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What is Codex Alimentarius?

Codex Alimentarius (latin for "food code") is an international trade organisation under the umbrella of the UN, which regulates the quality of consumables worldwide. Pretty much anything you put in your mouth - apart from cigarettes - has to go through Codex first. A large part of Codex is funded by the pharmaceutical industry. The public gets little say in what is decided under Codex laws. The following article is a report by the Alliance for Natural Health:

"The United Nations (UN) established the Codex Alimentarius Commission ("Codex") in 1963 through two of its own organs, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), ostensibly to promote consumer food safety and fair practice in the global food trading. The Codex Alimentarius Commission is an inter-governmental body with around 170 member countries.

"The Commission co-ordinates work undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on food guidelines and standards. Most of the international NGOs at Codex meetings are representatives of trans-national corporations. Non-governmental organisations can apply for "observer status" but do not have voting rights.

"Codex Alimentarius has become the primary international standard-setting body for the global food trade and is comprised of a secretariat based at the FAO's HQ in Rome. There are around 30 committees and intergovernmental task forces hosted by different countries around of the world; each dealing with specific aspects of the food chain, on issues ranging from dairy to cereals, pulses to meats, organic foods, genetically modified (GM) foods, food additives, food supplements, pesticide residues and food hygiene.

"Approximately 300 Codex guidelines and standards are used by its member countries as the basis for their regional and national laws, as well as by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as the basis for dealing with international trade disputes.

"Decisions at Codex are based on consensus voting by the government delegates present at a given meeting. The Chair can overrule any decision and NGOs can influence discussion but have no voting rights. Much of the decision-making among the most powerful and influential countries in Codex meetings has been made prior to the start of each meeting. Codex has moved a long way from its original stated objectives which centred around the need to protect consumers by ensuring foods were free from contaminants such as pesticide residues. Now it mandates "acceptable" levels of everything from pesticides, to chemical additives, GMOs and heavy metal contaminants.

"Codex works on a primitive toxicological framework when it comes to green lighting synthetic chemicals into our food chain. It relies on safety data that come from studying such toxins in isolation and it avoids taking into consideration our total chemical exposure from all sources. The types and levels of chemicals and contaminants are agreed as "safe" by so-called "international scientific consensus" but the scientists involved tend to be on the payroll of the largest food and drug companies in the world. They also agree which GM crops are allowed into our food supply (based on precious few data) and seem willing to compromise long-standing practices of organic and sustainable farming so that foods certified and labelled as "organic" can be shipped from one side of the world to another. Under such regimes supermarkets and their international food distribution companies are set to benefit from the premiums many consumers, particularly in the West, are willing to pay for organic produce."

Codex Alimentarius - UNwholesome

"We Become Silent: The Last Days of Health Freedom" by Kevin P. Miller


"Codex Alimentarius" by Dr. Robert Verkerk

Misinformation about Codex Alimentarius

There is a rumour circulating that Codex will come into force on December 31st 2009. This rumour is incorrect. This date actually represents one of many implementation dates of the European Food Supplements Directive and is nothing directly to do with Codex.The text for the Codex Guideline on Vitamin and Mineral Food Supplements, which has been based closely on the EU Directive—sharing some of its text verbatim was ratified in July 2005 but is unlikely to finalised until around 2012 or 2013. It is only at this time it is likely to be used as the basis for national and regional laws in many parts of the world.

To a large extent, Codex guidelines on food supplements are irrelevant to Europeans as they simply reflect the European laws on which they are based and it is the laws that ultimately affect our access to products, not the Codex guideline.

Many other guidelines and standards, for example those affecting genetically modified (GM) foods and organic foods are complete, although they tend to be subject to regular amendment.

To sign the only worthwhile petition against the reduction of vitamin dosages, visit the Alliance for Natural Health petition.

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