[CitizensTruth] House Approves Food-Safety Bill

[Robin Migalla]

Thanks for sharing this Izabela.  I was curious what would happen after I 
spoke to my Representative's office.  Bill Foster's staff member, Kyle, 
told me how positive Foster was that this was a good thing; especially, 
because the Illinois Corn Growers and the Farm Bureaus were supporting it. 
 I politely told Kyle, that I was a real flesh and blood constituent, and 
that I felt I owed it to Foster to let him know my opinion.  After all, 
aren't I Foster's boss?  I wonder why "associations" and "bureaus" carry 
more weight than people.  But now, thanks to the Washington Post, I'm 
enlightened.  "Shaken consumer confidence" is important enough to push this 
kind of legislation.

I'm a consumer, and my confidence is just fine.  I hope this bill doesn't 
make it more difficult for my farmers to continue to provide nutrient-dense 
food so I don't have to have my confidence shaken.  (Didn't Paul Simon do a 
song about this? ;-)

Is anyone else amused by such legislation that is in response to 5000 
deaths a year?  Wouldn't Congress be doing more for shaken consumer 
confidence if it shifted the mass quantities of money supporting a war that 
kills how many people a day?  Jeez are this folks weird.  Ah, here's a 
clue: "Tainted food has cost the food industry billions of dollars in 
recalls, lost sales and legal expenses."

Oh, and here's Obama's big reason - "President Obama, who has voiced 
concerns about the safety of peanut butter consumed by his 8-year-old 
daughter, endorsed the House bill Wednesday."  Wow, I'm glad this is a 
priority for our president.  I can't think of anything more pressing.

I'm going to stop reading now.  This article has activated my sarcasm 
button way too much, and I fear I may fall off one of those cliffs with the 
cows.

Cheers,
Robin

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The House approved the first major changes to food-safety laws in 70 years 
Thursday, giving sweeping new authority to the Food and Drug Administration 
to regulate the way food is grown, harvested and processed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/30/AR200907  
3003271.html


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