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Obama to Sign Food Safety Bill Giving FDA Power to Order Recalls
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyMarking another legislative victory for himself and also American consumers, President Obama this week will sign the first major reform of food safety laws since the 1930s, rolling out a battle plan that gives the Food and Drug Administration authority to order recalls of tainted products and add 2,000 federal inspectors to its force. The much-debated measure passed the House 215-144 Tuesday after clearing the Senate by unanimous voice vote the day before. Congress acted after a series of tainted food scares in recent years, including an outbreak of salmonella that led to the recall of more ...
Food Safety Bill a Rare Moment of Bipartisanship
By Dave Thier - AOL News(Nov. 30) -- The Senate, expecting gridlock on key issues such as tax cuts and arms treaties, had an unusual moment of aisle-crossing today when it passed a hotly debated measure designed to beef up the government's power to issue recalls and monitor safety conditions for food producers. The Food Safety Modernization Act passed 73-25, with 56 Democrats and 15 Republicans voting in favor. All of the nay votes came from Republicans, but in today's strictly partisan Congress, the 15 crossover votes still represent an impressive consensus. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada made a ...
Senate Passes Bill to Boost Food Safety
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WASHINGTON (Nov. 30) -- The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to make food safer in the wake of deadly E. coli and salmonella outbreaks, potentially giving the government broad new powers to increase inspections of food processing facilities and force companies to recall tainted food. The $1.4 billion bill, which would also place stricter standards on imported foods, passed the Senate 73-25. Supporters say passage is critical after widespread outbreaks in peanuts, eggs and produce. Those outbreaks have exposed a lack of resources and authority at the FDA as the embattled agency struggled to ...
Imported Seafood May Be Riskier Than Gulf Fare
By Andrew Schneider - AOL News(Aug. 26) -- Consumers are caught in the middle as food safety experts ponder the potential risks from shrimp, crab and fish from the Gulf of Mexico while mostly ignoring the frightening evidence of years of foreign seafood arriving at U.S. ports tainted with drugs, chemicals and bacteria. "Consumers are rightfully worried about problems with eggs right now," said Marianne Cufone, director of the fish program at Food & Water Watch. "They should be concerned about seafood, too." Let's just look at shrimp as an example. They can be bathed in spicy cocktail sauce, baked in garlic butter New ...
Can You Trust Your Burger?
By Domenica Marchetti - Politics DailyWith the exception of the vegetarians among us, most of us love to sink our teeth into a big, juicy, beef burger now and then. Perhaps we are satisfying some primal desire when we do this. Apparently, we may also taking a big gamble with our health. On Sunday, the New York Times ran a front-page, above-the-fold story about a 22-year-old dance instructor named Stephanie Smith who suffered severe E. coli poisoning in 2007 after eating a hamburger that her mother had grilled. According to the story, the food poisoning "ravaged her nervous system and left her paralyzed." It's unlikely that she ...
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