Food Safety Bill passed ( Archived) (25)

It would be interesting to know what would happen to the 'farmer', Wright County Eggs in Iowa? Not sure about specifics, however has been in the news here again that they will begin production again sometime soon.

His latest article...

(NaturalNews) It is now being revealed that US Senators slipped up in a big way when passing the Food Safety Modernization Act on Tuesday: They added what are effectively "new taxes" into the bill, and according to the U.S. Constitution, only the House of Representatives can initiate legislation requiring new taxes.




But unanimous consent is impossible thanks to the heroic efforts of Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla) who has stood firm on his belief that this bill is too large, too expensive and puts too much of a burden on American farmers.

If this assessment is correct, it looks like S.510 is now dead in the water and cannot be resurrected until the next session of Congress in which there will be far fewer Democrats (there was not a single Democrat in the US Senate who opposed the bill).

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I wonder what Kucinich will have to add to the discussion in the house?









"Haven't we learned from the catastrophe in the Gulf of the dangers of technological arrogance, of proceeding ahead with technologies without worrying about the consequences? Why do we continue to throw precaution to the wind? ~Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a long-time advocate of family farmers and organic foods, on June 21, 2010, after the Supreme Court voted 7-1 to allow the experimental planting of genetically modified alfalfa seed before an environmental review is completed.

The failure of federal agencies to follow through and enforce laws already on the books.

(NaturalNews) In yet another shocking display of incompetence and regulatory failure, the Wall Street Journal has reported that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) knew all along that one of the egg mega-farms involved in the recent recall had sanitation issues, but did not report them to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as it should have.

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I look for other sources, National Health Federation IMO is a good one, internationally, good reliable info without resorting to hysterics used by other groups.





Locally in the Twin Cities, MN. this group posted the house rules.





On page 5... Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, referred to as the Origination Clause.





"If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as the souls who live under tyranny." -- Benjamin Franklin