Oppose any more FDA authority!

[Klash]

I just went to the holistic food store to get some dextrose and they were still handing out flyers on the proposed FDA act S-722. This act needs to be killed, it's been looming around for at least a year.

So help kill it!

http://www.capwiz.com/apma/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=2831571

this site makes it real easy to let your represenative know how you feel....fill in some info hit submit the site sends it to the proper senator.

[mick10-07]

if its been looming for years then it probly wont go away.

[jipped genes]

bump!

[Klash]

one report of adverse reactions from a supplement and the FDA would have the power to "regulate" that supplement!

[Klash]

The reply from my senator (she didn't address me as Klash)

Dear Klash:

Thank you for contacting me regarding nutritional supplements.

As you may know, two pieces of legislation have recently been introduced
regarding the regulation of dietary supplements by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA).

Earlier this year, S. 722, the Dietary Supplement Safety Act, was
introduced in the Senate. This legislation would require that
manufacturers of dietary supplements submit to the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) reports on adverse experiences with dietary
supplements. S. 722 has been referred to the Senate Committee on Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions.

Related legislation (S. 1538) has also been introduced to ensure that the
goals of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA)
are fully met by authorizing funds to fully enforce the Act. S. 1538 has
also been referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and
Pensions. If either of these bills are considered by the full Senate,
please know I will keep you views in mind.

Thank you again for contacting me. I appreciate knowing your concerns.
If I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Sincerely,


Blanche L. Lincoln



think she will keep my view in mind :2gunsfiri

[Klash]

Here's what I sent senator lincoln, from the link above


Please oppose any efforts by your fellow Senators to enact S-722, the Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2003 introduced by Senator Durbin.

The FDA should not have the authority to take away my dietary supplements and, once again, infringe upon my health freedom.

The FDA has already been given broad, legal authority to regulate all aspects of manufacturing, marketing and distributing dietary supplements. Rather than encouraging the FDA to start enforcing existing law, S-722 would grant the FDA new enforcement powers without any increase in the protections to consumers under the existing law. Despite its name, Senator Durbin’s Bill is not about consumer safety.

Under Senator Durbin’s Bill, the FDA would have enforcement powers that include expanded authority enabling them to remove from the market safe and healthful dietary supplements. This would completely undermine the primary goal of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) to restrain the FDA’s historical abuse of discretionary authority over dietary supplements.

Even if just one report of an adverse experience occurring while taking a dietary supplement is received, even though it is not know to be causally related to the dietary supplement, the FDA will have the authority to start procedures ending the marketing of the ingredient under the Durbin Bill. All of these procedures are left entirely to the unbridled discretion and whim of the FDA.

I urge you to oppose this unnecessary legislation. Support the FDA in enforcing the existing law, but please don’t give them the authority to continually chip away at my health freedom.