FAO Headquarters, Rome, ItalyNovember 28, 2023 By Scott C. Tips After having waged a many-years-long battle around the Globe against the toxic vet drug zilpaterol hydrochloride at both the Codex Alimentarius Commission and committee levels (2016, 2018, 2021, 2022), the National Health Federation (NHF) finally reached the end of the road today when over NHF’s and many Codex member states’ objections, the Commission voted 88-49, with 11 abstentions, in favor of adopting the toxic-drug … [Read more...] about Codex Alimentarius Commission adopts Zilpaterol standard
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Codex Alimentarius Commission Advances Toxic Vet-Drug and Bee-Killer Pesticide Standards
Very carefully choreographed, this year’s meeting met all of its anti-humanity goals By Scott C. Tips, NHF President After two years of Zoom meetings in place of live, in-person meetings, the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) finally met in-person once again in Rome, Italy during the week of November 21, 2022. Well, not quite. In deference to the on-going COVID-19 fear-mongering, it was actually a “hybrid” meeting where delegates could attend either in-person or by Zoom. But social … [Read more...] about Codex Alimentarius Commission Advances Toxic Vet-Drug and Bee-Killer Pesticide Standards
Many Codex Alimentarius Meetings Cancelled Due to COVID-19 Fears
Many Codex Alimentarius Meetings Cancelled Due to COVID-19 Fears So far this year, the COVID-19 pandemic has created scheduling and rescheduling challenges for the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The first cancellations were two meetings in China: the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) and the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR), both of which NHF has attended in the past with great successes. The earliest meetings still … [Read more...] about Many Codex Alimentarius Meetings Cancelled Due to COVID-19 Fears
Victory in Sweden – NHF-Sweden Wins a Voice
Victory in Sweden – NHF-Sweden Wins a Voice By Sara Boo I´m happy to let you know – victory in Sweden, thanks to you. Thanks to your work in Codex we/NHF Sweden were able to be a part in the national issues regarding food regulation. They wanted to refuse us a part, but when I argued that you/NHF were debating in Codex at a global scale, why wouldn´t we then be allowed in our own nation, when you also are the president for NHF … [Read more...] about Victory in Sweden – NHF-Sweden Wins a Voice