RushNet, Inc. Urges Sweeping Ginseng Reform Legislation

RushNet, Inc. (Pink Sheets:RSHN.PK) announced today its
staunch support of federal Senate Bill 854 (S-854), "Ginseng Harvest
Labeling Act of 2005," introduced by Senator Russell Feingold of
Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate in April. If passed into law, S-854 would
require that any person offering ginseng (Panax sp.) for sale in any
form shall disclose to the purchaser the ginseng's country of harvest.
Heavy fines would apply to violators of this requirement.
   Senator Feingold has declared that inferior quality ginseng, grown
in Canada or Asia and often contaminated with harmful chemicals and
banned pesticides, is intentionally mislabeled as "Wisconsin-grown
American ginseng" and sells at top prices.
   "Wisconsin ginseng commands a premium price in world markets
because it is of the highest quality and because it has a low
pesticide and chemical content," said Feingold.
http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/speeches/04/05/2004527724.html
   RushNet noted all its ginseng products use only 100% pure
Wisconsin-grown American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) in certified
quantities.
   Robert Corr, president of RushNet, Inc., stated, "Senator
Feingold's recent bill will help to curb the deception and fraud that
plagues the ginseng market. In 2002, the senator battled successfully
to outlaw the term 'Siberian ginseng.' This term applied to a plant
Eleutherococcus senticosus, which isn't ginseng, but a cheap, inferior
substitute. Nowadays, ginseng on a label can refer only to genus
Panax."
   Corr, who has devoted 35 years to the ginseng trade, warned that
consumers still require additional levels of protection from ginseng
charlatans. "We urge Senator Feingold to introduce additional
legislation requiring manufacturers to list ginsenosides content on
products purporting to contain ginseng. Ginsenosides are ginseng's
signature active ingredients."
   Corr said RushNet commissioned laboratory tests of best-selling
canned beverages touting ginseng on their labels and in their
advertising. Preliminary results showed zero detectable ginsenosides.
The results were so astounding that RushNet has commissioned a second
independent lab test of these beverages for ginsenosides content.
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