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CAFTA, Codex, and the war against vitamins.(INSIDER REPORT)(Central American Free Trade Agreement)
One purpose of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), according to the preamble to the pact, would be to define the "respective rights and obligations" of its member nations (including the United States) "under the ... agreement establishing the World Trade Organization." Put more simply, CAFTA--like the European Union--would be a regional administrative unit of a global economic system supervised by the WTO.
Many Americans don't regard that prospect to be particularly alarming, since they can't see how it affects their daily lives. A recent ruling by the Codex Alimentarius Commission in Rome offers a useful--and outrageous--illustration of the immediate effect that WTO-imposed regulations can have on everyday life.
Established by the UN in 1961, the commission "establishes guidelines to harmonize trade in food," in the words of a European news agency. In early July, the commission approved a regulatory framework that would eventually phaseout over-the-counter sales of vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other food-based nutritional aids. As Britain's DeHavilland News Service reported on July 7, the commission's ruling was buttressed by a ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) intended to "restrict the sale of supplements and ... set upper limits of vitamin doses. Once fully implemented, the new measures laid out in the EU supplements directive will mean that supplements can only be taken from an approved list ... which will effectively license vitamins in the same way as normal medicines."
Prior to creation of the WTO, the Codex Commission was an utterly toothless institution. But with the WTO in place, the com mission now has ...
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- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News August 31, 2009 700+ words
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- Codex commission faces drastic organizational reforms in 2003.
- Newspaper article from: Food & Drink Weekly December 23, 2002 700+ words
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- Codex Commission adopts BHA and BHT levels in food additives ; other moves.
- Magazine article from: Nutraceuticals International August 1, 2006 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Food & Drink Weekly May 16, 2000 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: European Report July 25, 2001 700+ words
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- FSIS's Billy re-elected to Codex Commission.
- Magazine article from: Food Engineering Huffman, Mark September 1, 2001 700+ words
The administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), Thomas J. Billy, has been re-elected to a second two-year term as chairman of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the international food standards organization. Codex seeks to ensure that the world's
- Survey finds consumer organizations want more say on Codex...
- Newspaper article from: Food & Drink Weekly October 4, 2004 700+ words
Despite improvements, the Codex Alimentarius Commission still lacks adequate consumer participation, according to a recent survey of consumer organizations that participate in Codex meetings. The survey was conducted by Consumers International (CI), which represents some 230 independent consumer