US Senate debate on S.510 Food Safety bill could extend into the weekend.

[www.naturalnews.com]

Not good - this gives more power to the FDA.

Here's an article that details the ramifications and implications of this draconian bill -

First Health Care, Next the Food Supply

[www.americanthinker.com]

There's still hope --

Senate Fails to Vote on Food-Safety Bill

[online.wsj.com]


This is causing a hold-up --

Quote

"Sen. Tom Harkin (D., Iowa) blamed the delay on the insistence of Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) that the Senate consider an amendment to ban spending earmarks. Mr. Coburn demanded that senators publicly vote on the issue of earmarks, controversial legislation that lawmakers tuck into laws to pay for pet projects."

I hate it when they attach an amendment that has nothing to do with the bill.

Some Commentary --

Overreaching Food “Safety” Modernization Act Would Destroy Family Farmers

[www.redstate.com]

Here's another article I just ran across --

S.B. 510: A Food "Safety" Bill or Something Else Entirely?

[www.allvoices.com]

This Bill is getting more traction in the press now that it's come to light, which is good -- maybe they'll realize 'the people' don't want it passed and don't want to spend billions of $ on more Regulating of Us --

Michael Pollan on the Food Safety Bill

[voices.washingtonpost.com]

Here's a good one with more explanation of the effects of the bill on Seeds -

Seeds – How to criminalize them

[foodfreedom.wordpress.com]

Here's a good source for accurate information --

Stop the FDA's War on Food

[www.chooseliberty.org]

They all seem to be saying the same thing -- that this legislation stinks.

You can look up your Senator here --

[senate.gov]

It sounds like supplements are safe from the Food Safety Bill -

[www.anh-usa.org]

Urgent Call for Action, Last Chance to Defeat S 510 Food Safety Modernization Act:


[www.naturalnews.com]

More Info on the Government Takeover of the Food Industry --

George Soros To Benefit HUGE off Scam Food Safety Bill

[michaelehline.amplify.com]

Food Safety Bill Will Not Make Food Safer, Will Increase Food Costs and Budget Deficit

[www.weeklystandard.com]


Food safety bill 101: What are the facts and myths?

[www.csmonitor.com]

Senate takes up food safety bill tonight:

[www.washingtonpost.com]

"George Soros To Benefit HUGE off Scam Food Safety Bill "

Just how much money does one man need...he has his hands all over everything that is wrong...

Thanks for keeping us posted on the actual bill, KidRaw. And as for George Soros: I have an eerie feeling I've already dealt with this on these boards before, you know, the attributing of all manner of evils[real or imagined] to one person, like he's a villain from a comic book or something. A hedge fund isn't an individual.

[www.marketfolly.com]

Here's a good article on the Food Safety Bill by a website that I think is pretty much non-partisan --

Lame Ducks and Locavores On Food Safety

[www.cato-at-liberty.org]

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I think this is one issue which seems to cross the lines on which group is pro and which is against more regulations on our food supply --

Senate Passes Sweeping Food-Safety Bill

[www.huffingtonpost.com]

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Despite Massive Protests, US Senate Passes S 510 Food Safety Bill

[www.naturalnews.com]

"Here's the official vote record: [www.senate.gov]...

Notably, there wasn't a single Democrat who opposed the bill."

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From the little I read about George Soros, he's pretty powerful and not in a good way.



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This article goes into more detail about the Food Safety Bill -


Federal Farming Power Grab Passed in Senate Today:

[www.americanthinker.com]

I guess now we'll find out what's in the bill, and it won't be pretty. The Natural News guy does a good job researching --

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Sadly, S.510 was approved by the US Senate today. But here are the top ten lies they told you about S.510:

[www.naturalnews.com]


Here's a roll call vote record of how Senators voted for S.510:
[www.naturalnews.com]


And here's an amazing story of how industry bought votes with cash:
[www.naturalnews.com]


On the same note, here's a story about a US Senator caught on tape admitting the whole thing was rigged!

[www.naturalnews.com]

It looks like The Food Safety Bill has to be passed again, and they want it to be even more intrusive than the previous one --

Senate Dems to Try Again on Food-Safety Bill

[thehill.com]-

(Probably too much to hope that we could block it this time, if we all called our Senators again, because all the Dems will be all for it again, and there aren't enough Republicans to stop it.)


House May Block Food Safety Bill Over Senate Error

[www.rollcall.com]

Snafu Could Stall Food Safety Bill

[www.google.com]

Another good article -

Who Benefits? The Food Safety Bill Will Centralize and Regulate Food Production

[newzeal.blogspot.com]

Mike Adams says the bill is dead, but that's not the way it usually works out -


S 510 Food Safety Bill Now Dead in the Water Due to Blue Slip Mistake

[www.naturalnews.com]

Of course it's no surprise who this bill was written for - Big Ag

Foodmakers Backing $1.4 billion Food-Safety Bill

[www.usatoday.com]



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Just saw this headline that they're sneaking the Food Safety Bill in with raising the debt ceiling --

Live on the House Floor breaking the rules and hiding SB 510 in a budget bill

[cspan.org]

[www.examiner.com]



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All they do is break the rules constantly...or make them up as they go along. As long as it can be attached as a rider I suppose it falls within the law...or the law as they see it.

Yes, you'd think there would be a law against passing more than one bill at a time.

Here's the Mike Adams article --

Urgent: Democrats Attempting to Pass Food Safety Act by Hiding it Inside Appropriations Bill HR 3082

[www.naturalnews.com]

Of course it passed --

Food-safety Overhaul Rides on Funding Bill

[www.reuters.com]

Food Safety Bill Shenanigans

[www.campaignforliberty.com]



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Food Safety Bill Clears House 212-206

35 Dems voting No

0 Republicans voting Yes

I guess we know which side is on our side on this issue

S 510 Food Safety Bill is Still Alive and May Unleash a New Army of FDA Agents:

[www.naturalnews.com]

Now the Food Safety Bill is going to the Senate for their Vote -

[salsa.democracyinaction.org]

Mainstream Media Agrees that Food Safety Bill will do Nothing to Improve Food Safety

[www.naturalnews.com]

[www.forbes.com]

Quote from the Forbes article -


...this expansion of Food and Drug Administration regulatory authority would waste billions of taxpayer dollars without making our food supply any safer.

With as many as 5,000 Americans dying every year from food-borne illnesses, consumers would obviously benefit from a safer food supply....

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Well, I am all for "Food safety", no doubt...and i surely don't want to see anyone get sick or die from food borne illnesses...

But..5,000 Americans die each year from food borne illnesses? Really? 5,000 out of a country of 307,006,550? (google result)



It's refreshing to see that our lawmakers are tackling such pressing issues that will obviously save so many lives. What a staggering number of lives saved.

I agree, I mean that same money put into taking care of the poor would save far more than 5,000 a year...far far more...

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This is from an email I got today

[campaign.r20.constantcontact.com]

Here's an article that's pretty unbiased, I think -

[www.huffingtonpost.com]

Looks like they're sneaking the Food Safety Bill in the Omnibus Spending Bill they're trying to pass --

Senate Omnibus Bill Includes Food Safety, Other Health Measures

[r.einnews.com]

The Natural News guy hasn't realized this yet, because there was no mention of it on his website and I didn't get any emails from other Alternative Health Advocates who are fighting against this monstrosity for we Natural Health and Health Freedom folks.



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These people are on top of the situation --

Last-Minute Washington Back-Room Dealing on Food Safety

[www.anh-usa.org]

Got this email today --

We’re sorry to bombard you with emails, but time is of the essence as current negotiators on Capitol Hill hold the power to make the food safety bill law or leave it dead in the water. We wanted to give you a quick update on the Food Safety bill—or rather, the language from the bill, which Sen. Inouye included in his omnibus spending bill—but more importantly, we wanted to ask for your urgent help on this Action Alert. We are so close to victory.

A number of senators, mainly Republicans, decided to support neither the omnibus bill, which contained a lot of “pork” (funding for local projects with little or no national significance) nor the continuing resolution (CR) from the House (both of which contained the food safety bill language), but instead wanted a one-page CR that would keep the government open for the next two months.

So today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and others are crafting this short-term CR. It is unlikely that it will contain controversial provisions, because they want to bring it up under a unanimous consent agreement. If they tack on food safety, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) will oppose it, and then the CR would require a cloture vote and debate, which everyone wants to avoid at this late date. The likely scenario includes a controversy-free CR without food safety, which may be passed as early as Monday.

However, as we have seen, things change quickly on Capitol hill. There is still a possibility that food safety will be tacked onto the short-tern CR at the eleventh hour. In addition to our concerns over the food safety language, we are opposing any last-minute maneuver, any other back-room shenanigans, that might keep food safety alive.

If you wouldn’t mind, we need one more push from people like you who have been fighting this so-called “food safety” bill from the start. Please send a message to your senator TODAY, even if you’ve done so before, to reaffirm your strong opposition to the bill’s language.

Maybe it'll go away now, but that's usually not the case --

Food Safety Bill Could Die

[www.cnn.com]