Your followup in the recent thread about Vilsack, the new Secretary of
Agriculture, which mentioned the too compley and inadequate food
safety system in the US might be about to be answered:
http://tinyurl.com/brnmv2

From the blog linked above:
"Rep. DeLauro has been a tireless advocate for improving food safety
for years, and now that her best friend is Barack's
right-hand-man...we can't help but wonder if perhaps big change in
food safety really will happen this time, and happen fast. Turning
politics into policy goes on in backrooms and boardrooms and bedrooms
all around DC on a regular basis, doesn't it? If Rahm and Rep. DeLauro
are living under the same roof, we can only imagine that while they're
not having pillow talk, they may well be having table talk. Surely if
Rep. DeLauro is best pals with Rahm, and food safety is her big issue,
she's gonna have more clout with Barack than she previously had with
any other president."

Anyhow, there's a bill before congress to modernize and unify food
safety procedures in the US.

We shall see.
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modom

In article >,
"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:

> Your followup in the recent thread about Vilsack, the new Secretary of
> Agriculture, which mentioned the too compley and inadequate food
> safety system in the US might be about to be answered:
> http://tinyurl.com/brnmv2
>
> From the blog linked above:
> "Rep. DeLauro has been a tireless advocate for improving food safety
> for years, and now that her best friend is Barack's
> right-hand-man...we can't help but wonder if perhaps big change in
> food safety really will happen this time, and happen fast. Turning
> politics into policy goes on in backrooms and boardrooms and bedrooms
> all around DC on a regular basis, doesn't it? If Rahm and Rep. DeLauro
> are living under the same roof, we can only imagine that while they're
> not having pillow talk, they may well be having table talk. Surely if
> Rep. DeLauro is best pals with Rahm, and food safety is her big issue,
> she's gonna have more clout with Barack than she previously had with
> any other president."
>
> Anyhow, there's a bill before congress to modernize and unify food
> safety procedures in the US.
>
> We shall see.
> --
We can hope. The problem with USDA is that it's been more in the pocket
of the industrial farm complex in the last few decades than on the side
of the consumer.

Cindy

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C.J. Fuller

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On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:41:16 -0600, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:

> Your followup in the recent thread about Vilsack, the new Secretary of
> Agriculture, which mentioned the too compley and inadequate food
> safety system in the US might be about to be answered:
> http://tinyurl.com/brnmv2
>
> From the blog linked above:
> "Rep. DeLauro has been a tireless advocate for improving food safety
> for years, and now that her best friend is Barack's
> right-hand-man...we can't help but wonder if perhaps big change in
> food safety really will happen this time, and happen fast. Turning
> politics into policy goes on in backrooms and boardrooms and bedrooms
> all around DC on a regular basis, doesn't it? If Rahm and Rep. DeLauro
> are living under the same roof, we can only imagine that while they're
> not having pillow talk, they may well be having table talk. Surely if
> Rep. DeLauro is best pals with Rahm, and food safety is her big issue,
> she's gonna have more clout with Barack than she previously had with
> any other president."
>
> Anyhow, there's a bill before congress to modernize and unify food
> safety procedures in the US.
>
> We shall see.

it does seem like the time is right, what with all the recent recalls and
whatnot, and an administration a little less subservient to business.

your pal,
blake

"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:

> Anyhow, there's a bill before congress to modernize and unify food
> safety procedures in the US.

Here's a favorite of mine. This one always looks good on the food
package contents:

"To amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the egg, meat, and
poultry inspection laws to ensure that consumers receive
notification regarding food products produced from crops, livestock,
or poultry raised on land on which sewage sludge was applied."

Of course you're probably referring to the new "Food Safety
Administration." Which might even pass regardless of the current
recession.

-sw

On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 13:33:10 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
>
>> Anyhow, there's a bill before congress to modernize and unify food
>> safety procedures in the US.
>
>Here's a favorite of mine. This one always looks good on the food
>package contents:
>
>"To amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the egg, meat, and
>poultry inspection laws to ensure that consumers receive
>notification regarding food products produced from crops, livestock,
>or poultry raised on land on which sewage sludge was applied."
>
>Of course you're probably referring to the new "Food Safety
>Administration." Which might even pass regardless of the current
>recession.
>
Yup. The blog I linked to up thread references that proposed entity,
but the legislation under consideration proposes other things in
addition to a unified food safety administration. Here's a second
link: http://tinyurl.com/b538cd

Rep. DeLauro's bill has provisions such as:

"1. Requiring food companies to implement preventive plans and meet
performance standards for contaminants in food.
2. Creating a system for certifying the safety of imported foods.
3. Establishing a strong risk-based inspection regime for food
companies.
4. Granting the government explicit authority over all food-production
facilities.
5. Enabling enforcement tools: Mandatory recalls, civil penalties."

We shall see.
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modom