Tag: reguations
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Feds Hit Family Farms With ‘Labor Laws’ for the Children
from naturalnews.com: New labor laws being proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) would prohibit children from performing many of the routine farm chores they have been involved with for centuries, which some see as a direct attack on small-scale agriculture… The Daily Caller reports that the DoL, under the guidance of the Obama…
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Debate Heats Up Over Poultry Inspection Proposal
from foodsafetynews.com: Critics say privatization puts consumers at risk; FSIS says modernization will prevent illnesses, save tax dollars. If you listen to both critics and proponents of a new U.S. Department of Agriculture proposal to expand a pilot poultry inspection program, you might wonder if they’re talking about the same thing. In January, the USDA’s…
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Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont if Legislators Pass a Bill Requiring GMO Food to Be Labeled
The world’s most hated corporation is at it again, this time in Vermont. Despite overwhelming public support and support from a clear majority of Vermont’s Agriculture Committee, Vermont legislators are dragging their feet on a proposed GMO labeling bill.
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Glow in the dark sushi made from genetically modified fish becomes the latest food craze to hit America
from dailymail.co.uk: Sushi that glows in the dark has become the latest must try food craze across America. Inspired by genetically modified fish first bred for scientific research, a video showing how to make the glowing sushi has become a huge hit online. The recipes use glofish, a brand of genetically modified (GM) fluorescent zebrafish…
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At Center of Health Care Fight, a Farmer’s 1942 Case
from nytimes.com: If the Obama administration persuades the Supreme Court to uphold its health care overhaul law, it will be in large part thanks to a 70-year-old precedent involving an Ohio farmer named Roscoe C. Filburn. Mr. Filburn sued to overturn a 1938 federal law that told him how much wheat he could grow on…
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2/2 Binge & Purge: Super Bees, Count Fudgula & More
Monsanto killed the bees to make way for its ‘Super-Bee’? // Pink slime removed from McDonald’s burgers! // Proposed Bill May Ban Eating in NY Subways // Sugar Tariffs Cost Americans $3.86B in 2011 // Like Count Fudgula on The Simpsons?: Bloodthirsty Undead Ghoul Advocates Chocolate Cereal Consumption
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organic fish farm is alternative to chinese imports
from eatdrinkexplore: In a move to show his support for a crackdown on fish imported from China, U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) toured an organic fish farm Wednesday, located in New York’s Hudson River Valley. “It has become abundantly clear that fish and seafood from China can stink, and it’s time the Food and…
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New UK ‘Reforms’ Could Let Milk From TB-Infected Cattle Into Food Chain
Controversial proposal among more than 200 reforms to food safety and environmental regulations put forward by farming regulation taskforce.