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Just Got this in Email
I know most regulars here are concerned about proper labeling so act or not
as you wish. OPPOSE H.R. 4167, THE NATIONAL UNIFORMITY FOR FOOD ACT ACTION PAGE: http://www.nocrony.com/food_safety.php Just in case you weren't sick and tired enough of corporate special interests writing word for word every piece of legislation passed by our corrupt Congress, along comes the so-called "National Uniformity for Food Act", H.R. 4167. What it would actually "uniformly" do is gut every existing state regulation on food safety and labeling. They want to make it ILLEGAL to put more consumer information on our food than permitted by a new "look the other way" federal standard. There is a vote scheduled in the House for Thursday, March 2. If passed by the usual gang of arm-twisting vote holder openers, H.R. 4167 would make it impossible for we the consumers to monitor the infiltration of our food supply by a witches' brew of genetically butchered organisms, pesticide and mercury residues, irradiation, and synthetic hormones. With an administration based on government secrecy run amok, they literally want to turn the pollution of our food by unnatural additives into classified information. Why do the corporate biotech giants pushing this bill not want us to know what they are putting in our food? What are they afraid we might do . . . not eat it? ACTION PAGE: http://www.nocrony.com/food_safety.php Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this message to everyone else you know. If you would like to get alerts like these, you can do so at http://www.usalone.com/in.htm Or if you want to cease receiving our messages, just use the function at http://www.usalone.com/out.htm Powered by The People's Email Network Copyright 2006, Patent pending, All rights reserved |
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"FOB" wrote in message
. net... I know most regulars here are concerned about proper labeling so act or not as you wish. OPPOSE H.R. 4167, THE NATIONAL UNIFORMITY FOR FOOD ACT ACTION PAGE: http://www.nocrony.com/food_safety.php Just in case you weren't sick and tired enough of corporate special interests writing word for word every piece of legislation passed by our corrupt Congress, along comes the so-called "National Uniformity for Food Act", H.R. 4167. Thanks for this, FOB. And yeah, this has been an ongoing effort on the part of food producers and manufacturers. Don't allow the competitors to include anything on their labels that might distinguish their superior product from your inferior one. Such as labeling of milk products re hormone or antibiotic use. Or plant products re GMO use. Fortunately we do have the organic food labeling that helps distinguish good from bad in terms of many of these kinds of issues. Passage of such bills tends to make labeled organic food more attractive to consumers. But also adds to the cost. Basically more self-serving, unethical behavior on the part of big ag. About what you'd expect. HG |
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FOB wrote:
:: That's not a chain email, it's a subscribed to mail from a public :: interest group. And there is indeed such a Bill presently pending :: before the House, :: http://www.neha.org/position_papers/positionHR4167.htm :: :: Available in PDF: :: http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7050&sequence=0 I saw a report on this on msn website, video section. |
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On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 17:16:56 -0800, "Brandon Berg"
wrote: The bill is real--you can look it up at thomas.loc.gov--but the e-mail lies about what it would really do. It doesn't really "make it ILLEGAL to put more consumer information on our food," "make it impossible for we the consumers to monitor the infiltration of our food supply," or "turn the pollution of our food by unnatural additives into classified information." All it would do is make it illegal for states to ban the sale of food whose labeling conforms to Federal standards. It does not in any way limit the rights of producers to put whatever truthful information they want on their labels, nor does it make it illegal for other parties, including the states, to spread truthful information about questionable ingredients in foods. And it doesn't permit producers to lie about the ingredients in their products. Thank you for that information, Brandon. That makes a lot more sense. And is less alarming, of course. It actually would make it really difficult for food packagers if each state was able to establish its own, ideosyncratic set of requirements for labeling. With this, consumers can simply express their preference for more, rather than less, information by choosing products whose labeling is more complete. Knda like we do now. Not ideal, but probably as good as we're gonna get. HG |
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On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 17:16:56 -0800 in alt.support.diet.low-carb,
"Brandon Berg" wrote, And it doesn't permit producers to lie about the ingredients in their products. But actually, some of these laws do permit exactly that. A classic example is "0 grams" when in fact the quantity in question is a substantial fraction of a gram. |
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David Harmon wrote:
:: On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 17:16:56 -0800 in alt.support.diet.low-carb, :: "Brandon Berg" wrote, ::: And it doesn't permit producers to lie about the ingredients ::: in their products. :: :: But actually, some of these laws do permit exactly that. A classic :: example is "0 grams" when in fact the quantity in question is a :: substantial fraction of a gram. Not only that, but who really checks claims about label info? I've seem so many examples of lying labels that it's not funny. We'd do better to leave laws alone and actually put some force behind the ones we have. |
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On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 12:39:14 -0500, "Roger Zoul"
wrote: We'd do better to leave laws alone and actually put some force behind the ones we have. Well, yeah. We could say that about most things, not just labeling... lol. HG |
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