The Health Freedom Protection ActSend a letter to your Representative asking them to support the Health Freedom Protection Act (H.R. 4282). The FDA's approval process for informational labeling of food-based health claims has been so slow and uncertain that very little meaningful health information is making its way to food and dietary supplement consumers. In two years, only nine products have received approval to be labeled with qualified health claims, and no applications have yet been received by the FDA this year. A bill has been introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives that would give consumers access to truthful, non-misleading health information. The Health Freedom Protection Act, H.R. 4282, was introduced in the U.S. House on Wednesday, November 9th, 2005.Consumers in the U.S. are not getting all the information they need to make safe, natural health choices. The FDA's approval process for informational labeling of food-based health claims has been so slow and uncertain that very little meaningful health information is making its way to food and dietary supplement consumers. In two years, only nine products have received approval to be labeled with qualified health claims, and no applications have yet been received by the FDA this year. A bill has been introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives that would give consumers access to truthful, non-misleading health information. The Health Freedom Protection Act, H.R. 4282, was introduced in the U.S. House on Wednesday, November 9th, 2005. The purpose of this bill is to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to ensure that:
Please support H.R. 4282. The bill is in the Energy and Commerce Committee. The pharmaceutical industry has given over $600,000 to members of that committee this year alone. Michigan congressmen Bart Stupak, John Dingell, Mike Rogers, and Fred Upton are on this committee. also see:
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