IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 562 
Reaffirming the position of the Government of the United States that the 
sanitary and phytosanitary guidelines for vitamin and mineral food sup-
plements adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its Twenty- 
eighth Session from July 4–9, 2005, are not binding on the United 
States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2005 
Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Reaffirming the position of the Government of the United 
States that the sanitary and phytosanitary guidelines 
for vitamin and mineral food supplements adopted by 
the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its Twenty-eighth 
Session from July 4–9, 2005, are not binding on the 
United States. 
Whereas the United States is a party to the Agreement on 
the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, 
as described in section 101(d)(3) of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(3)), and annexed to 
the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organiza-
tion entered into on April 15, 1994;
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Whereas sanitary and phytosanitary measures relate to pro-
tecting human, animal, and plant life and health from 
the risk of plant- or animal-borne pests or diseases, or 
additives, contaminates, toxins, or disease-causing orga-
nisms in foods, beverages, or feedstuffs; 
Whereas the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures establishes general requirements 
and procedures to ensure that sanitary and phytosanitary 
measures are intended to protect against the risk as-
serted rather than to serve as a disguised trade barrier; 
Whereas Article 3 of the Agreement on the Application of 
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures recognizes that 
member countries of the World Trade Organization 
(WTO) often apply different sanitary and phytosanitary 
measures and calls for each WTO member country to use 
relevant international standards as a basis for estab-
lishing its sanitary and phytosanitary measures and thus 
to harmonize the different sanitary and phytosanitary 
measures on as wide a basis as possible to facilitate 
trade; 
Whereas the Codex Alimentarius Commission is an inter-
national sanitary and phytosanitary standard-setting or-
ganization of the Food and Agriculture Organization 
(FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) of the 
United Nations; 
Whereas at the Twenty-eighth Session of the Codex 
Alimentarius Commission from July 4–9, 2005, in Rome, 
the Commission adopted sanitary and phytosanitary 
guidelines for vitamin and mineral food supplements; 
Whereas guidelines adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Com-
mission are not binding on any country unless the coun-
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try chooses to incorporate the guidelines into their laws 
or regulations; and 
Whereas the Government of the United States has not incor-
porated, and has indicated that it will not incorporate, 
into 
its 
laws 
or 
regulations 
the 
sanitary 
and 
phytosanitary guidelines for vitamin and mineral food 
supplements adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commis-
sion: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives reaf-
firms the position of the Government of the United States 
that the sanitary and phytosanitary guidelines for vitamin 
and mineral food supplements adopted by the Codex 
Alimentarius Commission at its Twenty-eighth Session 
from July 4–9, 2005, are not binding on the United 
States. 
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