They want to make it ALL illegal. What do you think of Senate Bill 510

[poltroon]

So think about this:

Under current law, food safety regulations and inspections only apply to food produced in the US.

Food produced in, say, China, is exempt.

In the 1930's, it was absurd to think that mass scale production of food would occur in a country like China, but now it is extremely common.

American producers are at a disadvantage when they are regulated, foreign producers are not, and when the country of origin is in tiny print on the back side of the package. American consumers may be ingesting lead (and as we've seen in the past, melamine) because of uninspected, unregulated food products from third world countries.

 

[noodleroo]

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Yeah and 75% of the fish America eats is imported AND maybe 5% is inspected, I don't want any more Chinese food products.

If you don't want Chinese food products, then just don't buy them. As a consumer, you have the ability to spend your money on what you want; insist on fish from the U.S.A (or where you want). Personally, I don't want the government sanctioning what is 'safe' for me in food or drugs. I am happy to take on that responsibility myself.

Whatever happens with this bill in the long run, you still have the ability to spend your money where you want. Do your own research, know your suppliers and don't buy crap...

 

[TheWaddler]

Its not really that insulting since Beck is truly an idiot whether he says to do your own research or not.

 

[noodleroo]

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Please don't reduce this thread to this; we all have our opinion on 'idiots' so lets just not go there. I'm interested in more facts and the actual process of what happens to this bill next - I don't want this thread to be shut down because of these kinds of comments...please...

 

[BlackBart]

I agree, arguing about politicians is a waste of energy. It is non-productive.
Every country has political idiots. If you don't like them the best way to get rid of them is to vote them out or make them accountable.

I was sent a link to this video about the raid on a organic supplier in California. Guns drawn? The host of this video is trying to get a on line information network happening. Strength in numbers approach.

http://surviveandthrivetv.com/on-th...n-raids-on-organic-food-stores-in-california/

 

[BlackBart]

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If anything food from heavily industrialized countries should be under more scrutiny.
The honey industry is a prime example. The Government has sabotaged our own farmers.

 

[Medicine Man]

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Yeah and 75% of the fish America eats is imported AND maybe 5% is inspected, I don't want any more Chinese food products.

If you don't want Chinese food products, then just don't buy them. As a consumer, you have the ability to spend your money on what you want; insist on fish from the U.S.A (or where you want). Personally, I don't want the government sanctioning what is 'safe' for me in food or drugs. I am happy to take on that responsibility myself.

Whatever happens with this bill in the long run, you still have the ability to spend your money where you want. Do your own research, know your suppliers and don't buy crap...

'do your own research'? this is not at all realistic to expect that peple can do this on a large scale. do you advocate selling all this bad food in the stores for very cheep and then say 'do your research and don't buy the bad stuff' to all the peple?

 

[oswegoscott]

poltroon

Small farms will be exempt. Under $500,000 gross. Whoopieeee! That is barely enough for a family to survive because after all expenses there MIGHT be $50,000 left.
All the contaminations and scares lately are mostly BS or hyped up events. It really is simple--"they" wish to get rid of the little guy- literally and figuratively. Food,energy,water,etc
are to be controlled by the few.

 

[Medicine Man]

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do you write this becuase you are one such farm and know it personally? becuase that is not how the numbers work that i see, and i am talking of actual real numbers from a small farm.

 

[Ridgerunner]

To better quantify the impact of foodborne diseases on health in the United States, we compiled and analyzed information from multiple surveillance systems and other sources. We estimate that foodborne diseases cause approximately 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year. Known pathogens account for an estimated 14 million illnesses, 60,000 hospitalizations, and 1,800 deaths. Three pathogens, Salmonella, Listeria, and Toxoplasma, are responsible for 1,500 deaths each year, more than 75% of those caused by known pathogens, while unknown agents account for the remaining 62 million illnesses, 265,000 hospitalizations, and 3,200 deaths. Overall, foodborne diseases appear to cause more illnesses but fewer deaths than previously estimated.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no5/mead.htm

If anyone can come up with better more believable/verifiable statistics, please do. With nothing better to go on, I assume those in opposition to this bill finds these statistics acceptable.

I agree with Mr. Beck’s suggestion that people should do their homework, including concerning things he says. I understand he suggested this bill may have been designed to reduce American’s consumption of meat. The USDA regulates/inspects meat and poultry. This bill concerns the FDA, not the USDA. Maybe homework and a healthy dose of skepticism of anything TV personalities say is called for, no matter which network they are on.