In January 2011, one of the nation’s senior scientists alerted the federal government to a newly discovered organism that may have the potential to cause infertility…
Action Alert: Tell USDA to Reject GE Alfalfa
Although USDA has acknowledged that planting Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa poses a significant risk that regular crops will be contaminated, the agency is still proposing…
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…
USDA Advisory Committee on Animal Health Appointed
When USDA announced that it was withdrawing its plans for the National Animal Identification system (NAIS), Secretary Vilsack also stated his intention to establish an Advisory…
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: Tell USDA to Rein In Meatpackers and Stand Up For Family Farmers
Today, a tiny handful of meatpackers and poultry processors dominates the livestock industry, making it hard for an individual farmer or rancher to get a fair…