**Disclaimer: The comments below are intended to try to explain the likely application of the bill and are not legal advice. The exact application of the…
House Passes Food Safety Bill With Tester-Hagan Amendment
This afternoon, the House voted 215-144 to approve the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (now HR 2751), including the Tester-Hagan amendment. The bill has taken many…
Fight Over the Food Safety Bill – and Tester-Hagan Amendment – Continues!
Almost as soon as the Senate passed S. 510 with the Tester-Hagan amendment, members of the House of Representatives raised objections that S510 includes provisions for…
Analysis of the Tester-Hagan Amendment
Summary of the Key Points of the Tester-Hagan Amendment Clarifies that businesses that sell more than half of their products directly to individual consumers are exempt…
Agribusiness Shows Its True Colors
For over a year, the big Agribusiness trade organizations have supported passage of S. 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act. From Agribusiness’s perspective, the bill was…
Good News on Food Safety Bill
Senator Jon Tester has reached an agreement with the authors of S. 510 to include a compromise version of the Tester-Hagan amendment in the Senate food…
Action Alert: Urge Senators to Oppose or Amend Food Safety Modernization Act
The Senate is coming back for the lame duck session, and the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) is scheduled for a cloture vote this week….
Action Alert: Food Safety Modernization Act Delayed – Call Your Senators
Food safety is heating up again and we need your help! Although passage of S. 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, has been delayed, there is…
Letter to Congress on the Food Safety Act – Signed by 157 Organizations
Support Fresh, Safe Local Food in the Food Safety Bill June 10, 2010 Dear Senator: The 157 undersigned organizations represent consumers, farmers and ranchers, local food producers,…
Response to “Is Free Range Meat Making Us Sick?”
On May 10, 2010, The Atlantic published an article by James McWilliams, titled “Is Free Range Meat Making Us Sick?” Below is the comment posted by…