Here Come the Food Police »
Posted By populist 7 months ago in Political NewsAmerica's health problems are largely the result of the dominant food-industrial complex, based as it is on chemical agriculture, growth hormones, steroids, junk food and, increasingly, genetically-modified foods that cross the plant and animal divide. It is this corporate food machine that is about to consolidate its power with H.R. 875.
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Progressive7 months ago
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Frankly, I like the idea of protecting consumers by preventing contaminated food from getting to market BEFORE people become ill:
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Actually, small organic farms have had to register for years already in order to be certified as organic. If this new registration can be incorporated with the old it may not be too intrusive. The food supply safety systems need to be redone. Too many outbreaks of food borne disease have been slipping through the cracks. With the USDA inspecting meat and the FDA inspecting produce, It's too easy to have problems especially when you have products with both meat and vegetables in them.
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