Comments on: Fixing the food safety system: new ideas http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/03/fixing-the-food-safety-system-new-ideas/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:20:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jennifer http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/03/fixing-the-food-safety-system-new-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-14182 Jennifer Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:08:00 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1237#comment-14182 Regarding HR 875, there is a lot of viral email activity surrounding this bill as it is being hailed as the "Bill to Outlaw Organic Farming". I have read a summary of the bill and tried to slog through the text of the bill itself and am wondering what is the real impact of this proposed law? If indeed it gives the government the ability to shut down an organic farm or a backyard veggie garden, then of course this is a heinous law. I am not sure that this bill would empower the government to do this, but as a layperson, I cannot be sure. How is it possible for a citizen to know the difference between a good bill and a bad one? Regarding HR 875, there is a lot of viral email activity surrounding this bill as it is being hailed as the “Bill to Outlaw Organic Farming”. I have read a summary of the bill and tried to slog through the text of the bill itself and am wondering what is the real impact of this proposed law?
If indeed it gives the government the ability to shut down an organic farm or a backyard veggie garden, then of course this is a heinous law. I am not sure that this bill would empower the government to do this, but as a layperson, I cannot be sure.
How is it possible for a citizen to know the difference between a good bill and a bad one?

]]> By: Jon http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/03/fixing-the-food-safety-system-new-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-13751 Jon Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:32:11 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1237#comment-13751 What I don't get is why terrorists don't poison the food supply. A little bit of <i>E. coli</i> O157 would infect a lot of people. I honestly think nutrition should be left to the FDA, and promoting agricultural consumption should be left to the USDA. It would avoid these conflicts of interest. Who knows? We might even get nutrition guidelines that say all excess calories are fattening. What I don’t get is why terrorists don’t poison the food supply. A little bit of E. coli O157 would infect a lot of people.

I honestly think nutrition should be left to the FDA, and promoting agricultural consumption should be left to the USDA. It would avoid these conflicts of interest. Who knows? We might even get nutrition guidelines that say all excess calories are fattening.

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