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There is a bill going through congress called HR-875 which is the biggest attack on civil liberties to date. If this "food safety" bill as they call it goes through we will no longer have options where we obtain food. We will be forced to eat factory produced, pastuerized, irridated, nutrition-less foods. No more local farms, no more truly organic food, raw milk will be outlawed and the list goes on. They are trying to pass this bill through quickly and conveniently while most of us are worried about the economic crisis. Even if you don't personally care about health/nutrition it is essential that we protect our freedoms.
This was introduced over the deaths and illnesses related to multiple recent contaminations, including that recent deadly peanut contamination, to prevent more of it from happening (full language of the bill GovTrack: H.R. 875: Text of Legislation, Introduced in House). It won't instantly mean the death of all organic food, scare tactics like that are silly, but in it's current iteration it's too heavy handed for me to support honestly.
Its another attack on civil liberties. The peanut butter contamination was lack of sanitary conditions. I am all force stricter regulations on food manufacturers. The answer is NOT treating the food with more chemichals or heating processes. The bill will mean a slow death to small farmers and forcing all us to buy food produced from Agri-giants like Monsanto. I don't want to eat there GMO, pesticide/herbicide ridden, and radiated dead food. Of course Monsanto is all for it, as I am sure drug campanies since nutrionless food means more sick ppl.
This bill won't instantly mean the death of organic food? Does that mean it will kill it slowly? I think this is ridiculous? I heard someone in town talking about this the olther day and I thought they were kidding! What happened at that peanut butter plant was awful and CRIMINAL! But the organci farmer's aren't to blame! The people who owned and operated that plant that KNEW they had mold growing and the so called inspectors are to blame! Do regultaions need to be changed? Obviously, but this has NOTHING to do with organic farmers. Tell me how it makes sense to stop eating healthy food with no / less poison to eating more refined foods full of garbage? How is that healthier? This is ridiculous and needs to be stopped! I'm with you cleancut!
Companies aren't going to sanitize their equipment unless they are forced to. I think there needs to be much large penalties for contamination and an FDA with bigger teeth than this bill.
Companies aren't going to sanitize their equipment unless they are forced to. I think there needs to be much large penalties for contamination and an FDA with bigger teeth than this bill.
Very true! This is why I believe its all a conspiracy at this point. Agri business and drug companies have a vision of the future, every citizen in America and worldwide to be malnourished and need drugs to get by. Supplements/vitamins/herbs will be the next casuality on the war against nutrition/health. Vitamins might stay around actually but only if Pfizer makes it and a Doc has to write a script for it.
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