10 Point Update on FDA Guidance

Good News and Better News

You are busy so here are the bottom line news items on the FDA Guidance battle we are in right now:

1. Public Comment Period Extended: Natural Solutions Foundation's formal request for an extension for Public Comments was turned down BUT then the FDA did extend the comment period to May 29, 2007!
2. Natural Solutions Foundation website, wwwHealthFreedomUSA.org, was attacked -- again-- but is now up and running.
3. We have time to get at millions of comments in to the FDA! If every person who submitted comments (or tried to) can motivate just ten people to do the same, we would have, by today's count, 3.7 million pro-health freedom comments in to the FDA by the end of May!
   
4. 155,905 people have successfully submitted their comments through our site which is, as far as we know, the ONLY way to send comments to the FDA which will be received at this time. Use the "Take Action Now!" link on our home page, www.HealthFreedomUSA.org.
   
5. 220,154 people have tried to submit comments through our site and were unable to. If you are one of them, go back and try again, please.
6. Dr. Ron Paul, (R, TX) who is running for President, has announced that he will be submitting his comments on the FDA CAM Guidance indicating his belief that this is a serious issue.
7. Our data entry staff are working hard to make sure your comments are submitted if you are using Plan B (send an email to dr.laibow@gmail.com with "submit" as the subject and your name and address in the body. REMEMBER to included your address or we cannot submit for you).
8. Our supporters list has increased by nine times since we blew the whistle on the FDA's dangerous CAM (Complementary and Alternative Modalities) Guidance and its unfounded extention of what US law says -- we are ringing a bell people can hear!
   
9. The battle rages: we have ignited a firestorm and people are weighing in on whether we should be worried about the CAM Guidance (we most certainly should) or whether we can trust the FDA to a. tell the truth and b. protect natural health over pharmaceutical intersts. If you are on the "b." side, you do not know the history of the FDA and natural health and you also might be interested in the Brooklyn Bridge which I understand is for sale!
10. General Stubblebine and I are at the Ottawa, Canada, meeting Codex Committee on Food Labeling (CCFL). We have submitted formal comments to the FDA and Codex Office of the US Government. I will post these comments and daily reports on the CCFL proceedings on my blo. Click on our website and then go to the "Blog" tab at the top of the page. Organic Standards, Genetically Modified Food Labeling and the right to share information about health benefits of foods and not have that action be considered "advertising" are on the docket. The Natural Solutions Foundation will be there and will keep you posted.

Health Freedom is NOT free. We did not anticipate, for example, having to hire data entry people to make sure your comments could reach the FDA. Please rememember to give generously by making a tax deductible contribution , http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?page_id=189 , to help up keep on keeping you.

Yours in health and freedom,

Rima E. Laibow, MD

Medical Director

Natural Solutions Foundation

www.HealthFreedomUSA.org