b'What the Future Holds asaCodex-accreditedINGO,willhaveSo, in all, this particular Codex Commis-We understand that the next in-per- more time to prepare for vital meetingssionmeetinglastedsevenpartialdays sonCodexcommitteemeetingwillbesuch as the 25th session of the CCRVDF,spreadoutoveraseven-weekperiod. the Codex Committee on Residues of Vet- where NHF will argue once more againstWhile that kind of scheduling is neither erinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF) zil- thezilpaterolveterinary-drugstandardan advantage nor a disadvantage per se, paterol meeting just rescheduled fromadvancing to adoption by Codex. At theit does highlight the difference between January 2021 to July 2021, in Cleveland,last vet-drug committee meeting in earlyin-person, eight-hour meetings each day Ohio. But given the ongoing claims of a2018, NHF was able to stop the zilpaterolandvirtualmeetingsthatcanonlybe pandemic and the possibility that a newstandard from progressing up the eight- held for three hours every day due to the U.S. President might impose yet furtherstepladdertofinaladoption.Iargued24 different time zones and the need to lockdownsandmeetingrestrictionsonforNHFatthatmeetinginoppositionaccommodatealldelegatesasmuchas a restive populace, who could really saytozilpaterol-makerMerck,whichhadpossible.that even this Codex meeting in July willpoured millions into getting an interna-go forward as currently planned? Mean- tional standard adopted so it could pushThree Majorwhile, NHF has warned you about eatingits non-therapeutic vet drug for animalAdvantagestainted meat. weight gain throughout the World. TheAsmuchasImaypreferin-person Therehasbeenasilverliningincost to us personally was to be subjectedmeetingsfortheirhuman-contactad-thesedarkclouds,however.TheNHF,to the hatred, scorn, anger, and ridiculevantages, I did come to see at least three ofMerckafteritsdefeatatthatmeet- majoradvantagesfromholdingvirtual ing. Evidently, Merck and its regulatoryCodex meetings: (1) no travel, and all re-branchofficesinAustralia,NewZea- lated expenses and time taken for trav-land,andelsewheresupporttorturingel; (2) the opportunity for a much larger animals with unnatural weight gain, car- number of participants to be able to at-diovascular problems, and other horrifictend virtual meetings; and (3) the Zoom side effects all for excessive profit whileonline chat system puts all delegates in poisoning humans with cumulative andinstant communication touch with both unnecessary toxic drug residues to add(a) all other delegates and staff so that to the long laundry list of other toxinsone can express and share ones concerns and contaminants we are all exposed toandviewpointswithoutinterference, onadailybasis.NextJuly,though,inand (b) with any other single delegate so Cleveland, Ohio, Merck will get anotherthat you can pass messages privately and chancetopoisontheWorld,especiallydirectly to just that person. This is a huge the animal kingdom and humans. advantageovertheclumsier,inter-per-The CCRVDF is just one of many inter- soncommunicationsandbroadcasts nationalCodexCommitteemeetingsatthat occur when meeting in person, not which NHFthe only health-freedom or- to even mention being blocked at times ganization with a seat at Codexactivelyfrom speaking by spiteful Codex chair-participates and represents you. This seatmen or chairwomen.allows NHFs active participation in shap- NHF has argued for Codex to return to ing global policy on behalf of 7.5 billionits previous manner of holding in-person people on the Planet, right next to privatemeetings. However, when I asked Codex interests and industry-backed-and-fund- Secretary Tom Heilandt if Codex would ed participants (INGOs) along with therevert at some time to the old system, he variousnationalgovernmentdelegatespaused to reflect and then answered, I just as heavily influenced by the same gi- doubt that we will go back to the old sys-ant industries they are setting standardstem rather quickly, maybe even forever. for.YoucanaccessNHFspastworkFor those of us who have spent decades atCodexathttps://thenhf.com/codex/with the old system of in-person meet-our-work-at-codex/. ingsandbeenabletomeeteye-to-eye with other delegates and attendees, this Pluses and Minuses may be a difficult change to accept. But in ThefinaldaysoftheCACmeetingthe end, we may all have to, whether we were pushed back to November 5-6, 2020,like it or not.when the reading and correction of the 2020 Scott C. Tipsmeetings draft Report were to be made. H ealtHF reedomN ews /w iNter2020 9'