Committed to Protecting Health Freedom
The mission of CodexFund.com is to provide accurate information about issues that affect health freedom in particular dietary supplement regulations and legislation in the national and international arenas.
The goal of Codex Fund.com is to build a consensus among our health freedom, dietary supplement, and complementary medicine communities. We are here as a resource to everyone.
|
FDA's Draft Guidance on New Dietary Ingredients Comments Due by December 2
|
In July the FDA published a Draft Guidance Document on New Dietary Ingredients [Docket No. FDA-2011-D-0376]. The document is couched as a 'non-binding' guidance document which represents the agencies current thinking on new dietary ingredients. This is a massive 86 page document with 58 attachments. If finalized in its current form, it likely would curtail innovation, and potentially cause many products that were introduced after 1994 to come off the market until or unless they went through the NDI process.
Among its many problems is an attempted end-run around DSHEA that sets the stage for drug regulation like pre-market approval. The document is fatally flawed. To read a full review click here.
A draft letter for comment to the FDA is coming soon.
|
Congressman Paul Protecting Your Free Speech
|
In response to growing concern about the Federal government's restriction of consumer free speech, Congress Ron Paul, introduced H.R. 2908 the Testimonial Free Speech Act. To protect the First Amendment rights of individuals to share their experiences and perceptions of the effects of foods and dietary supplements. In introducing this Bill, Congressman Paul stated, "...restricting communication of individuals' accounts of their experiences with foods and dietary supplements is a blatant violation of the First Amendment. The necessity for this bill shows how little respect the federal bureaucracy has for the Bill of Rights and the principles of a free society. I therefore urge my colleagues to join me in taking a small step toward restoring free speech by cosponsoring the Testimonial Free Speech Act."
Please sign and fax this letter to urge your Representative to co-sponsor HR 2908.
|
Congressman Burton Moves to Protect DSHEA
|
In response to the FDA's draft Guidance Document on New Dietary Ingredients, Congressman Dan Burton has introduced H.R.3380 -- Dietary Supplement Protection Act of 2011. This bill moves to change the 'grandfathering in' date of DSHEA from 1994 to January 1, 2007. A letter supporting this legislation and urging Senators Harkin and Hatch to introduce a Senate version of the bill is available here.
|
Senator Durbin's S. 1310 Not Good for Industry
|
Senator Durbin in July launched a new battled against the dietary supplement industry. S. 1310 the Dietary Supplement Labeling Act of 2011. To learn more about this legislation, please click here.
|
|
www.codexfund.com
We would also like to thank our board of advisors. They are:
Clinton Ray Miller
Scott Tips, JD
|
|
