Does The Food Safety Modernization Act Ignore Freedom Of Choice?

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Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) December 24, 2010 -- There are some aspects of the FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act that are beneficial . . . and some that will rescind your constitutional right to choose . . . under the guise of national security and WTO compliance.

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Does The Food Safety Modernization Act Ignore Freedom Of Choice?

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While researching material to include in my natural health blog on how to grow your own “medicine”, I came across a You Tube video I thought was a spoof. It was about a hobby farmer in Georgia that was fined $5000 for growing “too many vegetables” on his own land. His green thumb produced more vegetables in his two acre garden than the county zoning regulations permitted.

The next shock was an article claiming the new FDA Food Safety Modernization Act would make it illegal to grow you own vegetables, give them to neighbors, or sell them at the family roadside stand. That’s also a valid assertion. If you fail to “register” your garden and keep a record of who you sell food to, you may be subject to fees, fines and even jail time. Small businesses and hobby gardeners will be regulated out of business. I’ve included excerpts from the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act below to support these assumptions.

Codex Alimentarius is part of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act . . .Why Should That Alarm You?

Codex (Alimentarius) is made up of thousands of standards and guidelines. One of them, the Vitamin and Mineral Guideline (VMG), is designed to permit only ultra low doses of vitamins and minerals (and make clinically effective nutrients illegal). Through Codex, nutrients are ultimately being categorized as “toxins”. A woman in France was arrested for selling 500mg vitamin "C" capsules, which exceed the dosage allowed by Codex Alimentarius , adopted by the French government as part of their agreement with the WTO. This begs the question, who could possibly benefit from this flawed concept? A possible beneficiary of this pseudo-science is of course the pharmaceutical industry. Natural ingredients cannot be patented.

The Codex Alimentarius is a threat to the freedom of people to choose natural healing and alternative medicine and nutrition. Ratified by the World Health Organization, and going into Law in the United States as part of the new FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, many health authorities agree, the threat to health freedom has never been greater. The bill as written, in effect, incorporates Codex “HARMonization” provisions of the discredited “Dietary Supplement Safety Act” S.3002 and actually calls upon the FDA to recommend harmonization of American nutritional freedoms with Codex Alimentarius’ restrictions [Section 306(c)(5)].

A clause which can be used to force Codex into our lives is Section 404: “Nothing in this Act… shall be construed in a manner inconsistent with… any …treaty or international agreement to which the United States is a party…” (The WTO can dictate to Americans what they may or may not consume, just like the woman in France selling vitamin "C")

Section 306(c)(5) provides a road map to implementing Codex: “Recommendations on whether and how to harmonize requirements under the Codex Alimentarius.” (Codex Alimentarius circumvents US law)

Cost of Program: Section 401, $825,000,000 in the first year means a deeper deficit.

2) SMALL ENTITY COMPLIANCE POLICY GUIDE- Not later than 180 days after the issuance of the regulations promulgated under section 415(b)(5) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as added by this section), the Secretary shall issue a small entity compliance policy guide setting forth in plain language the requirements of such regulations to assist small entities in complying with registration requirements and other activities required under such section.

SEC. 743. AUTHORITY TO COLLECT AND USE FEES.

‘(a) In General-

‘(1) PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY- For fiscal year 2010 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary shall, in accordance with this section, assess and collect fees from–

‘(A) the responsible party for each domestic facility (as defined in section 415(b))

(2) PUBLIC INPUT- During the comment period on the notice of proposed rulemaking under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall conduct not less than 3 public meetings in diverse geographical areas of the United States to provide persons in different regions an opportunity to comment.”

Since it’s unlikely you’ll be in one of those “diverse geographical areas” or have the time or money to travel to the meeting . . . make your voice heard by signing the Citizens Petition To: Reform FDA Food Safety and Claims – or Divest the FDA!

Why is it that 97% of our elected officials appear to lose all common sense once they’re in office?

Reference: – http://www.welltv.com – http://www.healthfreedomusa.org Educates people about how to stop Codex Alimentarius from taking away our right to freely choose nutritional health.

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