Codex Alimentarius is a controversial guide designed to surpass all national laws regarding food, and together with the WTO is implenting a system to either impose “safe limits” on all vitamins, minerals and natural medicines, or only available by doctors prescription, and some say eventually become illegal in every country of the world – all based on the interest of “consumer safety.”
It’s hard to know exactly what will happen but the main concern is that the guide is not based on strong scientific evidence and when it comes to trade disputes – and will be used to replace the scientific arguments of the country making the dispute.
Rima Laibow is probably the most famous investigator / whistle blower of the Codex whose website www.healthfreedomusa.org claims that in addition it will also reintroduce seven of the twelve most toxic pesticides and chemicals in all food, and irradiate all vegetables.and irradiate all vegetables – organic produce included. These super chemicals were banned a few years ago in all countries because they are unanimously agreed to be that dangerous.
Pesticide
- Hexacholorobenzene
- Toxaphene
- Chlordane
- Aldrin
- DDT
- Mirex
- Dieldrin
- Pentachlorophenol
- Endrin
By-products or contaminants
- PAHs
- Dioxins
- Furans
Chemicals
- PCBs
- Hexabromobiphenyl
All this set to come into practice Dec 31st 2009.
You can read for yourself what is written in the codex on their website http://www.codexalimentarius.net/
Also for quick reference;
Codex has been in development for more than 40 years. This is something worth knowing about because we don’t know about what is going to happen with our food, and this could soon be implemented if we don’t do anything.What we can do:
- Learn about it,
- Talk about it,
- Sign official Citizen Petitions in your country, (EU see below)
- Modify the Codex guidelines in your country,
- Start buying lots of seeds and learning how to grow food
To sign a petition if living within EU click here
