It also campaigns against GMOs, fluoridation of drinking water, corporate influence in agriculture, electromagnetic radiation, and the global harmonisation of the food trade by the United Nations Codex Alimentarius Commission.
[3] Verkerk has been quoted in newspapers criticising scientific findings from Journal of the American Medical Association and the Cochrane Collaboration, among others,[4][5] which found that some antioxidant vitamin supplements may shorten lifespan.
[12] The European judges did acknowledge the Advocate General's concerns, stating that there must be clear procedures to allow substances to be added to the permitted list based on scientific evidence.
[13] In March 2011, ANH announced its intention to launch a legal challenge to the European Union's Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive.
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell found that the regulations "did not exceed the FDA's statutory authority, are not impermissibly vague under the due process clause, and are not arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act."