Farm, rural and consumer groups delivered a letter to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States urging rejection of Shuanghui International's purchase of Smithfield, arguing it threatens food safety, consumer prices, rural economies and national security.
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Oregon: Stop SB 633 - Protect the NO GMO Vote!
The Oregon House Rules committee revived SB 633, which would strip counties of local control over agricultural seed in favour of a single state policy and could unsettle existing local rules. Organizers ask readers to tell their state Representative to vote no.
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Connecticut Hearing Update & Dr. Connett Speaking Event - fluoridation
FAN corrects an earlier bulletin: the Hartford event on Senate bill 131, which would reverse Connecticut's statewide fluoridation mandate, is an informational meeting for legislators with no public comment, though Paul Connett will present. He also speaks June 26 in Windsor.
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Action Alert: EPA Raised Residue Limits of Monsanto’s Glyphosate Herbicide
An action alert reports that the EPA issued a rule raising allowed residue levels of Monsanto's glyphosate on food, and urges readers to file comments. It cites recent peer-reviewed studies pointing to health harms, including endocrine disruption, from the herbicide.
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Major Victory & More Celebrities Opposing Fluoridation
Hamilton's city council voted 7-1 to shut off fluoridation for 150,000 residents, making it New Zealand's second largest unfluoridated city after 120 people testified and nearly 1,400 petitioned. Dentists there are now pushing for a referendum to overturn the vote.
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Tell Kroger to take the lead and sign the Pledge for Genetically Engineered-Free Seafood today!
The Institute for Responsible Technology asks readers to press Kroger to sign the Pledge for GE-Free Seafood. The chain said it has no intention of selling genetically engineered salmon but left room to do so if the FDA approves it.
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Senator Durbin to Reintroduce Supplement Bill
Mercola attacks Sen. Dick Durbin's supplement bill, arguing that regulating supplements like drugs would hand the industry to pharmaceutical companies, and points to a newly released GAO report as evidence supplements are already among the safest consumable products.
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Not Lovin’ It: Consumer Group Asks McDonald’s to Pass on Biotech Fries (PR)
Food and Water Watch launched a campaign asking McDonald's to publicly refuse the Innate brand genetically engineered potato from J.R. Simplot, now awaiting USDA approval. Executive director Wenonah Hauter calls it untested and unlabeled in a food heavily marketed to children.
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New Jersey Advances Legislation to Require Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods (PR)
Food & Water Watch's New Jersey director Jim Walsh praises a State Assembly vote for bi-partisan legislation requiring labels on genetically engineered food, saying consumers should be able to decide what they feed their families.
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CFS Launches Class Action Lawsuit against Monsanto
The Center for Food Safety and Pacific Northwest wheat farmers filed a class action against Monsanto after unapproved Roundup Ready wheat turned up in an Oregon field, seeking compensation for lost export markets and measures to clean up the contamination.
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Sulfuryl fluoride is NOT in Senate Farm Bill. We did it!
The Fluoride Action Network tells supporters that Senate amendment 1122, which would have circumvented EPA's proposed phase-out of the food fumigant sulfuryl fluoride, did not make it into the Farm Bill. FAN warns the House version still carries language to withdraw the phase-out.
Law & Regulations
Historic Victory in Connecticut! First U.S. GMO Labeling Law Passed!
Connecticut's HB 6527 became law on June 3, 2013 after a unanimous Senate vote and a 134-3 House vote. A House rewrite that would have gutted the bill was reversed in negotiations, and organizers credit a phone and social media campaign by GMO Free CT with flipping votes.
Advisories
USDA Offers Tips to Keep Food Safe as Severe Weather Sweeps across Nation
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued advice for keeping refrigerated and frozen food safe after storms and tornadoes cut power across the Midwest, pointing to its Meat and Poultry Hotline, the Ask Karen app and a power-outage guide.
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ORGANIC DEBATE: Cornucopia’s Kastel Goes Toe-to-Toe with Mischa Popoff
After listeners objected to Mischa Popoff's scheduled appearance, Food Chain Radio host Michael Olson invited Cornucopia Institute's Mark Kastel to join him. Kastel challenged Popoff's credibility and his plan to replace organic certification with wholesale testing.
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Specialty Crops Advance in Senate Farm Bill
The Senate passed the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 by 66-27, preserving specialty crop programs covering research, market promotion and nutrition. United Fresh praised the vote and said it will work with the House to keep the funding.
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Senate Supports Specialty Crops With Passage of Farm Bill
The Senate passed the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 by 66-27, preserving Specialty Crop Block Grants and the Specialty Crop Research Initiative. Grower groups welcomed the vote and urged the House to pass its own version.
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Senate-Passed Farm Bill Nibbles Around Edges of Broken Food System (PR)
Food & Water Watch's Wenonah Hauter says the farm bill the Senate passed does nothing about mergers and consolidation in food and agribusiness. She criticizes an adopted amendment barring some ex-felons and their children from food stamps, and notes growing Senate support for GE labeling.
Advisories
Foodborne Illness: Especially Dangerous for the Vulnerable
FDA epidemiologist Karl Klontz names those most at risk from foodborne illness: infants under one, older adults, people with weakened immune systems and pregnant women. CDC counted 1,651 listeriosis cases from 2009-2011, at least 90 percent in those groups, and 21 percent died.
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