Established in 1963, the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) is an intergovernmental body responsible for developing global standards, guidelines, and codes of practice for the food and nutrition industries. Over the years, representatives of pharmaceutical and food industry interests have been frequent attendees at meetings of its various committees.
For more than two decades, the Dr. Rath Health Foundation has strongly opposed attempts by Codex to restrict the availability of nutritional supplements. This independent report on a recent Codex meeting in Geneva describes a continuing pattern of the organization pushing global standards and guidelines through with little regard for meaningful scrutiny.
Authored by National Health Federation (NHF) President Scott Tips, the report explains how new Codex “Guidelines on Application of Food Labelling Provisions in Emergencies” would loosen labeling requirements on packaged foods during supposed “emergencies.” Tips accuses the organization of being more focused on advancing its regulations than on ensuring they genuinely protect consumers.
The report argues that Codex has developed a culture in which almost every new proposal now advances toward global adoption regardless of its shortcomings. Tips muses that the organization reflects the modern-day scientific hubris that thinks it knows more than Mother Nature. “It doesn’t,” he concludes. “Not by a long shot.”
To learn more about the Codex Alimentarius Commission, see this page on our website.
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August 7, 2026Report from Geneva, Switzerland, on the 49th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
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Many Codex standards and guidelines are good, but many are not. The latter ignore detrimental synergistic effects on humans, animals, insects, and the environment in general. Most important of all, they reflect the modern-day scientific hubris that thinks it knows more than Mother Nature.
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Established in 1963, the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) is an intergovernmental body responsible for developing global standards, guidelines, and codes of practice for the food and nutrition industries. Over the years, representatives of pharmaceutical and food industry interests have been frequent attendees at meetings of its various committees.
For more than two decades, the Dr. Rath Health Foundation has strongly opposed attempts by Codex to restrict the availability of nutritional supplements. This independent report on a recent Codex meeting in Geneva describes a continuing pattern of the organization pushing global standards and guidelines through with little regard for meaningful scrutiny.
Authored by National Health Federation (NHF) President Scott Tips, the report explains how new Codex “Guidelines on Application of Food Labelling Provisions in Emergencies” would loosen labeling requirements on packaged foods during supposed “emergencies.” Tips accuses the organization of being more focused on advancing its regulations than on ensuring they genuinely protect consumers.
The report argues that Codex has developed a culture in which almost every new proposal now advances toward global adoption regardless of its shortcomings. Tips muses that the organization reflects the modern-day scientific hubris that thinks it knows more than Mother Nature. “It doesn’t,” he concludes. “Not by a long shot.”
To learn more about the Codex Alimentarius Commission, see this page on our website.
Dr. Rath Health Foundation
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