b'P residentsn oteCodex Alimentarius Commission Advances Toxic Vet-Drug and Bee-Killer Pesticide StandardsVery carefully choreographed, this years meeting met all of its anti-humanity goalsBY SCOTT C. TIPS, NHF PRESIDENTA ftertwoyearsofZoomchoice was clearsave the wear-and- tablishguidelinesforhealthyReady-meetingsinplaceoflive,tear, and expense, of travel and attendto-UseTherapeuticFoods (RUTF), in-personmeetings,theinstead from the relative comfort of awhichareusedtofeedseverelymal-Codex Alimentarius Com- home office. nourished children (usually under the mission(CAC)finallymetin-personOnMondaymorning,Novemberageoffive).RUTFareenergy-dense, onceagaininRome,Italyduringthe21st, the CAC Chairman, Steve Wearne,micronutrient-enriched pastes (similar weekofNovember21,2022.Well,opened the meeting with about 340 par- in consistency to peanut butter) that are not quite. In deference to the on-goingticipants attending either in person ornutritionally similar to the traditional COVID-19 fear-mongering, it was ac- online. There were the usual obligatorymilk-based diet used in inpatientthera-tually a hybrid meeting where dele- openingspeechesextollingthemanypeuticfeeding programs. Often, RUTF gates could attend either in-person or bygreat deeds of Codex, with hearty patsconsist of peanuts, oil, sugar, and milk Zoom. But social distancing was to beon the back all around, and announc- powder. Some of the ingredients are not enforced in the FAO main room whereing plans for celebrating Codexs 60thwhat we would consider healthy (certain themeetingwastotakeplace,whichanniversary in 2023, but the Chairmanoils and sugar), but the RUTF do give meant that all of the INGOs (such asquickly got down to business. immediate sustenance to children who the National Health Federation) wouldmight otherwise die.have to be seated in a separate, adjacentMalnourished Third- Codexobserver-delegateUNICEF, room where they would participate viaWorld Children a keen proponent of RUTF, has stated a Zoom connection. So, for NHF theOne of Codexs noble goals is to es- that, [p]roperly used, RUTF is safe, H ealtHF reedomN ews /w iNter2022 7'