Concerned about the CODEX Alimentarius? Learn the facts.

[MineralMan]

There has been a lot of misinformation about the international Codex Alimentarius, a set of guidelines for food safety. Much of what has been written in the Alternative Health media is a misrepresentation of how this might affect access by Americans to food supplements. If you want the facts about it, you can check two things:

The first is a pdf file showing the exact language of the Codex Alimentarius guidelines for food supplements. The link takes you to a pdf file in several languages on the official site for the CODEX. The guidelines are short and very general: http://www.codexalimentarius.net/web/more_info.jsp?id_sta=10206

Individual countries can use these guidelines if they wish, but there are no requirements to do so. In the United States such issues are controlled by the Food and Drug Administration. Here's what the FDA says about Codex Alimentarium: http://www.fda.gov/food/dietarysupplements/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/ucm113860.htm

I encourage everyone to read both links. Go directly to the actual sources when you have questions about something like this. The misrepresentations regarding this issue attempt to make it appear like you'll have to have a prescription to buy supplements. Nothing of the sort is true. See the links and learn the facts for yourself.

[trotsky]

1. Wow, rec'ed but still at zero.

Strange why anyone would want to encourage misinformation and paranoia rather than understand what this is all about.

[MineralMan]

2. Doesn't matter. The post is here to help people find

facts, not to make it to the Greatest list. I don't care about recommendations. I'm just providing information. People can click the links and read the information or not. It's up to the individual DUer. I've been concerned about the misinformation that's been spread about this. There are headlines saying, "It will be easier to buy a gun than vitamins," for pete's sake. That's just bullshit, and I can't even think of why someone would write that. Clearly it is simply untrue.

[uppityperson]

3. Thank you MM

[MineralMan]

4. It's always good to go to the actual sources when checking out

anything, so I thought I'd post those sources to make it easy for people to find them.

[Name removed]

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[MineralMan]

6. There are so many good sources out there for factual information.

It just seems to me that making sure that people know about them is worthwhile. I've seen a lot of questionable stuff posted in the Health forum on DU, and thought I'd post some information that people can use to find factual, science-based and evidence-based information about health issues. I suppose it may annoy some who decry normal medical diagnosis and treatment, but I can't help that.

[Odin2005]

7. K&R