NDI Draft Guidance and go on the record stating that the agency will not, now or ever, review, consider, surveil or engage in enforcement activities according to the re-interpretation of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) evident in the current NDI Draft Guidance, but, instead, will swear to honor the law that the American people gave to the agency to uphold via regulation according to both the spirit and letter of DSHEA.
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November 29, 2011 Dear Citizen for Health, It's the home stretch! Only two-and-a-half days remain in our petition drive opposing the FDA's “Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues”. We're 3/4 of the way to our goal of 10,000 signatures by the close of the comment period on December 2. Take action now! Once it is complete the petition will be delivered to Congress and the President, calling on them to join with the American public to force the FDA to withdraw this dangerous Guidance once and for all. If you have already sent comments to the FDA, augment your voice by signing the petition too! At the start of our drive we amassed 4000 signatures in just the first two days - we should certainly be able to gain 2600 more in the same amount of time. But it will take your help. To help get you fired up, Australian truth rapper and activist Jody Lloyd, aka Trillion, helped produce our video "10,000 Signatures" - view it here. We know you've received the prior alerts. We know you recognize the danger this Guidance poses for your access to supplements and meaningful, truthful information about what you put into your bodies. We know you want to see this Guidance withdrawn - so help us do it! If you already signed the petition, forward this alert to your friends and get them involved too! SIGN THE PETITION AND PROTECT YOUR SUPPLEMENTS! As always, thanks for being involved, The Citizens for Health Team Follow Citizens for Health on Twitter! Like FoodIdentityTheft on Facebook! Follow FoodIdentityTheft.com on Twitter!
Go to the website to sign the petition - Drewski
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drewski
Truth Seeker
Joined: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:19 am Posts: 42 Location: California
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Re: Save our supplements!
Yes - Sky - I totally agree that nutrition is the foundation of good health, with organics being crucial. When people go out of balance, it is important to have the option to correct via supplements vs. pharma pills. Drewski
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