IMPORTANT
NOTICE
Labour is trying to decimate the NZ Health Products
Industry
The Labour Government is trying
to change the way in which all Natural Health Products
(NHPs) & medical devices are regulated. They plan
to treat them as medicines and give the power to control
them to the controversial Australian Therapeutic Goods
Administration (TGA)
We know from the Australian experience
that this would mean;
- Fewer products available - consumer
choice reduced
- Unnecessary bureaucracy and cost
- Increased cost to consumers
- Natural health products & medical
devices all controlled like drugs
- Many NZ businesses forced to close
- jobs lost
- There will be little NZ can do
to protect itself – Australia would make decisions for
NZ
The Australian TGA (which would
take over NZ's health products industry) is known to
use an extremely heavy-handed approach. Remember the
Pan debacle? The TGA recalled 1200 natural products off
the market on the strength of one manufacturer's lax
handling of quality control standards. “The truth is
that of more than 1200 products recalled, NOT ONE of
the natural health products was found to be at fault.
It was only one pharmaceutical drug which was a problem”.
Despite strong opposition from
industry and a Parliamentary Select Committee report
against the proposal, Annette King signed the Treaty
with Australia on 10 December last year. But the battle
is far from over . The Government still needs to have
the treaty passed into law and for that it needs the
support of the opposition parties. We can stop the Government's
TGA proposal especially if we are strong and united.
The opposition party MP's need to know the strength of
public opposition.
Here's what you can do -
visit
the NZHT website www.nzht.co.nz where
you can;
- fill-in
an “Urgent Support” form online *
- order “Urgent Support” forms
(in hard copy) for distribution
- subscribe to the newsletter
- use
our “email our
message to a friend” facility to alert others to
the situation
* The “Urgent Support” forms are
designed to give you a voice without you having to go
to Wellington yourself and tell the MP's of your concerns & wishes.
Send back to the NZHT.
Warning! In response to any contact,
the Labour MP's may send you a standard reply trying
to convince you that their proposal is a good idea. BUT
DON'T BE FOOLED . Labour is desperate to get this proposal
through and will say anything to succeed.
If you do not have internet
access please contact us for information or to order “Urgent
Support” forms – our contact details are below;
Kind
Regards
Dave
Sloan
NZ
HEALTH TRUST
PO Box 34 057,
CHRISTCHURCH
Ph:
03 351 9807
Fx: 03 351 7993
E: info@nzht.co.nz
W: www.nzht.co.nz
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