How big a problem is food borne illness in this country? According to the Centers for Disease Control, about 1 in 6 people get sick and 3,000 die each year. This public health burden is largely preventable. Under The Food Safety Modernization Act, The Food and Drug Administration has a mandate to enforce preventive-based controls across the food supply chain.
The risk-based preventive controls the FDA will enact still should change the way big companies grow and alter food and food seeds.
Each state’s Agriculture Department will be the enforcers. Anyone producing food without first registering will be fined
A nationwide salmonella outbreak traced to a South Georgia peanut processing plant in 2008 was blamed for at least nine deaths and hundreds of illnesses.
Sections 103, 206, and 207 of HR 875 state that The Department of Agriculture will employ Monsanto--the largest food and chemical supplier in the world. Monsanto Company will take over all the Food and Drug Administrations’ resources. Monsanto will make farmers use the genetically modified seeds they produce. Everyone must read “Food Inc“--it tells the story.
Largest biotech company in the US World leader in making Super Crops Same fertilizer company that produced the poisons used in Vietnam and the Golf War
Less exposure to toxic pesticides, synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, antibiotics, and artificial ingredients .
There is evidence that organically grown fruits, vegetables, and grains may offer more nutrients.
GMO’s refer to a living organism whose genes have been altered by inserting gene(s) from an unrelated species. This is called “transgenic” technology and has been used in over 40 species of plants for food and fibers. In crops, it has been used to enhance resistance to insecticides, herbicides, or pesticides, drought tolerance, and encourage higher yields.
H.R. 875 will establish the food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination. The National Organic Program regulations prohibit the use of genetic engineering, ionizing radiation, and sewage sludge in organic production and handling.
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