How Codex Disinformation Works

There are many who claim that Codex Alimentarius is about "consumer protection", or that it is "voluntary", or that it is a downright "urban legend" or "hoax". None of these claims comes anywhere near the truth. Dr. Laibow has analysed 16,000 pages of Codex Alimentarius documentation, and her analysis is that none of these claims are true.

Codex, once fully implemented, represents tremendous financial wealth for a few multinational corporations, most notably companies in the pharmaceutical industry.

These corporations have immense propaganda machines, already in place, hawking dangerous and sometimes deadly drugs, creating the illusion that nutrients are dangerous, the illusion that drugs are the only means to health, the illusion that genetically modified food are good for people, and the illusion that pesticides are safe.

Because Codex Alimentarius represents wealth to these corporations, they are using their skill and influence in the media to create an elegantly crafted, and totally false image of Codex Alimentarius as "consumer protection" so that the truth about Codex Alimentarius wont be known.

They can't control the Internet however.

Keeping Codex-Reality at Bay

Why would anyone want to disseminate misleading information about Codex Alimentarius? Because the truth is unacceptable to people: Codex Alimentarius would eradicate natural health options from the global marketplace, and thus does not serve the health interests of the people. People would not take warmly to this. Those creating the propaganda behind Codex Alimentarius know this.

There are approximately 60 million people in America who care strongly about natural health. This group of the population are part of a market called LOHAS ("Lifestyle Of Health And Sustainability"). They care about such things as natural health, sustainability, fair trade, social justice, and personal development. If millions of people in the LOHAS community, who care about natural health, found out the truth about Codex, then Codex would face tremendous resistance.

We believe that the pharmaceutical industry, which is one of the industries behind Codex Alimentarius, fears the awakening of the LOHAS to the real Codex agenda. That's why they are working so hard to deceive, mislead, and pacify.

The Three Flavors of Codex Disinformation

"Disinformation" is information that is deliberately meant to mislead. Effective disinformation is never an outright lie. That would be too easy to see through.

Codex disinformation is plentiful and comes in three distinct flavors. They are listed below with real-life examples to help you to discern fact (that Codex is a threat) from fiction (that Codex is "consumer protection", "voluntary", or "urban legend"):

 

Disinformation Type 1: "Consumer Protection"

Example: The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) is trying to make us believe that Codex is for our own protection from supposedly "dangerous" vitamins and minerals. This type of paternalistically-oriented disinformation strategy sounds palatable, were it not for the simple fact that Codex will not in the least bit protect us from anything. It would unscientifically obstruct our freedom of choice in supplements, herbs, and clean food for no other reason than to eliminate natural health so that the pharmaceutical industry can make more money. The CRN membership is made up of some of the largest pharmaceutical corporations around: Bayer®, Wyeth®, Monsanto®, and others.

Read more about Codex disinformation from the Council for Responsible Nutrition

 

Disinformation Type 2: "Voluntary"

Example: National Nutritional Foods Association (NNFA) is supposed to protect the natural supplement industry. But it's old-time health freedom fighters have been (silently) replaced by people from the pharmaceutical industry. The NNFA is now working hard to make people believe that "Codex is not a problem" because it is "voluntary". Could this disinformation have anything to do with the fact that the NNFA has members from the pharmaceutical industry? Certainly.

Read more about Codex disinformation from the National Nutritional Foods Association

Disinformation Type 3: "Urban Legend"

Example: Snopes.com is a web site that traces the roots of urban legends, to dispel those that are false. But they are in fact creating their own urban legend when it comes to Codex Alimentarius. The urban legend snopes.com is guilty of creating says that "Codex Alimentarius is a hoax".

Read more about Codex disinformation from Snopes.com

Government Not Exposing Truth

The FDA is known to favor the pharmaceutical industry at the expense of natural health, and thus is by default aligned with the implementation of Codex Alimentarius.

The FDA is firmly committed to "harmonization" with Codex. But this is for economic reasons, not health. "Harmonization" is the process by which Codex overrides the sovereign food and health laws of a country. On an official FDA site, the agency states the following:

"Failure to reach a consistent, harmonized set of laws, regulations and standards within the free trade agreements and the World Trade Organization Agreements can result in considerable economic repercussions."

Note that there is no mention of health in the FDA's statement. And there is no mention of health by the FDA anywhere else in relation to harmonization. It is clear among many health experts and analysts that the concern of the FDA in relation to the World Trade Organization (Codex Alimentarius fits into the WTO umbrella), is the protection of the economic interests of the pharmaceutical companies, and not the health of the people.

It is a fact that the pharmaceutical industry carries a lot of influence on the decisions of the FDA.

Where do we go from here? Simple: let's not believe everything we're told about Codex Alimentarius.

Let's bolster our individual power to discern truth and take a pause to consider if what we've been told so far by industry and government adds up. It does not add up (Codex would harm consumers, not "protect" them... that you and me). So let's discard the lies and take action to protect health freedom from Codex Alimentarius.