Nutritional Freedom Threatened Yet Again

[DrSmellThis]

Oppose Extreme and Unnecessary Expansion of FDA Authority Over Dietary Supplements!

Don\'t Let Congress Overturn the Hard-Fought Victory of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994

A new bill called the \"Dietary Supplement Safety\" Act (S.722) has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. Despite its title, it would allow no more consumer protection than current law – the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) – provides. It would, however, significantly undermine many of the freedoms that American consumers of dietary supplements hold dear.

Oppose this Legislation!

The Food and Drug Administration must not be granted new and unprecedented authority to subject safe and beneficial products to additional and unnecessary scrutiny.
This bill would subject nearly all vitamins, minerals, herbal products and other supplements to a level of scrutiny that is both unwarranted and unnecessary. Products that have been used safely for hundreds – and in some cases, thousands – of years would be subject to clinical evaluation using standards that are at the complete discretion of the FDA.

The government must not be allowed to limit the freedom of choice of American consumers when it comes to their health.
By questioning the safety of any dietary supplement that receives even one complaint, hundreds of products that have been safely and beneficially used could be removed from the marketplace. Under this new legislation, the FDA has complete discretion to make this determination, regardless of whether the product was used under conditions cautioned against by the manufacturer on the label.

The government must not be allowed to single out dietary supplements.
By almost every measure, and by a wide margin, dietary supplements can be used more safely than conventional foods and OTC drugs. Yet this legislation exempts foods in these product categories from being classified as stimulants. Specifically, the bill unfairly excludes the most common “stimulant” ingredient in foods – caffeine.

TAKE ACTION NOW!

This bill could be added to existing Senate legislation at any time. Call and e-mail your Senators immediately and let them know you oppose this bill. Click both of these for a sample letter and quick link to your Senators\' e-mail addresses and telephone numbers; and for writing your Representative.

http://www.house.gov/writerep

http://www.nnfa.org/lettercampaign.asp

Don’t delay – this bill has the potential to radically amend one of this country’s most important and beneficial laws, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994.

[phersurf]

The FDA ia a powerfull lobby! In the US alone, thousands of people die every year from the CORRECT use of persription drugs, while deaths from the incorrect use of supplements is a tiny fraction of that. I\'m sure glad the FDA is tying to protect me from these horrible vitamins.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Shoot, never mind the vitamins. What about those herbs you could get ahold of to help yourself feel well or to support your immune system or even ... increase your verility/libido, you big ol perve? Huh? What about that?? We\'ll have no feeling good here. Not without supervision. God only knows what you\'ll think you can control next once you\'ve had control of your own body and what you chose to put in it. Anarchy, that\'s what! Anarchy! The collapse of society as we know it!

Of to write to Congressman Moron -- oh, wait that\'s Moran, right. Yet another letter...

[franki]

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Shoot, never mind the vitamins. What about those herbs you could get ahold of to help yourself feel well or to support your immune system or even ... increase your verility/libido, you big ol perve? Huh? What about that?? We\'ll have no feeling good here. Not without supervision. God only knows what you\'ll think you can control next once you\'ve had control of your own body and what you chose to put in it. Anarchy, that\'s what! Anarchy! The collapse of society as we know it!

Of to write to Congressman Moron -- oh, wait that\'s Moran, right. Yet another letter...

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