FDA Update from William Rand - 6/7/07

Received from William Rand June 7, 2007

FDA Update

Dear Students of Reiki,

We’ve got a very serious situation we need to take action on right now! Please read:

At the end of April I sent out an email concerning an FDA Draft CAM Guidance document that various people and organizations had posted web pages about and had also circulated emails on the Internet. Some said that the practice of Reiki was being threatened and that we had to email the FDA to prevent them from greatly curtailing our right to practice Reiki. I indicated that among other things, based on my research, the practice of Reiki isn’t being threatened by the FDA. And while this was reassuring to most, a few seemed to be more confused. The confusion seems to be coming from the fact that there are issues in addition to the FDA Draft CAM Guidance document that don’t actually threaten the practice of Reiki but do create a serious threat to our health freedom and deserve our attention.

Since sending out the first email, I’ve had a chance to look more deeply into these issues. Because I’m on the board of directors of the National Health Freedom Coalition (NHFC), I was able to ask Diane Miller, their attorney for her help in understanding the meaning of the FDA document as well as the other related issues including the proposed S1082/H1561 Reagan-Udall Foundation legislation and Codex.

Information on FDA Ruling Not Factual

In the April email-only specials you read about a possible FDA ruling that could have far reaching effects on energy healing practitioners and the publics rights to choose these services.

The bad news: I erred in sending this information (I apparently didn’t have the facts)

The good news: with much gratitude to William Rand of the International Center for Reiki Training, I give you the following:

Information on FDA Ruling Not Factual