Posts Tagged ‘food safety’

The Food Safety and Modernization Act: a Small Farmer’s Perspective (video)

The nation’s first comprehensive food safety legislation just barely passed the recent lameduck session of Congress.

Update: Senate Passes Food Safety Legislation

December 20, 2010 An unexpected vote by the Senate yesterday evening resulted in the passage of the Food Safety and Modernization Act, which was put on hold due to an earlier Senate error. “Our food safety system has not been updated in almost a century. Families in Nevada and across America should never have to [...]

Senate Passes Overhaul of Food Safety Regulations

November 30, 2010 Update: Food Safety Modernization Bill (S510) passes by a vote of 73-25 this morning. It goes back to the House of Representatives for final approval. “The bill is intended to get the government to crack down on unsafe foods before they harm people rather than after outbreaks occur.” h/t @NaomiStarkman Go to [...]

A Stale Food Fight

November 29, 2010 An op-ed piece by Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, in the New York Times, discussing the Food and Safety Modernization Bill (S510) which is yet to be passed. Here is a short an excerpt: “You would think that such reasonable measures to protect the health and safety of the American people would [...]

Food Safety Amendment

November 18, 2010 The Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) is being considered in the Senate today. One of the amendments, the Tester amendment (to protect family scale producers), was just ratified to be included in the Managers Amendment. So if the bill goes forward, the Tester amendment will be part of it. When asked [...]

Chinese Father Punished for Food Safety Activism

November 11, 2010 The milk scandal that began in China in 2008 has served another ruling: Zhao Lianhai, the father of a toddler who became ill after drinking the milk containing the chemical melamine was sentenced yesterday to 2 1/2 years in prison for inciting social disorder. According to his lawyer, Li Fangping, “prosecutors leveled [...]

Nourish Middle School Curriculum Guide

November 09, 2010 With an eye to educating youth about where their food comes from, Nourish has just released an 84 page Curriculum Guide (pdf). Using the Nourish DVD as a starting point, the guide helps you understand the story of food, the different types of food systems, how to analyze food ads, and much [...]

A Conversation with Anna Lappé on Climate Change, Industrial Agriculture, and Conversion to a Climate Friendly Food System-2 (video)

Lappé responds to the question, what is the proper role for government to play with our food system?