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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:58 AM Original message |
(salmonella update) Food firms lobbied on U.S. policy (* admin killed FDA record keeping) |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Food and product safety needs to be front and center this election season. n/t |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. the number of food-born illnesses seems to have exploded |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
41. *co tossed much of the food regulations that Clinton passed, in 2001. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. Of Course They Did |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. SHAME on the White House-How little is reported about the private sector ruining the FDA under Shrub |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Apparently the businesses themseves also suffer-- |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Victims of "E. coli conservatism" -- government shrinks and shrinks until people get sick. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. You knew all along without this article that this had to be the case |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Just wait till the truth about GMO Foods makes its way into the headlines |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. Thanks a pantload, republicon homelanders |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Uncomfortably apt there... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. Incompetent, through and through. |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
8. Which companies employed which lobbying firms? |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. well, you can just know that |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I was looking on OpenSecrets for the 2003 - 2004 period |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. According to the AP... |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. Thank you |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. Poetic justice would be Bush, Cheney and |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
10. You know these ass holes fucked up royally when the............ |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Good point! Maybe that was the "unintended consequence"! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Yep. They had no way to prove they were innocent. |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
13. It's bizarre that salmonella jumped |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Not odd that its in veggies... |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Its not odd at all when you look at their farming practices |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Thank Clinton Era for Factory Farms. |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
44. something smells |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
14. The ONLY electronic tracking Bu$hCo wants is of the personal lives of all of US. |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
15. As an aside I don't think tomatoes or peppers had salmonella |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. I agree, a good washing of these items would reduce Salmonella to zip. |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. Republican/Big Business Mission Statement: |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
17. How Much Will Electronic Tracking Cost Small Farmers? |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. The RFID Initiative is meant to destroy the independent farmers |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
18. More evil. K&R |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
19. I don't think it was "unintended consequences" at all. |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. More proof that Conservatives will kill you for a nickel |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
22. I Wondered What Happened |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Part of the problem is we're importing more food than ever. About 1% gets inspected at the border. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. This ought to also be an impeachable offense |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. many local family farms lost millions each.. to protect Mexico's despicable reputation..all they |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. Upton Sinclair is rolling in his grave... |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. Republican fat-cat businessmen can't see beyond their short-term |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. Any hint of an Audit Trail scares the crap out of the Corporations. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
39. So the food industry sabotaged itself. Brilliant, fellas. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
42. You do understand what the AP is trying to do with this article don't you? |
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