Codex: South Africa May Not Attend Nutrition Committee Meeting in Bonn
CategoriesAs the fight against a restrictive Codex Alimentarius Guideline on food supplements is approaching its final act, some disturbing news reaches us from South Africa: The minister of health has apparently ordered the SA delegation not to attend this year's Codex Nutrition Committee meeting in Bonn, Germany, scheduled for early November.
South Africa has been the only country to oppose the restrictions planned by Codex Alimentarius international guidelines and to call for a relatively free regime for nutritional products, which could revolutionize health care world wide.
Anthony Rees of HONERI, the Herbology and Optimal Nutrition Education and Research Institute, sounds the alarm. There may be international political pressure on South Africa brought to bear by pharma interests causing this abrupt about-face, as the Codex guideline goes into its last steps.
Update 27 September 2004:
I am informed that the decision (for the South African delegation not to attend the Bonn meeting) has been reversed. Thank you to all who may have had a hand in bringing about this change of mind.
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posted by Sepp Hasslberger on Tuesday September 21 2004
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