food safety
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Food safety bill writhes under the heel of D.C. absurdity
Approved by the House and Senate and supported by the president, industry, and even sustainable-ag groups, the food-safety bill is about to get buried alive on the Senate floor. Huh???!!!
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Failure to ban BPA leading to impotence in U.S. congressmen (probably)
The cafe where nearly 200 members of Congress could get their daily joe is spewing receipts lousy with toxic chemical BPA.
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Food safety passes House, skulks back to Senate
Like a fallen eater rising from the mat after a nasty case of food poisoning, the food safety bill staggered back to life yesterday.
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The real nitty-gritty on small farms and the food-safety bill
The Food Safety Modernization Act is back in play due to a procedural error, and facing renewed opposition from an unlikely quarter: small farms and food processors and the people who support them. Here, we drag our experts back for a detailed debate on who's exempt, under what circumstances, and what the FDA's agenda might be.
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Jon Stewart smacks Glenn Beck over food safety bill
The Daily Show comedian praises the Senate for passing (well, almost) the food safety bill, and mocks Fox for FDA fear-mongering. I wonder, maybe Glenn Beck doesn't want the FDA poking around in his business?
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Food safety bill enters horror-movie phase, thanks to Senate snafu
Just when you thought it was safe to quit thinking about the Food Safety Modernization Act, it's baaaaaack. In the Senate, site of its triumph last week. And this time, it might not make it out alive.
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Historic food-safety bill passes Senate, awaits House
The Senate finally passed its food-safety bill. Now the ball is back in the House's court. Will it fall by the wayside before the end of the year?
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[UPDATED:] Risk, bacteria, and the tragedy of food-safety reform
Senate food-safety bill S. 510 doesn't address the big underlying problem: the hazard that comes from huge, concentrated factory farms.
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Latest exposé shows the egg industry's problems are widespread and systematic
Did you think ol' Jack DeCoster was the one bad egg spoiling the U.S. egg industry? Think again. A Humane Society investigation reveals the ugly truth.