Next week, ANH-USA will travel to Germany to represent YOU at the next Codex meeting. Here's what to expect.
The Alliance for Natural Health USA has been selected to represent US consumers at the international Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU), which will meet December 3 - 7 in Germany.
The Codex Alimentarius (Latin for "Food Code") is a collection of internationally adopted food standards, guidelines, codes of practice, and other recommendations which supporters hope will become a global standard and also facilitate international trade. The
CCNFSDU studies specific nutritional problems and advises the Codex Commission on general nutrition issues. They also develop guidelines for foods and supplements for special dietary uses, so having a seat at the table and being able to directly convey your concerns is a significant step forward for our consumer advocacy organization.
The Codex Commission's decisions are far-reaching, and generally work to the advantage of the world's most powerful countries and powerful industry members. Smaller countries and companies can easily get shut out of the process. We represent only the interests of the consumer, particularly the natural health community.
The Commission, through their various committees, addresses acceptable levels of pesticide residues,
the amount of gluten allowed in gluten-free foods, GMOs and
GMO labeling, infant formula, supplements, and contaminants in food. Regular
Pulse readers will recall that we have some major concerns with the US adopting an international standard, particularly since the Commission usually follows the European Union, and the EU has adopted absurd limits on supplements - either banning them or allowing for sale only dosage strengths so low as to be completely ineffective.
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