FALSE: In June 2005 the U.S. was forced to accept Codex Alimentarius regulation of vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements. OUTDATED: Bills proposing the regulation of dietary supplements are ...

Scott Tips is president of the National Health Federation, a legitimate advocate of food consumer rights. He has for years been fighting powerful lobbyists as they try and influence regulators around ...

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What started out as a conventional UN bureaucracy has become the subject of wild speculation and fear - just what is the UN's Codex Alimentarius, and what does it mean for our food and health? Imagine ...

In a historic first, the United Arab Emirates has been elected as the Geographic Representative for the Near East at the ...

Starting the development of guidelines to control Shiga toxin-producing E. coli in certain foods was one of the decisions made by the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its annual meeting in Geneva this ...

Although Codex Alimentarius was established in 1962, it has risen in prominence in recent years as more countries have aligned their national food standards, particularly in the case of so-called ...

Karen Hulebak chaired the Codex Alimentarius Commission from 2008 to 2011. The European Union is currently picking an arcane but hugely consequential bureaucratic fight at the United Nations. And if ...

Fresh berries are healthy but also prone to microbiological contamination and associated with Hepatitis A, Norovirus, bacteria E.coli and protozoa The UN food standards body Codex Alimentarius has ...

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