Natural Alliance
Today the European Court of Justice begins hearing a challenge from the Alliance for Natural Health to proposed European Union legislation designed to ban - in August 2005 - many leading-edge nutritional supplements.
ANH is also leading initiatives to offset proposed limits on dosages and health claims through Codex and other EU legislation.
The ANH says these critical events in Europe are likely to lead to restrictions in the US and elsewhere, as there is considerable political and commercial pressure for trade harmonisation and regulation at a global level.
So, hard on the heels of yesterday's post, it seems that legislators worldwide are beginning to target the natural supplement industries.
Why? Proponents say this is a re-run of 1997 attempts by lobby groups to restrict access to supplements through something called the Codex Alimentarius.
The Codex was set up among 165 nations to govern food standards...supposedly to ensure international food safety.
The lobby groups claim it was initiated by drug companies who want supplements re-classified as drugs -- thereby creating its own list of "approved" supplements, raising their prices and availability, and banning the rest.
Keep your eyes open.
posted by Lyn Devon @ 5:13 PM
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