Showing posts with label Food Safety Bill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food Safety Bill. Show all posts

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Government to government plan to seize control of all foods

Shortly after “Dirty Harry” Reid passed the fake food safety bill in here in the US, with his one unanimous vote, C-36 passed two weeks later in Canada. Both bills were an outright attack on individual rights and property rights as both governments claim they now have the authority to unilaterally decide who can grow, process and sell foods and under what conditions. And, just as here in the US, those lawmakers responsible for this attack on liberty claimed they did so because that was what the public demanded and was begging for.

Actually, in both countries just the opposite was true; the public was demanding that these bills not be passed. Dirty Harry claimed that more than 10,000 people had begged him to pass the bill while never mentioning that more than a million had objected. But in neither case was food safety and security the real intent of the legislation. Both the US and Canada were handing agricultural production in all its forms, over to international organizations and multi-national corporations.

A sample of the unconstitutional restrictions included in bill C-36 include:

- abolishing protection from trespass, a court-ordered warrant, and the need for court-supervised search and seizure;

- on ONLY suspicion, health inspectors with the aid of police can invade any location in the country, seize and confiscate goods deemed unsafe (i.e. health supplements) and violate all constitutional rights of all parties involved

- it bypasses existing laws on privacy and confidentiality and explicitly exempts the Minister of Health and government inspectors from any kind of third-party oversight and accountability;

**Note: In the US the Secretary of Health & Human Services and any of her delegates were given the same immunity, and US citizens were denied their right to access the courts for redress.

- the need to publish regulations governing the activities of the inspectors is abolished, too;

- accused individuals have their access to the courts seriously limited, even the assumption of innocence is gone as violators are considered guilty until proven innocent with no recourse to any court of law.

- astronomical fines are to be handed out for crimes committed on the Minister’s assumption of guilt which requires no supporting evidence for independent examination;

- even the corporate shield would disappear, because corporate directors would be legally liable for the actions of their employees -; which actions would be deemed criminal solely on the opinion of the Minister, not by the courts;

Note: The US fake food safety bill differs in that it intentionally relieves corporations and most especially their employees and officers of any liability, allowing them to hide behind the corporate entity.

-this bill allows foreign governments and institutions, like CODEX and the World Trade Organization, to have the same powers over Canadians in all these matters outlined above, as if they were part of our own government.

Here in the US, with our government officials openly advocating and soliciting for multi-national corporate takeover of food production and supply and with opposition to this takeover marginalized and ignored, we have little chance of effectively thwarting the assault on agricultural production that is looming in the future. Canada appears to be following suit and is subjecting its citizens to World Trade Organization rules and regulations and openly advocating the takeover of food production in all its forms by industrialized operations which are more than willing to keep HSD and its corrupt partnering agencies awash in contracted funding.

Money talks and in our government agencies and offices it is virtually the only voice that is listened to.

Homeland Security, that bastion of domestic spies, paranoid fanatics and otherwise unemployable misfits has now come out with what it terms “natural security”. Under this umbrella of a newly created faux security system, food is now determined to be “at risk” and must be protected by arbitrary rules, regulations and oppressive enforcement because otherwise agricultural terrorists from parts unknown, neither identified nor identifiable, might somehow contaminate our food. Never mind that our food is constantly contaminated by bio-piracy outfits in their efforts to seize and control through highly suspect patented ownership of virtually anything and everything we might wish to eat.

Natural Security is a fictionally created model meant to do nothing other than to make HSD interference and meddling in food production seem to be somehow plausible.

The US fake food safety bill also added in its last pages the admonishment that nothing in the bill would interfere with World Trade Organization demands or agreements nor could it interfere with any free trade agreements present or future and also makes clear that WTO demands would supersede our laws and sovereignty.

With Canada now in line with US laws facilitating the takeover and control of food supply and production, it comes as no surprise that New Zealand, a highly productive agricultural economy, is next in line.

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http://preventdisease.com/news/10/121510_Canada_passes_bill_c-36.shtml

http://nzfoodsecurity.org/updates/

http://www.cagle.com/2011/12/open-up-and-say-ahh/

Marti Oakley - PPJ Gazette  - Originally posted on  December 29, 2011 by ppjg  - h/t to MJ

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Exclusive footage: Police raid organic food stores

Check out this exclusive footage obtained by RTAmerica from George Hemminger (George4Title) showing California police raiding an organic grocery store with guns drawn!

Video: Exclusive footage: Police Raid Organic Food Stores 

Gun-Toting Investigators Raid Venice Raw Foods Grocery

Ebrahim Rafatjah stands in the walk-in cooler full of unpasteurized dairy products. On the other side are Ziploc bags of raw chicken, beef and pork, many without expiration dates.
<br><a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-raw-food-raid-20100725,0,4951907.story">See full story</a>

Investigators recently entered an organic grocery with a search warrant and ordered the hemp-clad workers to put down their buckets of mashed coconut cream and to step away from the nuts.

Then, guns drawn, four officers fanned out across Rawesome Foods in Venice. Skirting past the arugula and peering under crates of zucchini, they found the raid's target inside a walk-in refrigerator: unmarked jugs of raw milk.

"I still can't believe they took our yogurt," said Rawesome volunteer Sea J. Jones, a few days after the raid. "There's a medical marijuana shop a couple miles away, and they're raiding us because we're selling raw dairy products?"

Cartons of raw goat and cow milk and blocks of unpasteurized goat cheese were among the groceries seized in the June 30 raid by federal, state and local authorities — the latest salvo in the heated food fight over what people can put in their mouths.

Read the full story on raw food here.

-- P.J. Huffstutter

Photo: Ebrahim Rafatjah stands in the walk-in cooler full of unpasteurized dairy products. On the other side are Ziploc bags of raw chicken, beef and pork, many without expiration dates. Credit:Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times

Video referenced in:  Agenda 21 – Ending Liberty in America

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

DE-FUND THE PHUDE "SAFETY" BILL

THE GLOBALISTS ARE ABOUT TO SUFFER A MAJOR SETBACK IF JACK KINGSTON REFUSES TO FUND THE PHUDE "SAFETY" BILL.  HERE'S HOW YOU CAN PUT YOUR SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN:

1. SEND YOUR STRONG OPPOSITION TO FUNDING THE BILL TO YOUR RESPRESENTATIVES AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE HERE:

NO FOOD CONTROL:  http://tinyurl.com/nofoodcontrol

2. ENLIST THOSE OF YOUR YOUR CONTACTS WHO EAT FOOD TO DO THE SAME BY EMAILING THEM THE LINK AND ASKING THEM TO TAKE ACTION AND CONTACT THEIR CONTACTS: http://tinyurl.com/nofoodcontrol

3. CALL THE OFFICES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, the committee which funds the FDA

Senator Thomas Harkin says that Jack Kingston cannot be serious because the Republicans would not dare to block funding for the new law.  Let's help them dare to block funding it. 

Call Chairman Kingston and the members of the Subcommittee as often as you can to give them this, or a similar message:

"Hello, my name is [Your Name] and I am calling to support NOT funding HR 2751's mis-named "Food Safety" provisions.  They increase federal costs without any meaningful food safety gain, put unnecessary "food police"on the streets of America, do nothing to control Big Agribiz, the source of all significant food borne illness and make it impossible for small farmers, including organic farmers, to survive the regulations.  I urge Congressman [Name] NOT to fund this law which was passed to serve the interests of Big Agribiz despite the enormous outpouring of opposition by ordinary people like me."

Here are the Committee Members and their Washington DC Phone Numbers:

  • Chair: Jack Kingston (GA, R)      (202) 225-5831
  • Tom Latham (IA, R)                     (866) 428-5642, Toll Free,   Phone: 202-225-5476
  • Jo Ann Emerson (MO, R)             (202) 225-4404
  • Robert B. Aderholt (AL, R)         (202) 225-4876
  • Cynthia Lummis (WY, R)             (202) 225-2311
  • Alan Nunnelee (MS, R)                (202) 225-4306
  • Tom Graves (GA, R)                    (202) 225-5211
  • Hal Rogers (KY, R)                      (202) 225-4601
  • Norm Dicks (WA, D)                    (202) 225-5916

Note: As new Subcommittee Members are announced, their names and phone numbers will be added to this list.

4. HELP FUND THE BATTLE: JOIN EITHER THE '510 CLUB' OR THE '2751 CLUB'

Click here, http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?page_id=189, to make your recurring donation of $5.10 or multiple thereof to support this battle. Or use the same link, http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?page_id=189, to make your recurring donation of $27.51 or multiple thereof, to support health freedom. 

Put the decimal wherever you can afford to (e.g., $5.10 per week or month, $51.00, $510.00, $27.51, $275.10, multiplied by whatever number is works for you) to join us in fighting this battle.

2751 is the number of the bill that the lamest of lame duck congresses used to sneak the S. 510 'PHUDE Safety' provisions through by hiding them there and then passing it by "Unanimous Consent", meaning every single member of the US Senate rolled over and played dead for Monsanto and their ilk.  Put your wallet and your shoulder to the wheel.  How often do we get this chance?  Let's seize it now and make the difference.

Donate whatever you can afford each week or month.  You make the decision.  This is a long battle and we need the resources to fight it - and win.

Source:  Natural Solutions Foundation

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Dr. Mercola: 10 Best Health Articles of 2010

Today, on the first day of 2011, all of us at Mercola.com wish you a Healthy, Happy New Year. 2010 was a year full of surprises and drama. I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have gotten involved in all these health related causes and successfully helped steer public consciousness into a healthier direction.

Please share these important articles with your closest friends and family so they can have a Healthy 2011

  1. Sugar May Be Bad, But This Sweetener is Far More Deadly
    Research shows this sweetener can cause much more damage than table sugar to human metabolism, trigger early signs of diabetes and heart disease, and cause dangerous growth of fat cells around vital organs.

  2. The Major Exercise Mistake I Made for Over 30 Years...
    This is the exercise mistake most everyone makes - including me, for 30 years. Then I discovered the secret to getting a better workout while saving 2 or 3 hours every week. So how much of a workout can you get in just 20 quick minutes?

  3. The Chicken Which Should be Banned
    This chicken contains an anti-foaming agent made of silicone and a chemical preservative so deadly that just five grams can kill you. In fact, Time Magazine even reported this prominent Judge questioning whether customers understand the risks of eating it...

  4. This Cooking Oil is a Powerful Virus-Destroyer and Antibiotic…
    Although blasphemed for 60 years by the medical press, this amazing oil is now gaining fame for its health-promoting benefits - heart health, antibiotic, anti-viral, anti-diabetic, plus it is slimming… It's even so nutritious it's included in baby formulas. What's not to like…?

  5. Why did the Russians Ban an Appliance Found in 90% of American Homes?
    Why didn't the industry issue a gag order when scientists suggested this appliance could wreck your health? It's said to cause 'electrical whiplash' and much more… So should you really use it for yourself and your family?

  6. Want a Good Night's Sleep? Then Never Do These Things Before Bed
    These common mistakes disrupt your brain waves and cause you to toss and turn, preventing you from falling asleep quickly. What's more, you may wake up and be unable to fall back asleep. If you have difficulty sleeping, this is critical information you must have…

  7. New Warning About Olive Oil
    It may be well known for its health benefits, but you're probably making this mistake with your olive oil which accelerates the oxidation of the unsaturated fats - causing it to do more harm than good. Here's how to protect the oil and a little trick which tells you when it should be tossed...

  8. This "Miracle Health Food" Has Been Linked to Brain Damage and Breast Cancer
    The odds are good this "miracle health food of the 21st Century" is in your diet. Stop falling for the misleading propaganda and read this now because hard evidence has linked it to digestive problems, cognitive decline, heart disease and more...

  9. This Supermarket "Health Food" Killed These Baby Rats in Three Weeks
    Despite the fact more than half the baby rats in this experiment died within 3 weeks, you may be eating this health food on a daily basis. Yet the scientist was attacked and the study has not been repeated - even though it would only cost a few thousand dollars. More scary "cover ups" revealed inside...

  10. Flood Your Body With This "Youth Hormone" in Just 20 Minutes
    And it will stay in your body for two hours, going after those excess pounds like a heat seeking missile. This breakthrough program is so powerful that if you were to do it today and monitor your blood, it would look like you injected it into your body ...

Source:  Dr. Mercola

Please, join us! Fight for our food supply!

Want to keep the right to grow your own food and even give it away if you want to? Want to eat non-genetically modified foods if you so choose?  Help us!  Send a letter to the First Lady, by simply filling out your info. 

We don't think for a minute that she will listen, but we do hope the volume of mail will "shame" her and others into slowing down a bit.  Mostly though, we hope these letters serve to wake up our sleeping friends as we forward them. 

Send it as many times as you want to! 

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5421

Bless you all into the new year!  May we be faithful, active and busy working for good this year.

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Related:  Cake Mix Warning

Monday, December 20, 2010

Deal-making, arm-twisting, and sellouts

Last night, against all expectations, Senate Republicans cut a deal with Harry Reid to advance the so-called "Food Safety Bill," that everyone thought was dead.  And those of us who have been following it were stunned… asking ourselves:  “What Happened!?!”

While that bill had no forced-unionism implications, the way they snuck it through late on a Sunday night without even a roll-call vote tells us a lot about the kind of deal-making and arm-twisting that is going on right now.

Not a single Republican objected, even though dozens voted against the bill just a few weeks ago. Just one objection would have killed the bill for the year.

Clearly, a backroom deal was cut.  But at what price??

With Big Labor still demanding the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill (S. 3991), it's critical we keep up the pressure.

Please, contact Senator Barbara Boxer and Senator Dianne Feinstein  or your Senators (Senators from your State.) right away and insist they oppose this union-boss power grab on all votes, including cloture, if Harry Reid pushes it to the Senate floor again.

After you've contacted your Senators, or if you have already called and know where they stand, please call Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican Senators Scott Brown, Susan Collins, and Olympia Snowe
.

Insist they oppose any version of the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill -- and any attempt by Harry Reid to use the bill as leverage in another deal.

Senate Minority Leader McConnell: (202) 224-2541
Senator Brown: (202) 224-4543
Senator Collins: (202) 224-2523
Senator Snowe: (202) 224-5344

Tell them that the time for deal-making is over.
Harry Reid's renegade "lame duck" Congress does not represent the will of the American people, who rejected Big Labor-backed incumbents on Election Day.

The union bosses are scrambling to ram through S. 3991 before newly elected pro-Right to Work Senators and Congressmen take office in just a couple of weeks.

With Senate Republicans no longer united to filibuster legislation before a continuing resolution to fund the government is passed, the union chiefs think they have the votes if Reid puts the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill back on the Senate calendar.
Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Scott Brown are among the handful of Republicans who have supported earlier versions of S. 3991, and Big Labor is banking on them to support this power grab now.

If you haven't already, please urge Senator Barbara Boxer and Senator Dianne Feinstein or your Senators (Senators from your State.) to oppose any renewed attempt to ram through the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill (S. 3991).

And please, tell Senate Minority Leader McConnell and Republican Senators Scott Brown, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins that they should not cut any more deals with Harry Reid and let him abuse what little time remains in the "lame duck" session to pay back his union-boss benefactors.

Senate Minority Leader McConnell: (202) 224-2541
Senator Brown: (202) 224-4543
Senator Collins: (202) 224-2523
Senator Snowe: (202) 224-5344

Don't let the Senate make another deal behind closed doors to ram through controversial legislation. Please, act now.
Sincerely,

Mark Mix

Originally Posted:  Sunday 12.20.10
In Sunday-evening surprise, Senate unanimously passes food safety bill

What happened here???

By Alexander Bolton - 12/19/10 07:55 PM ET

The Senate unexpectedly approved food safety legislation by unanimous consent Sunday evening, rescuing a bill that floated in limbo for weeks because of a clerical error.

The Senate passed the Food Safety and Modernization Act on Nov. 30 by a vote of 73-25. But the bill was later invalidated by a technical objection because it was a revenue-raising measure that did not originate in the House — Senate staff had failed to substitute the food safety language into a House-originated bill.

A coalition of groups supporting the bill sent a letter Sunday to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) calling for action on food safety.

“Our organizations are writing to support attaching S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, to the Senate's proposed short-term continuing resolution,” the groups wrote. “Strong food-safety legislation will reduce the risk of contamination and provide FDA with the resources and authorities the agency needs to help make prevention the focus of our food safety strategies.”

The American Public Health Association, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union and other groups signed the letter.
Democrats first attempted to attach the food safety bill to the two-and-a-half-month spending measure but Republicans balked because they wanted to keep that measure clean, according to Senate aides.

Republicans, however, later agreed to pass it by unanimous consent.

Reid announced he would send the legislation — this time properly attached to a House-originated measure — back to the lower chamber for final approval.

“Our food safety system has not been updated in almost a century. Families in Nevada and across America should never have to worry about whether the food they put on their table is safe," Reid said in a statement. "This is a common-sense issue with broad bipartisan support.

"Tonight we unanimously passed a measure to improve on our current food safety system by giving the FDA the resources it needs to keep up with advances in food production and marketing, without unduly burdening farmers and food producers,” he said.

The legislation is a high priority for Reid and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa).

Reid’s staff earlier in the day had told a coalition of groups supporting the legislation that it had a chance of passing but the prospects appeared to dim as Sunday wore on. The swift approval by unanimous consent caught some aides and lobbyists working on it by surprise.

Sen. Tom Coburn, the outspoken conservative Republican from Oklahoma, had been blocking the legislation. He lifted his objection at the final moment.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2645072/posts#37  Excerpt:

Next year, Congress will face the question of appropriating money to implement the new laws and regulations. S510 authorizes, but does not appropriate, monies for the FDA-expanded regulation of domestic and imported conventional food producers, distributors, and retailers, and the hiring of more FDA bureaucrats. To carry out all of the new rules and FDA authorities, Congress will have to approve $1.4 billion of new spending or cut other programs accordingly, based on the CBO estimates. This gives us a chance to affect the level of funding and how the money can be spent.

FDA will start the rulemaking process. The agency will almost certainly try to marginalize the role of local foods producers and consumers in the process. We will have to take action to ensure that our concerns are on the record and that elected officials in Congress are also involved to try to rein in the agency from overstepping its bounds.

Fascist Control Over Our Food Supply?  The S.510 Food Safety Scam

Would you vote for a Food Bill Monsanto Supports?

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In Sunday-evening surprise, Senate unanimously passes food safety bill

What happened here???

By Alexander Bolton - 12/19/10 07:55 PM ET

The Senate unexpectedly approved food safety legislation by unanimous consent Sunday evening, rescuing a bill that floated in limbo for weeks because of a clerical error.
The Senate passed the Food Safety and Modernization Act on Nov. 30 by a vote of 73-25. But the bill was later invalidated by a technical objection because it was a revenue-raising measure that did not originate in the House — Senate staff had failed to substitute the food safety language into a House-originated bill.

A coalition of groups supporting the bill sent a letter Sunday to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) calling for action on food safety.

“Our organizations are writing to support attaching S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, to the Senate's proposed short-term continuing resolution,” the groups wrote. “Strong food-safety legislation will reduce the risk of contamination and provide FDA with the resources and authorities the agency needs to help make prevention the focus of our food safety strategies.”

The American Public Health Association, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union and other groups signed the letter.
Democrats first attempted to attach the food safety bill to the two-and-a-half-month spending measure but Republicans balked because they wanted to keep that measure clean, according to Senate aides.

Republicans, however, later agreed to pass it by unanimous consent.

Reid announced he would send the legislation — this time properly attached to a House-originated measure — back to the lower chamber for final approval.

“Our food safety system has not been updated in almost a century. Families in Nevada and across America should never have to worry about whether the food they put on their table is safe," Reid said in a statement. "This is a common-sense issue with broad bipartisan support.

"Tonight we unanimously passed a measure to improve on our current food safety system by giving the FDA the resources it needs to keep up with advances in food production and marketing, without unduly burdening farmers and food producers,” he said.

The legislation is a high priority for Reid and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa).

Reid’s staff earlier in the day had told a coalition of groups supporting the legislation that it had a chance of passing but the prospects appeared to dim as Sunday wore on. The swift approval by unanimous consent caught some aides and lobbyists working on it by surprise.

Sen. Tom Coburn, the outspoken conservative Republican from Oklahoma, had been blocking the legislation. He lifted his objection at the final moment.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2645072/posts#37 

Excerpt:

Next year, Congress will face the question of appropriating money to implement the new laws and regulations. S510 authorizes, but does not appropriate, monies for the FDA-expanded regulation of domestic and imported conventional food producers, distributors, and retailers, and the hiring of more FDA bureaucrats. To carry out all of the new rules and FDA authorities, Congress will have to approve $1.4 billion of new spending or cut other programs accordingly, based on the CBO estimates. This gives us a chance to affect the level of funding and how the money can be spent.

FDA will start the rulemaking process. The agency will almost certainly try to marginalize the role of local foods producers and consumers in the process. We will have to take action to ensure that our concerns are on the record and that elected officials in Congress are also involved to try to rein in the agency from overstepping its bounds.

Fascist Control Over Our Food Supply?  The S.510 Food Safety Scam

Would you vote for a Food Bill Monsanto Supports?

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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Is Food Control (S510) Really Dead? Open: Must Push Back Hard Now!

Please click on the the site below the red words, "Take action here", even if you have already signed.  Act now to save our food supply and keep it OUT of the control of the centralized, fed. government and genetically modified seed companies like Monsanto.  And please.....share this~

h/t Debbie Kerekes

Fascist Control Over Our Food Supply?  The S.510 Food Safety Scam

Would you vote for a Food Bill Monsanto Supports?

Action eAlert Permalinks: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/blastContent.jsp

"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty..."
Friday, December 17, 2010

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Did Harry Reid Really Give Up on Omnibus Bill With S.510 Food Controls?

PUSH BACK NOW! NEWLY REVISED FOOD CONTROL ACTION ITEM!
Reid May Attach S.510 to Other Bills...

Take NEW Action Item Here:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5395

VICTORY IS SWEET...
Please Think of Natural Solutions Foundation for Your Holiday/End of Year Giving...

THINK OF WHAT WE COULD DO WITH MORE FUNDING!

IF you want eyes and ears at Codex this year, IF you want the Stop the Shot Suit filed, IF you want researchers working on the back story to the assaults on your health and your freedom, IF you want to keep health freedom's voice and vision alive, then now is the time to make your tax deductible end of year gift.  Please make it as generous as you possibly can. Recurring gifts are especially helpful to us!

Click here: http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?page_id=189

to give Health Freedom a healthy start in 2011

Updated Donation Page:
http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?page_id=189

The various attempts by Big AgraBiz and DC Politicians to force the fake “food safety” bill, better named the 'food control bill' or the 'Food Fascism Bill', through the Congress are failing because hundreds of thousands of messages are flooding the “lame-duck” Congress from citizens demanding: Don’t Adopt Any Funding Bill that Includes S.510!

This Message from Health Freedom USA President, General Bert:
“The smell of victory is in the air… we must encourage the faint-of-heart Senators to persevere. And get ready to blast ‘em if they turn-tail to run! By the end of any battle, both sides are exhausted, but the side that perseveres just a little longer… wins! That is where we are now, and that is why massive Push Back is more important now than before! We are flooding the lame-duck Congress with a clear message: No New Programs in the Continuing Resolution; Strip S.510 out of any funding bill! Keep at it! Victory is within our reach. Keep pressing forward while you recruit your contacts to act with you now!”

New Action Item: Support Simple Continuing Resolution
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5395

From the Senate Calendar: “Thursday, Dec 16, 2010 – The Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:36 p.m. No record votes were taken.”

BUT ONE RUMOR SAYS REID WANTS TO ATTACH s.510 TO ANOTHER BILL!

From Breitbart: “Democrats controlling the Senate have abandoned a 1,924-page catchall spending measure that’s laced with homestate pet projects known as earmarks and that would have provided another $158 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan”

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9K5BA5O0&show_article=1

From RealClearPolitics: “Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) touts his one-page continuing resolution that would “simply continue the government through February 18th. ... 'I would hope that it would make sense on a bipartisan basis, this one-page continuing resolution on Feb 18th as an alternative to this 2,000-page monstrosity that spends a half a billion dollars a page,' McConnell said on the Senate floor.”

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/12/16/mcconnell_dems_using_christmas_break_as_an_inducement_to_pass_omnibus.htm

PLEASE USE THE NEW ACTION ITEM EVERY DAY... OFTEN! And Forward It to Your Contacts!
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5395

Information Resources

PLEASE USE THE ACTION ITEM EVERY DAY... OFTEN!
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5395

Follow the action in the Senate this week: http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/d_three_sections_with_teasers/calendars.htm

Senate Record Votes (updated every 20 minutes) - http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/a_three_sections_with_teasers/votes.htm

Watch the Senate on C-span: http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx

We will Twitter what is happening here:
www.Twitter.com/HealthFreedomUS & with hashtags -
#healthfreedom #foodfreedom #farmfreedom #NSF #DrRima #organic #noGMO #supplements

Thursday, December 9, 2010

URGENT ACTION ALERT! - Food Safety Bill Language Has Been Resurrected

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TAKE ACTION!
A message from the Alliance for Natural Health USA

On December 8, the House of Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) H.R.3082. A CR is supposed to provide temporary, stopgap funding for the government while budget bills are worked out.  But this CR included the language of the Senate food safety bill—language that will still affect small food producers (organic farms, small farms, mom-and-pop roadside stands, etc.) most of all. It will completely transform the food and farming industries—for the worse. (It “could” be used against individuals raising their own food or wanting to share it with friends, family or neighbors.)

Putting the text of another bill into a CR is a prime example of the way Congress operates. It is ethically wrong; indeed it is an example of corruption. We saw this kind of slight of hand in the passage of the health reform legislation, and the American public should be fed up with it.

Now this House CR goes back to the Senate, which is expected to pick it up by the middle of next week. The rumor is that instead of dealing with the CR directly, Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) will introduce the Senate’s own omnibus bill  (even larger than the CR) that will also contain the food safety language along and who knows what else.

This is a bad bill, on its own or attached to another piece of legislation. We are grateful that the changes we lobbied for have stayed in the bill, including the exemption for supplements from Codex language and the Tester amendment that protects small farms from some of the bill’s provisions.  But the bill still gives the FDA much too much control over farming in general and small producers in particular.

Three specific concerns remain, all major:

1.  The bill mandates that every registered facility must be inspected by the FDA: high-risk facilities will be inspected initially within the first five years and then every three years thereafter; low-risk facilities, initially within seven years, and then every five. The FDA will need to hire an additional 5,000 employees to do all the inspections. Big companies love this, because the FDA will be so bogged down inspecting all the smaller operations that they won’t have time to focus on the big guys—where the actual food safety problems arise. Food safety legislation should be targeted at the large industrial farms, but, no surprise, this bill does just the opposite.

2. Language in the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act currently reads:

An officer or qualified employee of the Food and Drug Administration may order the detention, in accordance with this subsection, of any article of food that is found during an inspection, examination, or investigation under this chapter conducted by such officer or qualified employee, if the officer or qualified employee has credible evidence or information indicating that such article presents a threat of serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals.

Under this bill, the boldfaced text above would be changed to:

if the officer or qualified employee has reason to believe that such article is adulterated or misbranded.

And remember, as interpreted by the FDA, a food or supplement may be deemed “adulterated” if there have been any record-keeping violations. “Misbranded” can mean that the producer makes a completely true statement about the product but without FDA permission.

So when the FDA is inspecting a facility, if they merely believe an item is misbranded or adulterated — no concrete evidence is required—they can confiscate all of that product. If there is a suspected record-keeping error for a supplement, the entire stock can be taken by the FDA.

3.  A company has to be registered to operate. Under this bill, if the FDA finds there to be a reasonable probability that a product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals, the FDA may suspend that facility’s registration, effectively shutting it down. This seems reasonable, but there is only one informal opportunity for companies to reinstate registration, with no opportunity whatsoever to appeal—they are at the mercy of an FDA inspector’s whim. This should not be allowed in America.

Why does all of this matter? Keep in mind the FDA has consistently done Big Pharma’s bidding and has attacked supplement companies and small food producers (such as the cherry and walnut growers). The bill gives the FDA unbridled authority to ratchet things up even further. The FDA needs to focus on large producers, not get its tentacles onto small producers.

Please contact your senators TODAY and ask them to oppose the food safety bill language that is currently in the CR (though it might be found in the omnibus bill next week). This may be our last chance to defeat this bill—please take action immediately!

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S.510 “Hitched” A Ride On Massive Budget Bill, 1984 Is Here

S.510 “Hitched” A Ride On Massive Budget Bill, 1984 Is Here
http://theintelhub.com/2010/12/09/s-510-hitched-a-ride-on-massive-budget-bill-1984-is-here/

Democrats passed a massive budget bill late Wednesday night. The bill narrowly passed by a 212-206 vote.

“A widely backed food safety bill is hitching a ride on the legislation. The measure passed the Senate by a 73-25 vote last week but got caught in a snag because it contained revenue provisions that, under the Constitution, must originate in the House.” Yahoo News

That’s right, S.510 has apparently HITCHED a ride on the budget bill that was passed during a late night session. Our food freedom has possibly been destroyed by the lame duck congress and their big agriculture masters. (This is huge… and not in a good way!!)

Our government is attempting to steal away our food freedom!

Natural Solutions Foundation:

Natural Solutions Foundation Was There: We Saw The House Vote 212 to 205 (WITH NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTING FOR THE BILL) When the House Shamefully Attached S510′s language to HR 3082.

Why is their act shameful?  Two reasons.  First, the contents of S. 510 is anti-health, anti-supplements, anti-freedom, anti-small business and anti-clean food to say nothing of anti-sense.  Second, the regulatory language of S. 510 should never have been attached to a Continuing Resolution, which is an administrative bill allowing the government of the United States to continue its activities by funding it.

This tactic shows how desperate the Uber Cartel is to have this measure pass.  Think about that for a moment: apparently it is vitally important to the Uber Cartel, which makes, among other things, drugs, vaccines, agro-chemicals, GMOs and which grows food, to make sure that you do not have the choice to grow or eat clean food.  The reasons for that present themselves quite rapidly, don’t they?  Clean food = bad customers for Big Pharma.  Poisoned food = great customers.  And then there is the subtext of genocide.

But we are far from finished here.

Here’s what Ralph Fucetola,JD, our Counsel and Trustee, wrote from Washington, where he spent the day, meeting with Ron Paul while he was there, by the way:

Our Next Step is to Continue Inundating the Senate -

1. We agree with Ron Paul (with whom we visited today, that [S510] is very bad legislative practice to combine a controversial regulatory bill with the Continuing Resolution needed to fund government activities. This bill will impact dietary supplements. That is clear from the way the FDA used section 301(11) of the 2007 FDA “enabling act” to outlaw a form of Vitamin B-6, although Congress put a clause in that bill “exempting” DSHEA products.

FDA will use any new food authority to attack supplements and natural remedies.

2. It is unprincipled to push this bill against the clear will of the voters that the Federal govt (and this bill is) too big and must stop over-regulating.

3. A clean Continuing Resolution is needed so that Congress can decide to continue funding at a certain level without muddying the process with extraneous matters.

4. The vote was nearly a pure partisan vote, with no Republicans in favor of this maneuver, and only a few Democrats standing against the lame-duck “leadership.” We will remember!

5. The People will keep a close eye on all GOP Senators and expect them to act from principle and not add this budget-busting bill, with its 4,000 new FDA agents to harass local food production and distribution.

For those of you who didn’t follow the events on Twitter or C-Span, the House lame-duck “leadership” pushed the “Food Safety” Bill, formerly known as S.510 into the “Continuing Resolution” Funding Bill to keep the Federal Govt running for another year, passes this Hot Potato to Senate again. That body could act Thursday, December 9th.

The House vote appears to have been 212 to 205, with no Republicans voting for the bill. The next step is to continue inundating the Senate with voter outrage.

Related:

clip_image001Food police target organic foods in California!

Police raided the Rawsome Foods organic grocery store with guns drawn in search of "raw-foods". George Hemminger (George4Title) said the battle over organic foods is heating up because large agricultural businesses and corporations feel threatened by local co-ops and have hijacked the FDA and other government regulatory agencies.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/07/guntoting-investigators-raid-venice-raw-foods-grocery.html

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Food Safety Bill Quietly Scheduled for a Vote on House Floor Call Your Representative Now!

HR2749 is set on the House Suspension Calendar for a vote Tuesday or Wednesday of this week— WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE BILL MAY BE MODIFIED BUT THE NEW LANGUAGE HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED! 

A bill considered on the suspension calendar means no amendments are allowed and only 40 minutes of debate is permitted equally divided between the opponents and proponents of the bill.

A bill of this scale needs to be carefully and extensively debated and open for amendments!  The implications from such an expansive bill could be detrimental to consumers’ access to healthy foods and to the prosperity of small business owners.
Since we have not seen the revised bill, we only know what the bill originally looked like—which wasn’t good.  Our primary concerns remain:

(1) establishing an annual $500 user fee that subsidizes giant food processors at the expense of small and family-owned businesses which is simply unfair;
(2) lumping small farms and processors into the same category as large agribusiness operations, and creating complicated regulations without special rules for small businesses;
(3) allowing the FDA to directly regulate farming practices—be it a large commercial farm or a small organic operation; and
(4) increasing the FDA’s authority dramatically with no corresponding increase in oversight of the agency such as unlimited access to any and all records—without cause—and the ability to impose substantial criminal and civil fines—without a showing of harm—for administrative violations. 

How can a Representative thoroughly review over 100 pages and have an informed vote with only 40 minutes of debate? 
Please telephone and/or email your Representatives to voice your concerns—let her/him know that this bill needs a thorough review and should be open for amendments!

Thank you for taking the time!
Tami L. Wahl
Legislative Director

American Association for Health Freedom

Call the switchboard for the house of Representatives in Washington today... your Congressperson and Nancy Pelosi and tell them "NO on Obamacare; & NO on HR2749!!!

1-202-224-3121- Switchboard

1-202-225-3121- Switchboard

(202) 225-0100 - Speaker of the House Pelosi


Speaker Nancy Pelosi
http://speaker.house.gov/contact or http://www.speaker.gov/contact