Moments ago, the House of Representatives passed the Food Safety bill—which the Senate, in one of the most underhanded legislative maneuvers we’ve ever seen, approved late Sunday night. It now goes to the president to be signed into law.
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Emergency Action Alert! Food Safety Passes the Senate in Shocking Maneuver
Sunday night, Dec 20, in one of the most underhanded and outrageous legislative maneuvers we’ve seen, the Senate passed the language of S. 510, the Food Safety bill, by a unanimous consent agreement. It now goes to the House of Representatives. We have one last chance to stop it!
Last-Minute Washington Back-Room Dealing on Food Safety
We may have only one more chance to keep the dreadful so-called “food safety” language from becoming law through a legislative subterfuge. We have (quite literally!) up-to-the-minute information for you.
Comparing Apples and Oranges? It’s Easy When They’re Both Genetically Engineered
Will we soon wake up to GMO orange juice? Plus more on apples, sugar beets, court decisions, and Hillary Clinton’s attempt to push GMO on Africa.
Urgent Action Alert! – Food Safety Bill Language Has Been Resurrected— Please Contact Your Senators Immediately!
On December 8, the House of Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution (CR). But this CR which included the language of the Senate food safety bill—language that will affect small food producers most of all. It will completely transform the food and farming industries—for the worse.
Who’s Trying to Scuttle the Amendment that Protected Organic and Family Farms? Big Food on the Attack!
Today we reveal the thirty agribusiness front groups and industrial agriculture lobbyists that continue to fight the Tester amendment.
Good News—Food Safety Bill Suddenly on Life Support!
The Senate’s controversial FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) now appears to be dead in the water.
Food Safety Bill Passes—With Important Changes Secured by ANH-USA, Its Allies, and YOU
Senate Food Safety Update
The bill, with language that is substantially different from its original version, passed the Senate on Tuesday morning by a vote of 73 to 25. Our update has up-to-the-minute information.
Food Safety Bill Update
Things can change very quickly on Capitol Hill. On the heels of last week’s triumph stopping the completely unacceptable Leahy bill, we have more news on the Senate Food Safety Bill (S. 510).