Open Congress : News Articles for S.510 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

Food Safety Law as Civics Lesson

2011-01-04T19:00:00Z

A week later, they passed S. 510 by a vote of three-to-one. But it wasn't over yet. Due to a drafting snafu, the Senate bill contained language imposing ...

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President To Sign Historic Public Health Legislation Protecting US Families ...

2011-01-03T19:00:00Z

The bipartisan FDA Food Modernization Act (S. 510) for the first time grants the Food and Drug Administration greater regulatory authority to inspect food ...

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The Price of Safety: The Food Modernization act

2011-01-03T19:00:00Z

A lot of fiery emails haved hit the author's in-box denouncing a new legislative behemoth, S. 510, which passed through the US Senate seemingly trouble free ...

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2010-12-31T19:00:00Z

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should resolve to take a victory lap or two for making S. 510 happen. Maybe he'd like to go to go to China with Bill ...

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2010-12-30T19:00:00Z

Late on that Sunday night, he replaced the original language of HR 2751, which had been a "cash for clunkers" bill and used it as a "vehicle" for S. 510. ...

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Obama Year Two: Continued Betrayal and Failure (Part II)

2010-12-29T19:00:00Z

In March 2009, the Senate version was introduced - S. 510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. After consumer groups exposed its true purpose, it stalled but ...

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Top 10 Legislation and Government Lab Notes of 2010: Recalls, the Food Safety ...

2010-12-29T19:00:00Z

Check out the full list below: The Senate passes the food-safety S. 510 bill onto the House of Representatives. It's since cleared the House and is awaiting ...

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Why focus on health freedom? Because our future is worth protecting, says ...

2010-12-29T19:00:00Z

I was not so adamant about this point until recently, when Big Government began reaching down our pants at the airport and the S.510 food safety bill passed ...

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Feds Usurping States' Rights Via Legislative Chicanery

2010-12-27T19:00:00Z

This bill, submitted in the early days of the 2009/2010 congressional term, started out as an automotive emissions bill, S.510 (there were also about 10 ...

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Obama Year Two: Continued Betrayal and Failure (Part II)

2010-12-27T19:00:00Z

In March 2009, the Senate version was introduced - S. 510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. After consumer groups exposed its true purpose, it stalled but ...

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Laguna Natural Health eNews and Tips: Congress Passes HR 2751 and Shafts Our ...

2010-12-27T19:00:00Z

this law does not impact growers outside of the US, who are not required to meet S.510 food safety regulations. The US does not inspect international ...

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2010-12-27T19:00:00Z

... but, by some estimates, will need a couple thousand more to do the job set out in S. 510, the FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act. As it is, ...

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2010-12-26T19:00:00Z

The country will finally see a safety upgrade through the recently passed FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510). The legislation overhauls the Food and ...

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Vermont drafts food sovereignty resolution to protect health, food freedom

2010-12-22T19:00:00Z

(NaturalNews) In response to the recent passage of "food safety" bills S. 510 and corresponding HR 2751, the Vermont Coalition for Food Sovereignty has ...

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2010-12-21T19:00:00Z

"Food Safety bill S.510 is alive and well. After suffering a near fatal blow last week in the Senate, it has re-emerged as an amendment to House ...

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Obama Due To Sign S510 Into Law

2010-12-21T19:00:00Z

According to the LA Times, "After passing in the Senate in late November, S. 510 stalled in the House until a whole lot of backroom wheeling and dealing ...

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Canada passes Codex food law that permits police to trespass, seize private ...

2010-12-21T19:00:00Z

(NaturalNews) The Canadian Parliament recently passed its own form of legislation S. 510, the draconian US "food safety" bill that threatens to eliminate ...

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Smelling GOP betrayal in the Senate-a sneaky vote on S.510-food safety-passes

2010-12-21T19:00:00Z

Now they're beginning to embrace the START Treaty and the scum bags unanimously pass the infamous S.510 "food food safety bill". Leaving Americans with more ...

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Food Freedom of Choice Still Possible

2010-12-20T19:00:00Z

...Republicans Join Democrats to Pass Food "Safety" Bill." The Senate Republicans stood by and did absolutely nothing to stop S.510's passage as an amendment to a recycling bill. Are you surprised? And as NHF-Canada's Dee Nicholson has lamented in noting t

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Dems Continue to Pound Final Nails into USA Coffin

2010-12-20T19:00:00Z

The US Government's complete takeover of the country's food supply and the lands upon which it is grown (S. 510 named the “FDA Food Safety Modernization ...

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2010-12-20T19:00:00Z

(NaturalNews) In arguing for S.510, the "Food Safety Modernization Act," there are all sorts of attorneys, legislators and ...

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How to Prepare Your International Suppliers for New Food Safety Requirements with Tools From Vinca, LLC.

2010-12-20T19:00:00Z

...law before the end of this year. Vinca, LLC and http://www.22000-Tools.com can help you prepare your suppliers for new requirements. S.510 has taken another step closer to becoming law and increasing food safety management requirements. Some of those r

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2010-12-19T19:00:00Z

(NaturalNews) The infamous S.510 "food food safety bill" was passed by the US Senate last night in a sneaky, ...

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How to Prepare Your International Suppliers for New Food Safety Requirements ...

2010-12-19T19:00:00Z

S.510 has taken another step closer to becoming law and increasing food safety management requirements. Some of those requirements are aimed at those that ...

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2010-12-19T19:00:00Z

Insist that they pull the plug on S.510 under whatever they rename it. They are sneaky that way. This gives us all the more reason to grow your own, ...

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Food safety bill, thought dead, passes unanimously

2010-12-19T19:00:00Z

...it quick approval in the waning days of the congressional session. The Senate voted on the slightly modified bill yesterday and S.510 is now expected to receive a final vote in the House before the President signs it into law. The FDA needs to disappe

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Food safety bill, thought dead, passes unanimously

2010-12-19T19:00:00Z

...Senate voted on the slightly modified bill on Sunday and S.510 is now expected to receive a final vote in the House before the President signs it into law. (CNN) - Rumors of the Food Safety Modernization Act's demise proved premature. The Senate passed

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Congress Reminds Us About Food Safety

2010-12-19T19:00:00Z

In the past few months, Congress has been debating a proposed bill (S.510) known as the Food Safety Modernization Act. This legislation would: Allow the FDA ...

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2010-12-19T19:00:00Z

The amendments were considered as part of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510). Offered by Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Senate Amendment 4713 to fully ...

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2010-12-19T19:00:00Z

(NaturalNews) The infamous S.510 "food food safety bill" was passed by the US Senate last night in a sneaky, ...

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Can We Please Stop Freaking Out About S.510 (the Food Safety Modernization Act) Now?

2010-12-19T19:00:00Z

The large food safety overhaul has passed the U.S. Senate after a clerical error and a deal between the Democrats and the Republicans to keep it out of the continuing resolution that will keep the government running, and is now headed back to the House f

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SENATE REPUBLICANS JOIN DEMOCRATS TO PASS FOOD “SAFETY” BILL

2010-12-18T19:00:00Z

S. 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act was stuck into a shell bill and passed unanimously just before the Senate adjourned for the day. ...

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2010-12-18T19:00:00Z

The food safety bill--S. 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act--which some had given up for dead, was revived late Sunday ...

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2010-12-18T19:00:00Z

The food safety bill--S. 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act--which some had given up for dead, was revived late Sunday ...

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Rotten Odds: Food Poisoning Sickens 1 in 6 Americans Yearly

2010-12-17T19:00:00Z

Help improve those odds by telling your Senators to pass the food safety reform bill, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S.510)!

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LET THEM EAT GRASS

2010-12-17T19:00:00Z

It also still includes S.510, which expands the FDA's authority to make mandatory recalls and require farms to implement HACCP plans (Hazard and Critical ...

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2010-12-16T19:00:00Z

During the Senate debate on S.510, we repeatedly heard from both sides that "the United States has the safest food supply in the world. ...

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What happens if food safety bill becomes law (or doesn't)?

2010-12-16T19:00:00Z

We're nearly down to the wire on whether the 111th Congress will send S.510, the food safety bill, to the President for signature into law. ...

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Libertarian Party of Georgia Asks Republican Senators, "Why So Much Pork?"

2010-12-16T19:00:00Z

While the self-imposed moratorium on earmarks is non-binding and did not pass as an amendment to S. 510, the recent food safety bill, the aversion to ...

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2010-12-16T19:00:00Z

During the Senate debate on S.510, we repeatedly heard from both sides that "the United States has the safest food supply in the world. ...

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Lame duck session of Congress was quick to pass monstrous legislation

2010-12-16T19:00:00Z

They placed S. 510 on with it, which is the Food and Safety Modernization Act. The only way they would ever get this monstrosity passed was to place it on a ...

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DeLauro Renews Push for Single Food Safety Agency

2010-12-14T19:00:00Z

Though Coburn disagrees with DeLauro's belief that S. 510 will help make the food supply safer, he has indicated his support for restructuring the federal ...

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2010-12-14T19:00:00Z

Senate Bill 510 (S.510), the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act was introduced in March 2009 by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL). Since then, 21 Senators have ...

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Monsanto Makes its Move (Includes interview)

2010-12-13T19:00:00Z

They now review the contoversial bill S.510 -- well lobbied by Monsanto -- seeking to steralize seed, ban backyard gardening, and include fertalizers and ...

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2010-12-13T19:00:00Z

Congressional lawmakers could soon send the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) to the President for his signature. If passed, it will be the first ...

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2010-12-12T19:00:00Z

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) was passed by the House of Representatives on Dec. 8. The bill seeks to amend the Federal Food, ...

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Dispatch from the Front: The Week of December 13

2010-12-12T19:00:00Z

... hence the need to act this week on HR 3082, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, with the substance of S. 510, the Food Safety Modernization ...

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2010-12-12T19:00:00Z

... industry has been rewarded by the Food Safety Bill (S. 510), which could have included draconian measures to, “regulate away natural health”. ...

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2010-12-12T19:00:00Z

The Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) was passed by the US Senate on Dec. 2. The most recent problem with this bill, which originated in the Senate, ...

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Senate Bill S. 510 is unheard of in the US

2010-12-12T19:00:00Z

Senate Bill S. 510 has been said to have passed 73 to 25. This is unheard of in a free country. Now we can be criminals for growing a garden to feed our ...

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2010-12-11T19:00:00Z

Bill S. 510 is a piece of landmark legislation that addresses the lack of safety in our industrial food system. The addition of Tester's amendment ensures ...

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2010-12-11T19:00:00Z

From these tragedies came HB 2749 and S. 510 (with the Tester/Hagen Amendment) which is now HB 3082 and heading this next week to the Senate for a vote. ...

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Voice of the Community

2010-12-09T19:00:00Z

Another bill, Senate bill S.510, is called the Food Safety Act but it is more the Food Tyranny Act. It installed regulation that will hurt if not kill small ...

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2010-12-09T19:00:00Z

If it passes, the Food Safety Modernization Act (Senate Bill S.510) will dramatically revamp the FDA's authority over our food supply. ...

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Friday Round-Up

2010-12-09T19:00:00Z

First, the Child Nutrition Re-Authorization bill passed, then the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) passed (sort of), and Wednesday was the final ...

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2010-12-09T19:00:00Z

In order to hurry things along, the House attached S. 510 to another bill, HR 3082, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act. HR ...

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Voice of the Community

2010-12-09T19:00:00Z

...give in state tuition and federal loans to illegal aliens, and has no safeguards against fraud. Another bill, Senate bill S.510, is called the Food Safety Act but it is more the Food Tyranny Act. It installed regulation that will hurt if not kill small

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Stella Paul's Top Ten Government Follies of 2010

2010-12-08T19:00:00Z

A technical oversight has sent S.510 into temporary cold storage. So, for now, George Soros's mega-profits from his Monsanto investments will have to wait. ...

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Progress made in efforts to ensure food safety

2010-12-08T19:00:00Z

Last week, the Senate passed S.510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, which helps restore confidence in the safety of our food supply. ...

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2010-12-08T19:00:00Z

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) squeaked by in the House with a 212-206 vote. But that's enough to get it sent back to the Senate for another ...

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2010-12-07T19:00:00Z

(NaturalNews) In a last-ditch effort to resurrect S.510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, House Democrats are effectively ...

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S.510: Hidden in House Amendment to Senate Amendment to House Bill! Well, It's ...

2010-12-07T19:00:00Z

Take Action NOW for each member of your household to tell your Representatives that you STONGLY OPPOSE adopting the language of S. 510 in this or any other ...

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Urgent: Democrats attempting to pass Food Safety Act by hiding it inside appropriations bill HR 3082

2010-12-07T19:00:00Z

...may be busy. Keep trying. Give the person who answers this message: "I am calling to strongly opposed adopting the language of S. 510, the so-called Food Safety Modernization Act. This language is currently attached to 'CR/Food Safety House Amendment to

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Save the Farmer's Market

2010-12-06T19:00:00Z

Food contamination is a serious issue, but the S.510 Bill is a massive piece of legislation that addresses too large of an issue. ...

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Get Politics Alerts

2010-12-06T19:00:00Z

One week ago, the Senate passed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) by a vote of 73-25. But the day after S. 510 passed in the Senate, ...

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Lawmaker to PDC: 'It's like you're bashing corporations'

2010-12-06T19:00:00Z

...the new laws work entirely to the favor of big business and not in the interest of the public. Both of our senators voted for S.510, do they even know what is in it? The public doesn't get to vote on this issue. Now it is up to Rep. Larson to stop this

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2010-12-06T19:00:00Z

During his diatribe, Beck holds up a copy of S. 510, which appears to have a couple hundred extra pages added to it for effect. "Who has a safer food supply ...

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Lawyer Bill Marler blasts Democrats over food-safety legislation

2010-12-05T19:00:00Z

A provision in S.510 requires companies to pay a fee when they have a food recall, among other things. Those few lines appear to have violated the ...

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2010-12-05T19:00:00Z

During his diatribe, Beck holds up a copy of S. 510, which appears to have a couple hundred extra pages added to it for effect. "Who has a safer food supply ...

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FDA Expansion and the 'Arcane' U.S. Constitution

2010-12-05T19:00:00Z

Last Tuesday, despite warnings of regulatory overreach, the Senate voted 73-25 in favor of S. 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, which would greatly ...

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2010-12-05T19:00:00Z

During his diatribe, Beck holds up a copy of S. 510, which appears to have a couple hundred extra pages added to it for effect. "Who has a safer food supply ...

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Food safety — a senseless and futile gesture by Congress

2010-12-05T19:00:00Z

Let's just go ahead and pass S. 510, even though big agri-businesses helped write it in order to destroy small competitors.

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Dispatch from the Front: The Week of December 6

2010-12-05T19:00:00Z

along with the continuing resolution and possible action on the Senate-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510. Senate Hearings: Wednesday — A Senate ...

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It's Time to Get Out of the Food Safety Woods

2010-12-05T19:00:00Z

I have been working the phones and emails since the Senate passed S. 510 last week with over-whelming bipartisan support (or what accounts for that in this ...

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Afilias applauds new US food safety laws

2010-12-04T19:00:00Z

“Afilias applauds the United States Senate on its passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510,” said Vice President Brian Cute of Afilias Discovery ...

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Effort to cancel health care reporting rule fails

2010-12-04T19:00:00Z

The Senate approved the food safety measure, S. 510, last week. Small employers have complained that the reporting burden of the health care reform law ...

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27 days - Mr. President, House and Senate, it is not too late to do Food Safety

2010-12-03T19:00:00Z

Well, you only have 27 more days to fix that unconstitutional glitch in S. 510, get past Senator Coburn's filibuster, get past the Republican Senators vow ...

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Food Safety Modernization Act 2010

2010-12-03T19:00:00Z

Well guys, S.510 has now passed the Senate, and looks to decimate small family owned farms across our great country. I strongly urge you to visit the link ...

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The real nitty-gritty on small farms and the food-safety bill

2010-12-02T19:00:00Z

As recently as Monday, the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) seemed set to sail through the House and to the ...

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2010-12-02T19:00:00Z

The only thing S.510 will succeed at is driving smaller, safer producers out of business, broken under the weight of oppressive administrative costs and ...

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2010-12-02T19:00:00Z

The only thing S.510 will succeed at is driving smaller, safer producers out of business, broken under the weight of oppressive administrative costs and ...

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New Food Safety Bill New Food Safety Bill Opposed by Food Trade Groups

2010-12-02T19:00:00Z

If the new bill—S. 510—is signed into law, consumers will remain at risk for E. coli, salmonella, and other food-borne illnesses in many foods, ...

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and another thing

2010-12-02T19:00:00Z

RINO BURR voted for it, sponsored it, and now has ...more» Naturally, we support efforts to ensure the safety of what we eat and drink; however S. 510 would ...

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2010-12-02T19:00:00Z

The only thing S.510 will succeed at is driving smaller, safer producers out of business, broken under the weight of oppressive administrative costs and ...

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Onerous government food regulations

2010-12-01T19:00:00Z

S. 510 is no food safety modernization bill. Filled with onerous rules, regulations and fees, it surely would drive up the cost of all food products. ...

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Once GOP is in the Kitchen, Food Safety is Toast

2010-12-01T19:00:00Z

To the chagrin of everyone who worked hard to get S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (and the Tester/Hagen Amendment), passed out of the Senate ...

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New Food Traceability Service Available to US Growers

2010-12-01T19:00:00Z

These incidents, and hundreds more like them, have prompted the US Senate to recently pass the Food Safety Modernization Act S.510 which tightens ...

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2010-12-01T19:00:00Z

“Afilias applauds the United States Senate on its passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510, a major step forward in protecting and securing the ...

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McConnell ultimatum letter issued only after betrayal of conservatives

2010-12-01T19:00:00Z

... against the Food Safety Modernization Act (S.510) because it didn't grant enough power to federal regulators with the Food and Drug Administration. ...

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Governors meet with Interior on wolves

2010-12-01T19:00:00Z

On Tuesday, the US Senate passed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Bill (S. 510) by a vote of 73-25. It now goes to the House for action. ...

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Will it really make food safe or give government control over al

2010-12-01T19:00:00Z

Naturally, we support efforts to ensure the safety of what we eat and drink; however S. 510 would ultimately make our food less safe, not more. ...

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Afilias Statement on the Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510

2010-12-01T19:00:00Z

“Afilias applauds the United States Senate on its passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510, a major step forward in protecting and securing the ...

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2010-11-30T19:00:00Z

Democratic US Senator Mary L. Landrieu managed to get language in the Senate Food Safety Bill, S. 510, that limits FDA's authority on postharvest processing ...

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PMA renews call for risk-, science-based food safety reform

2010-11-30T19:00:00Z

... president & CEO of Produce Marketing Association (PMA), today issued the following statement in response to the US Senate's passage of S. 510, ...

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2010-11-30T19:00:00Z

Democratic US Senator Mary L. Landrieu managed to get language in the Senate Food Safety Bill, S. 510, that limits FDA's authority on postharvest processing ...

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ABA Congratulates Senate On Passage Of Bi-Partisan Food Safety Legislation

2010-11-30T19:00:00Z

by The American Bakers Association Washington, DC – Today, ABA congratulates the Senate on its passage of S. 510, The Food Safety Modernization Act. “This ...

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2010-11-30T19:00:00Z

Democratic US Senator Mary L. Landrieu managed to get language in the Senate Food Safety Bill, S. 510, that limits FDA's authority on postharvest processing ...

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2010-11-30T19:00:00Z

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510, would be the most significant update of food safety laws in over seven ...

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Off to a Bad Start

2010-11-30T19:00:00Z

Yesterday, fifteen Republican senators joined every Democrat in voting for passage of S. 510, the "FDA Food Safety Modernization Act", described on these ...

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2010-11-30T19:00:00Z

Democratic US Senator Mary L. Landrieu managed to get language in the Senate Food Safety Bill, S. 510, that limits FDA's authority on postharvest processing ...

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Op-ed: Jane Velez-Mitchell – Food safety doesn't end with S.510

2010-11-30T19:00:00Z

...but, it could just as well be applied to America’s food crisis. The U.S. Senate’s passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act (S.510) is a step in the right direction, but, it fails to address the core issue at the very heart of our nation’s stru

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Food Safety Bill will Save the Lives of Thousands

2010-11-29T19:00:00Z

Today the nation is one step closer to reducing that horrendous toll with the Senate's passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act (S.510) of 2010 on a ...

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How did Lame Duck Dems cross the road?

2010-11-29T19:00:00Z

The US Senate has just voted, 73-26, in favor of S.510 – the Food Safety Modernization Act. The bill offers a sweeping overhaul of the nation's current food ...

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New regulations mean a healthier country

2010-11-29T19:00:00Z

In response to this, and in a rare moment of bipartisanship, the Senate passed S. 510, known as the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, on a vote of 73-25 on ...

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Tea parties fail to stop food bill

2010-11-29T19:00:00Z

"Senator Barrasso voted against S. 510 because it gives the FDA far-reaching new powers and discretionary authority to regulate small farms and producers," ...

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National Automatic Merchandising Association Supports Food Safety ...

2010-11-29T19:00:00Z

The National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) announced its support of the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510). The legislation requires food ...

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NCBA and United Fresh Oppose Bill for Differing Reasons

2010-11-29T19:00:00Z

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association voiced its opposition to the Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510, because an amendment offered by Senators John ...

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Daily Buzz: Senate Approved the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S.510)

2010-11-29T19:00:00Z

..."It's ridiculous for small farms to complain about a little paperwork and that adopting the industry's food safety regimens are easy and necessary. " And since she is the expert (and author of Food Politics), you'd be wise to read her thoughts on S.510.

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Senate passes Food Safety Modernization Act

2010-11-29T19:00:00Z

...FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S.510) got the green light in the Senate earlier today, giving the FDA much more power over food safety. The Act gives the Food and Drug Administration the ability to demand food recalls, a power it did not have in the

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Food Safety Bill will Save the Lives of Thousands

2010-11-29T19:00:00Z

...the nation is one step closer to reducing that horrendous toll with the Senate’s passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act (S.510) of 2010 on a strongly bipartisan 73-to-25 vote. It now falls to the House of Representatives to follow suit during it

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“LAME-DUCK” HARRY REID FLYING HIGH WITH FOOD SAFETY BILL

2010-11-29T19:00:00Z

Although introduced in March 2009, S. 510 was held back in the Senate and not brought to the floor until the current lame duck session. ...

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A Stale Food Fight

2010-11-29T09:16:00Z

This legislation is by no means perfect. But it promises to achieve several important food safety objectives, greatly benefiting consumers without harming small farmers or local food producers.

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The Most Sweeping Food Safety Changes in 70 Years: Senate Will Vote Tonight

2010-11-28T19:00:00Z

...safety laws in over seven decades": The Senate is expected to begin a series of votes on the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S.510, this evening, a critical move forward for a bill that would be the most sweeping change in food safety laws in over se

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2010-11-28T19:00:00Z

In fact, the Tester-Hagan amendment, in conjunction with the totality of S.510, is a well-designed means for supporting the ability of small farmers to ...

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This Week in Washington - November 29, 2010

2010-11-28T19:00:00Z

The Senate has a cloture vote scheduled tonight on, S. 510, the food safety bill. If cloture is invoked, the Senate will vote on four amendments. ...

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2010-11-28T19:00:00Z

The Chamber may consider including votes on, or in relation to, the Johanns and the Baucus amendments to S. 510 in our annual How They Voted scorecard.

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S. 510 Opinion: No Free Passes

2010-11-28T19:00:00Z

I've been worrying over some of the provisions of this bill, especially since some of my friends in small production ...

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2010-11-28T19:00:00Z

In fact, the Tester-Hagan amendment, in conjunction with the totality of S.510, is a well-designed means for supporting the ability of small farmers to ...

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The Senate Can Make Your Food Safer Today. Or Not.

2010-11-28T19:00:00Z

...Senate should vote today on S.510, the Food Safety Modernization Act. (I say should, because they also planned to vote on it last week.) Depending on who you listen to, this bill either gives the FDA some authority to actually do its job (at this point,

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Dispatch from the Front: The Week of November 29

2010-11-28T19:00:00Z

The Senate convenes at 2 pm today and returns to S. 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, with votes on amendments starting at 6:30 pm Vice President ...

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S. 510 Opinion: Protect Small Farms

2010-11-28T19:00:00Z

In fact, the Tester-Hagan amendment, in conjunction with the totality of S.510, is a well-designed means for supporting the ability of small farmers to ...

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Farmers hope to avoid raw deal

2010-11-27T19:00:00Z

If approved, the bill, known as S. 510, will give recall authority to the US Food and Drug Administration; create new standards for production, ...

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2010-11-27T19:00:00Z

S. 510 would give the FDA tremendous discretion to regulate how crops are grown and how food is produced in the United States. Basically, small farmers and ...

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Taking the Step Toward Food Safety Reform

2010-11-27T19:00:00Z

As a food safety advocate who has watched Congress trying to build food safety legislation over the past nine years, S. 510 and HR 2749 are truly the result ...

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Voice of the Day Erickson: Legislation will make food supply more safe

2010-11-26T19:00:00Z

The FDA modernization act, or S.510, is a needed piece of legislation to get dangerous foods off of shelves to protect public health. ...

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Erickson: Legislation will make food supply more safe

2010-11-26T19:00:00Z

...FDA to publish several user-friendly small entity compliance guides to assist firms with the implementation of new practices. S.510 has recently been slightly rewritten specifically to protect small farmers. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana's amendment has pl

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Happy Holidays? 28 Hard Questions It Would Be Great If We Could Get Some Real ...

2010-11-25T19:00:00Z

S. 510, The Food Safety Modernization Act, is being called one of the most dangerous bills in American history. This very vague and incredibly broad bill ...

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'Food Safety' Bill to Expand Government Power, Bureaucracy

2010-11-25T19:00:00Z

Notorious Senator Dick Durbin and his allies are pushing the so-called “Food Safety Modernization Act” (S. 510). ...

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2010-11-25T19:00:00Z

Just wanted to pass along important information about Bill S. 510 and how it could affect our rights to grow our own food. The US Senate last week voted ...

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United Fresh and Industry Allies Oppose Tester Amendment to Senate Food Safety ...

2010-11-24T19:00:00Z

25 Nov 2010 --- As the Senate continues debate on S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, the United Fresh Produce Association and produce industry ...

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2010-11-23T19:00:00Z

The fully funded proposal will be considered as an amendment to the Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) has proposed a Form ...

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Food Safety Act would have significant impact on U.S.

2010-11-23T19:00:00Z

A bill with a significant impact on the American people is S.510, “FDA Food Safety Modernization Act.” This act, which may be voted on when the Senate ...

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Earmarks Ban Would Affect RIF, ROR and 11 Others

2010-11-23T19:00:00Z

A rider attached by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510), which proposes banning earmarks for the ...

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USA Today, Sen. Coburn Debate Merits of S. 510

2010-11-23T19:00:00Z

Coburn argues that the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S.510, which would boost the US Food and Drug Administration's inspection mandate, ...

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40 Votes Needed – “FDA Food-Control” Bill NOT a Done Deal

2010-11-22T19:00:00Z

You've probably heard that a vote's coming up Monday in the Senate on S. 510: the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act and that the fix is in for passage. ...

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Agribusiness shows its true colors!

2010-11-22T19:00:00Z

For over a year, the big Agribusiness trade organizations have supported passage of S.510, the Food Safety Modernization Act. From Agribusiness's ...

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2010-11-22T19:00:00Z

Last week senators debated S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, and a vote is expected after Thanksgiving on the long-awaited legislation. ...

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Congress may deliver food safety, nutrition legislation

2010-11-22T19:00:00Z

17, when the Senate by a lopsided 74-to-25 vote decided to consider and bring to a vote the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510). ...

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iGPS Applauds US Senate For Taking Important Steps To Improve

2010-11-22T19:00:00Z

The Senate voted 74-25 yesterday to end debate on the motion to proceed on the Food Safety Modernization Act, S.510. During the past three years, ...

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2010-11-22T19:00:00Z

The fully funded proposal will be considered as an amendment to the Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) has proposed a Form ...

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Senator Coburn: "We've Got the Best Legal Systen in the World"

2010-11-22T19:00:00Z

During last week's Food Safety Senate debate, Senator Coburn said this as a reason not to pass S. 510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act: "We've got the ...

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Risk, bacteria, and the tragedy of food-safety reform

2010-11-22T19:00:00Z

The Grocery Manufacturers of America, a potent trade group whose members range from Monsanto and Cargill to Kraft and McDonald's, supports S. 510. ...

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Another Reason to Pass Food Safety: Safer Artisanal Cheeses

2010-11-22T19:00:00Z

...products is another reason why so many of us who care deeply about food safety want the Senate to get busy and pass food safety bill S.510. More details: The writer of that letter has written to explain that the source of her Listeria infection was nev

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A Prudent Decision

2010-11-22T19:00:00Z

Such as the S.510, “FDA Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010” that was passed in our Senate Nov. 17 under the guise of protecting us from bad food. ...

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2010-11-21T19:00:00Z

Kay Hagan (D-NC) Status: The Tester Amendment has been included in the Manager's Amendment to S. 510. A cloture vote is scheduled for November 29th. ...

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2010-11-21T19:00:00Z

Kay Hagan (D-NC) Status: The Tester Amendment has been included in the Manager's Amendment to S. 510. A cloture vote is scheduled for November 29th. ...

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Dispatch from the Front: The Week of November 22

2010-11-21T19:00:00Z

29, at 2 pm and will return to the debate on S. 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act. (No pro forma sessions are scheduled this week. ...

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S01E12: The Tester Amendment to S. 510 the Food Safety Bill

2010-11-21T19:00:00Z

Kay Hagan (D-NC) Status: The Tester Amendment has been included in the Manager's Amendment to S. 510. A cloture vote is scheduled for November 29th. ...

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Absolutely Nobama: Nineteen Eighty-Four In 2010

2010-11-21T19:00:00Z

...county is in deep, deep trouble. We have a federal government that wants to decide what we're allowed to eat with the upcoming S.510, Food Safety Modernization Act. (Thanks alot, Little Dickie Durbin!) We have a federal government that pretends like the

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2010-11-20T19:00:00Z

Food Safety Bill: S. 510 — This thing has 17 Amendments and Harry Reid is looking to bring it up for a vote before the recess. S510 “The amendment provides ...

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iGPS Applauds US Senate for Taking Important Steps to Improve Food Safety ...

2010-11-20T19:00:00Z

The Senate voted 74-25 yesterday to end debate on the motion to proceed on the Food Safety Modernization Act, S.510. During the past three years, ...

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Full Spectrum Dominance: 8 Examples Of How The Government Is Attempting To ...

2010-11-20T19:00:00Z

Fortunately, the Tester Amendment has been attached to S. 510 at least for now, but big agriculture is not happy about this, and they will be doing ...

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Washington Week

2010-11-19T19:00:00Z

The senators were also able to advance the food safety bill, S. 510, which is now pending their return from Thanksgiving recess on Monday, Nov. 29. ...

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Beware the 'Internet Blacklist' bill

2010-11-19T19:00:00Z

While the internet has been abuzz about the recent cloture vote on S. 510, a frightening “food safety bill” which supposes the government has the right to ...

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Alexander Votes to Begin Debate on Food Safety Bill

2010-11-19T19:00:00Z

issued the following statement on his vote to open debate in the Senate on the Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510), ...

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Obama's S.510 dilemma

2010-11-19T19:00:00Z

Could the first couple's marital bliss be the first victim of this latest liberal over-reach? By all accounts Senate Bill 510, the Food Safety Modernization ...

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S.510, Food Control (aka, People Control) for Dummies

2010-11-18T19:00:00Z

Today, 11/17/2010: the greatest threat to our food sovereignty in history, the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010 (S.510), is on the floor of the US ...

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Sen. Tester touts food safety exemption for small farmers in Missoula

2010-11-18T19:00:00Z

S. 510 imposes new requirements for food safety and quality. While he agreed the bill is necessary to keep dangers like salmonella and E. coli contamination ...

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Tester amendment included in final food safety bill; vote expected after ...

2010-11-18T19:00:00Z

The bill, S.510, gives the US Food and Drug Administration broader authority to issue recalls on tainted food and more oversight of farms and food ...

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2010-11-18T19:00:00Z

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) has been kicking around for more than a year now, and we've yet to see any overhauling of the country's ...

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Senate food safety debate delayed

2010-11-18T19:00:00Z

Food facilities would qualify for an exemption from the preventive control/Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point provisions in section 103 of S. 510 if: ...

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Stay the course against galloping tyranny

2010-11-18T19:00:00Z

S. 510, the "FDA Food Safety Modernization Act" (sponsored by Sen. Dick Durban of Illinois), expands the powers of the FDA as follows, ...

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iGPS Applauds U.S. Senate for Taking Important Steps to Improve Food Safety ...

2010-11-18T19:00:00Z

The Senate voted 74-25 yesterday to end debate on the motion to proceed on the Food Safety Modernization Act, S.510. During the past three years, ...

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2010-11-18T19:00:00Z

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) has been kicking around for more than a year now, and we've yet to see any overhauling of the country's ...

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Propaganda Alert: AP reports Small Farms are Exempt from Food Safety Bill

2010-11-18T19:00:00Z

...day after the Food Safety Modernization Act (S.510) passed cloture with a vote of 74-25, theAssociated Press put out some world-class propaganda claiming that "Somesmall farms would be exempt from government efforts to prevent foodborne illness under a

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2010-11-17T19:00:00Z

American Chemical Industry blocks Senate Amendment to S. 510 to ban BPA. The Food Safety and Modernization Act (S. 510) has caused a lot of controversy. ...

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"One Minutes" (10 per side)

2010-11-17T19:00:00Z

Following morning business, the Senate will resume the motion to proceed to S.510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, post-cloture. ...

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Today in Washington - November 18, 2010

2010-11-17T19:00:00Z

The Senate is debating a motion to proceed to S.510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has expressed his intent to offer a ...

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iGPS Applauds U.S. Senate for Taking Important Steps to Improve Food Safety ...

2010-11-17T19:00:00Z

The Senate voted 74-25 yesterday to end debate on the motion to proceed on the Food Safety Modernization Act, S.510. During the past three years, ...

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2010-11-17T19:00:00Z

American Chemical Industry blocks Senate Amendment to S. 510 to ban BPA. The Food Safety and Modernization Act (S. 510) has caused a lot of controversy. ...

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New NSAC publication on sustainable agriculture

2010-11-17T19:00:00Z

...from each of us, even in our own kitchens.” Several of the task force’s tenets address the food safety regulations proposed in S.510. The authors challenge the relevance of HACCP management system used in food processing facilities for small farms,

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2010-11-16T19:00:00Z

... Paycheck Fairness Act, and if cloture is not invoked again, Senate will proceed to a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 510, ...

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Reason.tv: Raw Foods Raid – The Fight for the Right to Eat What You Want

2010-11-16T19:00:00Z

“S. 510 will make your food more expensive and less safe. It will drive many small farms out of business." In other words, the Soup Nazi ( of Seinfeld fame) ...

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We can do it: Act now to get BPA out of baby products

2010-11-16T19:00:00Z

So Senator Dianne Feinstein of California plans to offer an amendment to the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) to ban BPA in a set of children's ...

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Health Roundup: Berwick walks a tightrope

2010-11-16T19:00:00Z

... (Fast Food Nation) sent the following joint statement late Tuesday afternoon: "S. 510 is the most important food safety legislation in a generation. ...

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There's more to fear than terrorists

2010-11-16T19:00:00Z

The S.510 (food control bill) threatens small farmers, farmers markets and lemonade stands giving FDA unrestricted powers to regulate. ...

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The Presidential Planner

2010-11-16T19:00:00Z

S. 510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act rears its ugly head, again, threatening small family farms. It's A far-reaching food safety bill cut from the same ...

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The Senate Returns With a Choice: Jobs or Paycheck Fairness Act?

2010-11-16T19:00:00Z

... Paycheck Fairness Act, and if cloture is not invoked again, Senate will proceed to a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 510, ...

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Will the Tester amendment to S. 510 help small farms and processors, but put ...

2010-11-16T19:00:00Z

Yesterday, we posted our Food Fight participants' heated -- and lengthy -- debate over whether S. 510's provisions will harm small farms or producers. ...

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Will Food Safety Reform Hurt Small Farmers?

2010-11-16T19:00:00Z

...quoted Tester as saying that "'food-borne illnesses don't come from family agriculture,' but from corporate producers." If S. 510 passes without the Tester-Hagen Amendment, it runs the risk of putting smaller farmers out of business — a move that may

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2010-11-15T19:00:00Z

The S. 510 food safety bill remains on the agenda after months of stalling, and yesterday's town hall also coincided with National Hunger and Homelessness ...

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Dispatch from the Front: The Week of November 15

2010-11-14T19:00:00Z

... the Paycheck Fairness Act, and S.510, the FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act. See the Democratic cloakroom for more details on the floor schedule, ...

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Sen. Isakson & Chambliss want to stop you growing food in your own back yard

2010-11-14T19:00:00Z

Johnny Issacson wants to enact S.510. In fact he's co-sponsoring the bill. If you diagree with him, and want him to change his mind, contact him. ...

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Will the Food Safety Modernization Act harm small farms or producers?

2010-11-14T19:00:00Z

...plural; please note that there are three pages for this epic discussion), they disagree, sometimes violently, about whether S. 510 will do more harm than good. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) were concerned enough about the answer t

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Enemies of the post-2010 election

2010-11-14T19:00:00Z

...and bills you need to be aware of: S.3815, the Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Bill, S.3772, the Paycheck Fairness Bill, S.510, the Food Safety Bill. Source: Resistnet.com http://www.resistnet.com/forum/topic/show?id=2600775%3ATopic%3A2912179&xgs=1&xg

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Groups Want Tester Food Safety Amendment on Senate's Plate

2010-11-11T19:00:00Z

The Food Safety Modernization Act is S. 510. Tester's amendment would screen the size of the food business and distribution points to measure whether the ...

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FDA Bill in Senate Next Week

2010-11-11T19:00:00Z

...will be S. 510, what we're labeling the FDA's War on Food. Despite the delays, the so-called "Food Safety Modernization Act" (S.510) remains a major threat to local food networks and market-based food systems. S.510 empowers the FDA with totalitarian au

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Food Fight: Will the Food Safety Modernization Act better protect us from ...

2010-11-10T19:00:00Z

In her analysis of the bill on Grist, Food & Water Watch's Elanor Starmer writes: "S. 510 requires the FDA to inspect high-risk food processors -- think the ...

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Coalition Pushes for Amendment to Controversial Senate Food Safety Bill

2010-11-10T19:00:00Z

The Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510, is expected to be debated and voted on by the Senate when Congress re-convenes for the lame duck session. ...

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The Coming Food Dictatorship

2010-11-09T19:00:00Z

...activists, proponents of expanding the government's control over what we put into our own bodies point to the latest version of S.510, which includes a few provisions that recognize the difference in scale between large manufacturing plants and your loc

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Do we really have a food-safety crisis?

2010-11-08T19:00:00Z

S.510, if it were to pass, provides directions to establish a network of accredited laboratories that will be equipped to carry out better testing and data ...

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All Eyes on Regulation in Post-Election Environment

2010-11-08T19:00:00Z

Before recessing for the elections, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed a cloture motion on the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510), ...

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Food Fight, FSMA: Do we really have a food-safety crisis?

2010-11-08T19:00:00Z

...for illnesses that are not sent to the lab, you have to multiply it again to make estimates for the rest of the United State. S.510, if it were to pass, provides directions to establish a network of accredited laboratories that will be equipped to carry

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2010-11-04T20:00:00Z

... the Promoting National Gas and Electric Vehicles Act of 2010; S.3772, The Paycheck Fairness Act; and S.510, The FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act. ...

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Food Safety Act in Jeopardy of Stalling Out

2010-11-03T20:00:00Z

The bill, S. 510, already has passed the House. A similar version is pending in the Senate. Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, chairman of the Senate health committee ...

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Food Safety Act in Jeopardy of Stalling Out

2010-11-02T20:00:00Z

The bill, S. 510, already has passed the House. A similar version is pending in the Senate. Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, chairman of the Senate health committee ...

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Post-Election View on Food Safety Legislation

2010-11-02T20:00:00Z

The minimal shift in the Senate means that Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV) is still expected to try to pass S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, ...

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Wanted: Your informed opinions on the food-safety reform bill

2010-11-01T20:00:00Z

Although the Senate failed to pass the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) before the election, word is that it will take it back up during the lame-duck ...

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Shutdown of two small cheesemakers raises more doubts about food-safety ...

2010-10-31T20:00:00Z

Editor's note: Are you confused about whether to support the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510)? You're not alone. ...

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Agriculture threat

2010-10-31T20:00:00Z

The US Senate is likely to vote on a Food Safety bill (S. 510) when it reconvenes after the election. Unfortunately, as the bill is currently written, ...

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It's time to act

2010-10-27T20:00:00Z

who has pushed in the past to amend the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) and impose new restrictions, says she will try again. ...

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Can Congress make a food-safety omelet without breaking the wrong eggs?

2010-10-24T20:00:00Z

When the Senate takes up the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510), in a few weeks, how can it protect eaters without throwing small and midsized farms and ...

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Bill Marler: It is Time to Pass S. 510 BEFORE This Menu is Served in the ...

2010-10-21T20:00:00Z

Bill Marler: It is Time to Pass S. 510 BEFORE This Menu is Served in the Senate Dining Room Next week I will be co-chairing the ACI Foodborne Illness ...

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Bill Marler: It is Time to Pass S. 510 BEFORE This Menu is Served in the ...

2010-10-21T20:00:00Z

Next week I will be co-chairing the ACI Foodborne Illness Litigation Conference in Chicago and co-hosting an evening meal for the speakers. ...

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he Impact of Food Safety Legislation on the Dietary Supplement Industry

2010-10-17T20:00:00Z

Although the Senate version of food safety legislation, S. 510, which CRN supports, specifically exempts dietary supplement manufacturers from certain ...

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Consider calling your senator

2010-10-13T20:00:00Z

The US Senate is likely to vote on a Food Safety bill (S. 510) when they come back after the election. As the bill is currently written, ...

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90 Second Summary: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

2010-10-10T20:00:00Z

But in case you'd like to nudge them one way or the other and want to learn more beforehand, here's the skinny on S. 510, The FDA Food Safety Modernization ...

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2010-10-06T20:00:00Z

The Senate may consider a food safety bill (S. 510) during the lame duck session. The bill would overhaul food safety laws by giving the Food and Drug ...

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Salmonella Investigation Continues in Oklahoma

2010-10-04T20:00:00Z

Oklahoma is the home state of Tom Coburn, the Republican senator who has blocked a vote on S. 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act that would, ...

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American Meat Institute Advanced Listeria monocytogenes Intervention and ...

2010-10-03T20:00:00Z

... 2010 It is long past time to pass S. 510, The Food Safety Modernization Act, with the amendment from senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Kay Hagan (D-NC) ...

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Vibrios in the Environment 2010

2010-10-03T20:00:00Z

... early warning systems, improved hygiene, and post-harvest treatments of shellfish. by Bill Marler | Oct 04, 2010 It is long past time to pass S. 510, ...

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2010-10-03T20:00:00Z

... nationally debated and being considered for a federal ban under an amendment of the food safety bill, S. 510, may be even worse than anyone imagined, ...

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Food safety bill: the Big Business/Big Nanny alliance

2010-10-03T20:00:00Z

It's true that S. 510 includes language not in earlier drafts that nods toward the idea of tiering regulatory burdens. But as the Farm and Ranch Freedom ...

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Long Past Time to Pass the Food Safety Bill

2010-10-03T20:00:00Z

It is long past time to pass S. 510, The Food Safety Modernization Act, with the amendment from senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and ...

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JT Coyote: A war on farmers?

2010-10-01T20:00:00Z

Today in Congress, the Senate is poised to pass Senate Bill 510, (S.510) The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. A malignant misnomer that hides the most ...

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2010-09-30T20:00:00Z

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510, was introduced in March 2009 and cleared the Senate health panel on a 16-0 vote. Its companion bill, HR 2749, ...

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2010-09-30T20:00:00Z

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., laid the groundwork late Wednesday for a cloture vote on S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. Cloture, ...

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Congress Schedules Lame Duck Session

2010-09-30T20:00:00Z

... vote were successful, the Senate would have up to 30 hours more of post-cloture debate, followed by a vote on adopting the motion to proceed to S.510. ...

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2010-09-30T20:00:00Z

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., laid the groundwork late Wednesday for a cloture vote on S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. Cloture, ...

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Federal Food Safety Legislation Hits New Snag

2010-09-28T20:00:00Z

RALEIGH — In the wake of the recent egg salmonella scare, the US Senate appeared ready to vote on S. 510, ...

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The Senate as a collective action problem

2010-09-28T20:00:00Z

Other recent examples of a single senator blocking legislation are Coburn's recent hold on the food safety bill (S.510) and his blockage of the Shark ...

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Today's letters: 'Obamacare,' Cicero police, Bion in Oswego, State fair wine tent, Medication abuse, more

2010-09-28T20:00:00Z

... Legislation needed to protect food supply To the Editor: I urge our senators to pass the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S.510). This bill passed the House in July 2009 and is now stuck in the Senate. There are some issues that should not be bo

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Coburn's Blind Faith Based Approach to Food Safety

2010-09-26T20:00:00Z

He has raised legitimate questions of cost, but even his estimated costs of implementing S. 510 (Food Safety Modernization Act) pale in comparison to the ...

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Recall Redux: 2010

2010-09-26T20:00:00Z

It still remains to be seen whether the publicity surrounding this recent recall will be the impetus proponents of S. 510 have been seeking to push it ...

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THE PRESIDENT'S POWER TO NEGOTIATE TREATIES

2010-09-25T20:00:00Z

The language of Section 306 of S. 510 is therefore dangerous. It requires the Executive branch to evaluate whether and how “to harmonize requirements” with ...

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2010-09-25T20:00:00Z

People should know what Washington DC is trying to do now with bill S. 510, also known as the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, is in front of the US ...

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S. 510: 12 Reasons Why The Food Safety Bill From Hell Could Be Very Dangerous ...

2010-09-25T20:00:00Z

A version of this bill was already passed by the US House of Representatives last summer, and now S. 510, also know as the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act ...

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Look out for a lame duck

2010-09-23T20:00:00Z

Richard Durbin's FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, or S.510, is another candidate for the lame-duck session. This bill has absorbed several other bills ...

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Bad links in food chain

2010-09-21T20:00:00Z

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510, would provide sweeping new federal authority in food safety. Both Minnesota senatorssupport the bill. ...

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USA - The food safetry bill

2010-09-20T20:00:00Z

The bill, the “FDA Food Safety Modernization Act” (S. 510), was introduced in March 2009, with Sen. Klobuchar is one of its lead sponsors. ...

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2010-09-20T20:00:00Z

Food safety advocates and survivors of foodborne illnesses are asking the US Senate to pass its Food Safety Enhancement Act - S. 510. ...

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2010-09-19T20:00:00Z

Is the food safety bill (S.510) the end of food as we know it, or is it a much-needed update to an old regulatory system based on outdated science and ...

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2010-09-18T20:00:00Z

The looming death of S. 510--a bill to modernize our decades old food safety system--is either economically or politically driven, likely a combination of ...

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The cost of belated action on food safety

2010-09-18T20:00:00Z

The looming death of S. 510--a bill to modernize our decades old food safety system--is either economically or politically driven, likely a combination of ...

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Pressure Mounts for Congress to Pass Food Safety Legislation

2010-09-16T20:00:00Z

With all the news about food pathogens there has been increased pressure on the US Senate to pass a version of The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S.510) ...

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2010-09-16T20:00:00Z

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn detailed concerns with the Senate bill, S.510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010, which are many, especially the ...

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2010-09-16T20:00:00Z

Reports from Washington, DC indicate that the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) will not come up for a vote in the Senate this session, rendering it ...

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Senator Coburn on the FDA power grab

2010-09-16T20:00:00Z

...Coburn's office recently compiled a document that outlines even more reasons why we ought to be opposed to S.510, the grossly misnamed Food Safety and Modernization Act. The senator first touches on why more regulation is redundant and hurtful to food s

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Food and Beverage Industry, Consumer Groups and Non-Governmental Organizations Gather to Call on Senate to Pass Bi-Partisan Food Safety Bill

2010-09-16T20:00:00Z

...will hold a joint press conference to call on the United States Senate to quickly pass the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S.510). WHO: Participants will include policy experts from the following organizations: * Center for Science in the Public In

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Elizabeth Hitchcock: In The Public Interest : Food Safety Delays Make Us Sick

2010-09-15T20:00:00Z

...Harry Reid to finish the job of updating the FDA's food safety authority by passing the bipartisan FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S.510). Rylee knows firsthand the danger of allowing the antiquated food safety system to continue as is. For her ninth

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U.S. senate prepares to modernize food safety legislation

2010-09-14T20:00:00Z

The Senate is currently reviewing S. 510, a food safety bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) significant powers of oversight and ...

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2010-09-14T20:00:00Z

... take action as early as this week on critical federal food safety legislation, the Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510). ...

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Letter from EWG: BPA regulation

2010-09-14T20:00:00Z

... take action as early as this week on critical federal food safety legislation, the Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510). ...

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2010-09-14T20:00:00Z

The Senate is currently reviewing S. 510, a food safety bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) significant powers of oversight and ...

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Food Safety Bill Pushed after Salmonella Outbreak

2010-09-13T20:00:00Z

Leading food safety advocacy groups in Washington are calling on the Senate to take up the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) as soon as possible, ...

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Egg recall adds pressure for Senate on food safety bill

2010-09-13T20:00:00Z

The HELP committee seemed to have overcome one impediment to expeditious consideration of S. 510 this fall. Indications were Senator Dianne Feinstein of ...

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2010-09-13T20:00:00Z

The HELP committee seemed to have overcome one impediment to expeditious consideration of S. 510 this fall. Indications were Senator Dianne Feinstein of ...

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Survey: Political and corporate influence threatens public health

2010-09-13T20:00:00Z

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510), introduced by Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., would include granting FDA the authority to recall contaminated ...

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2010-09-13T20:00:00Z

The HELP committee seemed to have overcome one impediment to expeditious consideration of S. 510 this fall. Indications were Senator Dianne Feinstein of ...

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Consumer groups urge passage of food safety reform legislation

2010-09-12T20:00:00Z

Consumer groups recently released a report urging the US Senate to pass its version of a food safety bill (S. 510) in light of a recent egg recall linked to ...

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Push on for food-safety reform

2010-09-11T20:00:00Z

Here is a summary of the Senate version of the Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510: ❂ The current form of the bill would cost $1.4 billion over five ...

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Regulators using egg recall to push support for tyrannical 'food safety' bill ...

2010-09-09T20:00:00Z

Instead of instigating this type of reform, however, S.510 will essentially give unconstitutional control of the US food supply to multinational ...

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CRN backs Food Modernization Act

2010-09-09T20:00:00Z

The Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Bill (S. 510) will bolster safety and quality in the US dietary supplements industry, ...

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USA: Pastor deutet Absage der Koranverbrennung an

2010-09-08T20:00:00Z

Aktuell 1991, S. 510: 45 – 50 % Muslime, 35 % Christen, keine Angabe mehr zu den Animisten Und damit hat sich mehr geändert als nur die religiöse ...

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Regulators using egg recall to push support for tyrannical 'food safety' bill ...

2010-09-08T20:00:00Z

Instead of instigating this type of reform, however, S.510 will essentially give unconstitutional control of the US food supply to multinational ...

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2010-09-07T20:00:00Z

The proposed Food Safety Enhancement Act (S. 510) covers many aspects of food safety, including better preventive control measures by manufacturers, ...

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Food Fascism in the Land of the Free

2010-09-06T20:00:00Z

Enter Senate bill S. 510 Food Safety Modernization Act, already passed in the House as HR 2749. Some have demonized the bill as ultimate food fascism where ...

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Press Conference at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 8; Advocates & Survivors of ...

2010-09-05T20:00:00Z

The groups, together with survivors of foodborne illness, will call on the Senate to pass the bill (S. 510) when it reconvenes. ...

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Food safety compromise agreement released

2010-09-01T20:00:00Z

On August 12th, 2010, a compromise agreement of the proposed “FDA Food Safety Modernization Act” (S. 510) was reached by the US Senate Committee on Health, ...

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Weekly Pulse: DIY Abortions on the Border, Pawlenty Screws MN on Sex Ed

2010-08-31T20:00:00Z

Nestle urges the Senate to pass the long-awaited food safety bill, S. 510, which the upper chamber has been sitting on for over a year. It's about time. ...

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2010-08-30T20:00:00Z