(PRWEB) June 14, 2005 — The Natural Solutions Foundation’s Medical Director, Rima E. Laibow, MD, announced that Congressional support is building to compel the U.S. to follow its own laws in adopting policy and directing delegates to the CODEX ALIMENTARIUS Commission meeting in Rome next month. Although the U.S. has announced its intention to support the restrictive Vitamin and Mineral Guidelines, members of Congress urged the U.S. to oppose or postpone the adoption of the CODEX Vitamin and Mineral Guideline (VMG) since the US is legally forbidden from harmonizing with any international law which violates U.S. law. The VMG violation of the 1994 Dietary Supplements Health Education Act (DSHEA). Under DSHEA, limits cannot be set on for nutrients which are treated as foods, not drugs.

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