[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 92 (Monday, July 11, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1455]
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                HENRY LAMB EXPOSES THE DANGERS OF CODEX

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                             HON. RON PAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 11, 2005

  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to read ``Your dietary 
supplements: Under attack again'' by Henry Lamb, which I am inserting 
into the Record. Mr. Lamb explains the threat to American consumers of 
dietary supplements and American sovereignty by the Codex Alimentarius 
commission, commonly referred to simply as Codex. The United Nations 
created Codex to establish international standards for foods and 
medicines. Just last week, representatives of the United States 
government agree to a final version of Codex's standards on dietary 
supplements which, if implemented in the United States, could 
drastically reduce Americans' ability to obtain the supplements of 
their choice. Members of the American bureaucracy may be hope to 
achieve via international fiat what they cannot achieve through the 
domestic law-making process--the power to restrict consumers' access to 
dietary supplements. American bureaucrats may gain this power if the 
World Trade Organization, which considers Codex ``guidelines'' the 
standard by which all other regulations are judged, decides that our 
failure to ``harmonize'' our regulations of dietary supplements to meet 
Codex's ``recommendations'' violates international trading standards! 
This could occur despite the fact that American consumers do not want 
to be subjected to the restrictive regulations common in other parts of 
the world, such as the European Union.
  This article is typical of Henry Lamb's work. For almost twenty 
years, beginning at an age when most Americans are contemplating 
retirement, Mr. Lamb has worked to expose and stop threats to American 
liberty, sovereignty, and prosperity. Mr. Lamb became involved in the 
battle for liberty when, as the CEO of a Tennessee construction 
company, he founded a state association of contractors to work against 
excessive regulations. In 1988, Henry Lamb founded the Environmental 
Conservation Organization to defend true environmentalism, which is 
rooted in the truth that there is no better steward of the environment 
than a private property owner, from those who used the environment as a 
cover for their radical statist agendas. Since 1992, Mr. Lamb and ECO 
have focused on the threat to economic liberty and self-government 
posed by the radical global environmental agenda.
  Henry Lamb works to further the cause of liberty by giving speeches 
around the country, editing an on-line magazine, making numerous 
television and radio appearances, and writing a weekly column to inform 
his fellow Americans of the latest scheme to undermine their freedoms. 
Mr. Lamb is the model of a citizen-activist, and all who wish to become 
involved in the battle for freedom can learn from his example. In 
conclusion, I once again urge my colleagues to read Mr. Lamb's article 
to learn about the need to protect American consumers from Codex, and I 
thank Mr. Lamb for his tireless devotion to the cause of freedom.

                [From the WorldNetDaily, June 11, 2005]

              Your Dietary Supplements: Under Attack Again

                            (By Henry Lamb)

       The Codex Alimentarius Commission sounds like one of those 
     shadowy, sinister organizations conjured up by one-world-
     government nuts to scare people.
       Truth: It is!
       The Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health 
     Organization created this commission in the early 1960s to 
     set standards for food safety and to ``harmonize'' the laws 
     of member nations. The commission was endorsed by U.N. 
     Resolution 39/248, which says:
       ``When formulating national policies and plans with regard 
     to food, governments should take into account the need of all 
     consumers for food security and should support and, as far as 
     possible, adopt standards from the . . . Codex Alimentarius. 
     . . .''
       The Codex Alimentarius Commission consists of delegates 
     from 163 member nations representing 97 percent of the 
     world's population. It meets every two years, either in Rome 
     or Geneva. Between meetings, the commission is governed by an 
     executive committee that directs the activities of its many 
     committees.
       Of immediate concern is the ongoing effort to bring dietary 
     supplements in America under the control of standards set by 
     this commission. Dietary supplements generate a $17 billion 
     industry in the United States, which affects more than 150 
     million consumers, according to Congressional findings (H.R. 
     2485). Proposed procedures and standards could virtually 
     destroy this market and deprive millions of Americans of the 
     supplements they want to use.
       The European Union Directive on Dietary Supplements deg., 
     which becomes law in August, severely restricts the types and 
     quantities of supplements that may be legally sold. Most 
     forms of vitamins C and E, for example, are not available, or 
     are available only in extremely small doses. If current plans 
     proceed on course, American consumers are in for a shock.
       How can this little-known international commission control 
     what consumers buy in the United States?
       An even less-known agency, deep within the bowels of the 
     U.S. Department of Agriculture is responsible for U.S. 
     participation in the Codex Commission and designates 
     delegates to each of the commission's committees. Barbara O. 
     Schneeman is the delegate to the Codex Committee on Nutrition 
     and Food for Special Dietary Uses.
       The effort to regulate dietary supplements has been under 
     way for more than a decade. In 1994, Congress adopted the 
     Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, which kept 
     supplements beyond the reach of the drug police. In the past, 
     Codex recommendations have been non-binding. Now, however, 
     the Codex Alimentarius Commission is teaming up with the 
     World Trade Organization to bring international enforcement 
     to the dietary-supplement battle.
       Ironically, it was primarily the U.S. that brought the WTO 
     into existence in 1994, as the successor to GATT, the General 
     Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade. The WTO agreement 
     specifically requires that the member nations--including the 
     U.S.--conform its laws to meet the requirements of WTO 
     decisions. Failure to conform results in stiff financial 
     penalties. The Codex Commission and the European Union want 
     the WTO to enforce Codex standards, which fly directly in the 
     face of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act.
       Pascal Lamy of France was just selected as director general 
     of the WTO. Lamy served as a member of the French Socialist 
     Party's steering committee and was chief of staff and 
     representative of the European Commission for President 
     Jacques Delors. Since 1995, he has served as a member of the 
     Central Office of the Mouvement Europeen (France) and as a 
     member of the European Commission, responsible for trade.
       The Codex Commission will be meeting in Rome July 4-9 to 
     adopt the final rules on dietary supplement use. Dr. Carolyn 
     Dean, president of Friends of Freedom International, will 
     attend this meeting and return to the U.S. just in time to 
     present her report to the Sixth Annual Freedom 21 Conference 
     in Reno, July 14-16.
       The Codex Alimentarius Commission's reach is much broader 
     than dietary supplements. Its committees are also working on 
     standards for pesticide residue, labeling of all kinds of 
     foods, food additives and nutrients, veterinary medicine and 
     drugs, as well as standards and methods for analysis. The 
     function of this organization is to establish standards for 
     all food worldwide and to enforce those standards through the 
     power of the World Trade Organization.
       Few people know that there is such a thing as the Codex 
     Alimentarius Commission. It was created to promote food 
     safety in international trade. It is on the brink of becoming 
     an Orwellian bureaucracy--far worse than the worst fantasies 
     of the one-world conspiracy theories.
       The Codex Alimentarius Commission is neither fantasy nor 
     theory; it is real.




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