By: Ozren Podnar |
How the governments favor the pharmaceutical industry |
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You claim that walnuts have healing properties? Then register them as a remedy (if we allow you to do it)!
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the company Diamond Foods to sell its walnuts in the U.S., apparently because they were considered to have medicinal properties.
In fact, the label said that walnuts are rich in omega 3 fatty acids.
Such claim, according to the FDA, can refer only to drugs, so Diamond Foods has to obtain registration of its nuts as a drug, which is a costly and uncertain procedure.
Without it, those walnuts can not stay on the market.
By doing so, the FDA ignored the results of 35 scientific studies that show the beneficial effects of walnuts on circulatory health and heart function, although study results are available in the U.S. national library.
The FDA insists that the manufacturer submits a separate application for registration as a drug and walnuts will go through complicated procedures, as if walnut healing properties were never confirmed.
"We have determined that you promote your products containing walnuts as medicines because they are intended for prevention, mitigation and treatment of diseases," wrote the FDA to manufacturer, also informing that such walnuts are not to be recommended against diseases whose diagnosis and treatment is allowed only to licensed professionals.
It is clear that, as always, the FDA defends financial interests of pharmaceutical companies, because if the majority of the population switched to herbal therapy, their income will be reduced.
Ban on food production in New Zealand
Authorities work closely with major manufacturers of drugs, as well as with the food industry.
Thus, the citizens of New Zealand lost the right to cultivate and distribute food from their gardens, unless they obtain a specific approval of the competent authority.
According to New Zealand media, this provision relates to nutrients, seeds, natural medicines, minerals and drinks, including even water.
Since the process of obtaining approval is expensive and uncertain, many small producers will give up, so their market share will be taken by large corporations like Monsanto, with whom the government works closely on mutual satisfaction.
The law gives the government the right to verify the compliance with these regulations by searching locations in which they suspect that unauthorized manufactures and distributes food is taking place.
During such searches representatives of authorities can be armed, and may be accompanied by representatives of the food industry, so that people would not doubt in whose favor the law was written.
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