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February 21, 2012
Immediate Health Freedom Action Needed
Nationwide
SUPPORT U.S. H.R. 3380 : H.R. 3380, “The Dietary Supplement Protection Act of 2011”, amends the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), so that DSHEA not only allows and protects for the sale of dietary supplements marketed “before1994”, but in the future it would also allow for sale and protection of all products marketed “before 2007”! Support the DSHEA protection amendment now and protect thousands of safe products currently on the market from FDA’s aggressive attempt to force dietary supplements out of existence via their draft guidance for New Dietary Ingredients! We are thrilled to bring you a strong bill you can support! Introduced on Nov. 4, 2011 by Representative Dan Burton [R, IN-5], H.R. 3380 was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health. Urge your Congressional representatives to protect your right to access, and the manufacturer’s right to market, valuable dietary supplements without the imposition of unnecessary additional requirements from the FDA. Click HERE to take Action.
What the Bill Does:
H.R. 3380 is a perfect solution to FDA’s hostile document! DSHEA law says that a “dietary supplement” is a supplement marketed “before” 1994, and that a “new dietary ingredient” is a supplement marketed “after” 1994. Of course both dietary supplements and new dietary ingredients must abide by the good manufacturing practices and the adverse event reporting laws. But new dietary ingredients have an added level of regulatory requirements. Now the FDA is trying to say that many of the dietary supplements currently on the market are “new dietary ingredients” and must abide by expansive requirements.
But H.R. 3380 will protect our supplements NOW. And we can also demand Congressional hearings on the misleading and hostile draft guidance! H.R. 3380 simply says, lets amend DSHEA and change the dietary supplement date of 1994, to 2007. This is a common sense solution and will immediatly protect supplements. It will quicklyprotect manufacturers and consumers from the dire threat of FDA’s flawed interpretation of existing law which, if applied, would create a loss of thousands of supplements and huge economic consequences for any manufacturer and consumer of a New Dietary Ingredient (NDI). Because the FDA’s recent Draft Guidance for NDIs reveals an overbroad interpretation of what an NDI is and when an NDI notification is required , H.R. 3380 would immediately put thousands of dietary supplement products out of reach of FDA mandates for NDIs by placing products outside of the definition of an NDI.
H.R. 3380 reminds FDA that any NDI, even if not marketed before 1994, is still a food: an herb, an amino acid, a vitamin, a mineral, or other ingredient defined in DSHEA.
H.R. 3380 supports DSHEA’s clearly stated law that “dietary supplements shall be deemed food”.
H.R. 3380 re-affirms Congress’s intent in DSHEA1994 that Congress NOT “impose regulatory barriers limiting or slowing the flow of safe products … to consumers…” because “dietary supplements are safe within a broad range of intake, and safety problems with the supplements are relatively rare;” and because “nearly all consumers indicate that dietary supplements should not be regulated as drugs … .” Click HERE to read the Bill.
What you can do :
- Contact the members of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Health listed below and spread the word to your friends and family. Let them know you oppose the bill and why they should too! Telephone calls, emails or letters are extremely important at this time! WE CAN DO THIS TOGETHER! A concerted effort will get this accomplished!
Contacting Congress and Spreading the Word.
Contact Congress by phone, e-mail, or personal letter to Support H.R.3380. Build a relationship with them and talk to them about your rights as a consumer to unimpeded access to safe and effective dietary supplements. Also tell them that you depend on a broad range of dietary supplements for preventative and therapeutic nutrition-based self-care for you and your family.
The message : “I support H.R. 3380 as written – it protects consumer access to valuable dietary supplements by amending DSHEA’s grandfathering date forward to 2007, from 1994. It would immediately prevent FDA from imposing on certain products FDA’s onerous reporting requirements for NDIs and avoid the detrimental economic impact of compliance with cost prohibitive requirements.
- Distribute Call to Action Letter: If you’re not sure what to say in your letter, please simply sign the one-page action letter (available for download by clicking HERE) and send by e-mail, fax, or regular mail to all members of congress, especially those on the House Subcommittee on Health. You can also forward this e-mail to your friends and family to have them take action too!
Take Action Here to stop FDA from putting dietary supplement manufacturers
out of business and infringing our access to safe and effective products!
For Phone and Mailing Members of US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health:
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Phone |
Fax |
Address |
Joe Pitts (R; PA), Chair |
(202) 225-2411 |
(202) 225-2013 |
420 Cannon HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Michael Burgess (R; TX), Vice Chair |
(202) 225-7772 |
(202) 225-2919 |
2241 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Ed Whitfield (R. KY) |
(202) 225-3115 |
(202) 225-3547 |
2368 Rayburn HOB, Washington D.C. 20515 |
John Shimkus (R; IL) |
(202) 225-5271 |
(202) 225-5880 |
2452 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Mike Rogers (R; MI) |
(202) 225-4872 |
(202) 225-5820 |
133 Cannon HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Sue Myrick (R; NC) |
(202) 225-1976 |
(202) 225-3389 |
230 Cannon HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Tim Murphy (R; PA) |
(202) 225-2301 |
(202) 225-1844 |
322 Cannon HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Marsha Blackburn (R; TN) |
202-225-2811 |
(202) 225-3004 |
217 Cannon HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Phil Gingrey (R; GA) |
202-225-2931 |
(202) 225-2944 |
442 Cannon HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Bob Latta (R; OH) |
(202) 225-6405 |
800 -278 - 8203 |
1323 Longworth HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R; WA) |
(202) 225-2006 |
(202) 225-3392 |
2421 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Leonard Lance (R; NJ) |
(202) 225-5361 |
(202) 225-9460 |
426 Cannon HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Bill Cassidy (R; LA) |
(202) 225-3901 |
(202) 225-7313 |
1535 Longworth HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Brett Guthrie (R; KY) |
(202) 225-3501 |
(202) 226-2019 |
308 Cannon H.O.B., Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Joe Barton (R; TX) |
(202) 225-2002 |
(202) 225-3052 |
2109 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Fred Upton (R; MI) |
(202) 225-2002 |
(202) 225-3052 |
2109 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
John D. Dingell (D; MI); |
(202) 225-4071 |
(202) 226-0371 |
2328 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Edolphus Towns (D; NY) |
(202) 225-5936 |
(202) 225-1018 |
2232 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Eliot L. Engel (D; NY) |
(202) 225-2464 |
(202) 225-5513 |
2161 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Lois Capps (D; CA) |
(202) 225-3601 |
(202) 225-5632 |
2231 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Jan Schakowsky (D; IL) |
(202) 225-2111 |
(202) 226-6890 |
2367 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Tammy Baldwin (D; WI) |
(202) 225-2906 |
(202) 225-6942 |
2446 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Mike Ross (D; AR) |
1-800-223-2220 |
(202) 225-1314 |
2436 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Jim Matheson (D; UT) |
(202) 225-3011 |
(202) 225-5638 |
2434 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Henry A. Waxman (D; CA) |
(202) 225-3976 |
(202) 225-4099 |
2204 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 |
Charles A. Gonzalez (D; TX) |
(202) 225-3236 |
(202) 225-1915 |
1436 Longworth HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515-4320 |
Frank Pallone, Jr. (D; NJ)* |
(202) 225-4671 |
(202) 225-9665 |
237 Cannon HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515-3006 |
House of Representatives TTY: |
(202)-225-1904 |
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Take Action Here to stop FDA from putting dietary supplement manufacturers
out of business and infringing our access to safe and effective products!
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