dmc
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Letter from Raintree:
The Last Ever Raintree Nutrition Sales CouponTuesday, November 27, 2012 3:01 PM
From: "Raintree Nutrition"
We are sadden to inform you that Raintree Nutrition is going out of business. As many of you are aware, we have been prohibited by the FDA of importing our bulk plant materials in from the Amazon to manufacture our products over the last year.
Between the additional high costs in meeting new GMP standards, the falling US dollar affecting our import prices, and battling the FDA over our website while still providing our customers with important factual information about our products, we simply cannot go on any longer.
Hopefully by early next year, the Tropical Plant Database will be moved back onto the Raintree website and I will maintain the website for the wealth of information it has always provided for the last 16 years.
I am gratified that we have done an excellent job in providing this service and encouraging competition because now many of the rainforest plants we've created markets for are available from other suppliers and companies.
Once Raintree stops selling products, we will post our formulas on the website product pages so our customers can make their own formulas if they care to.
The FDA may be able to stop us from selling products but they cannot stop us from providing factual information free of charge.
If feasible, when I redesign the Raintree website, I will install message boards or discussion forums so you can finally share your experiences and results with these plants and formulas (that has been silenced by the FDA for all these years).
So while the Raintree manufactured formulas might disappear, their legacy will live on and people around the world will continue to benefit from these incredible rainforest plants.
While we are out of inventory on many of our most popular products, beginning today, all remaining inventory will be available at a 15% discount, until inventory sells out.
If you are wanting to make your own formulas after ours sells out, don't forget to order the bulk 1 pound packages of herbs while they last. This coupon goes into effect immediately.
We would like to sincerely thank you for your support of our company and mission over these many years. We would also like wish you a Merry Christmas and many happy new years to come.
Sincerely, Leslie Taylor and the dedicated staff of Raintree Nutrition.
poppy
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What products do they sell that lyme people buy? Better stock up.
Another reason to hate the FDA.
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poppy
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I checked the website, and it lists bulk cats claw power, which I have bought from them in the past. And maybe other businesses that carry these herbal products will also be forced to stop.
It is understandable that the FDA might tell herbal producers that they can't make any specific health claims....that is true for all supplements... but why have they singled out this class of products. Or maybe this is just the beginning of shutting down supplement sales? Don't want to start a panic here, but we know the govt health agencies get a lot of things wrong.
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I buy the Amazon A-F which keeps yeast in line.
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Rumigirl
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It's not only all herbs that they want to outlaw, but all natural remedies & supplements period. This has been going on for decades and only getting worse.
CODEX is part of it (look it up).
The pharmaceutical co's & AMA, etc. are huge lobbies for outlawing everything but their own interests--drugs & allopathic medicine.
The number of supplements & remedies that alleviated my suffering like no drug that have been taken off the market by the FDA over the years is sickening. And I'm only 1 person.
Back in '89 there was a fantastic remedy for pain that had herbs, homeopathics, magnesium, and some B vitamins. It took care of
my migraines and body pain miraculously. Nothing else has ever done that, including numerous meds at once. The FDA made them take out whatever made it so effective.
If we don't fight this stuff tooth and nail, we will be left with nothing but meds & surgery---not so sure I would make it.
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