Behind the Foodborne Illness Numbers: Politics vs Science
By Rady Ananda With all the milk raids over the past few years, you wouldn’t think that dairy is the safest type of food in the U.S., or that factory foods cause 70% of all foodborne illnesses – but that’s just what a new study by the University of… more »
FDA Goons and the Second Amendment
By Rady Ananda On July 16, the US Food and Drug Administration posted a libelous release linking a foodborne pathogen to a South Carolina raw dairy before confirming whether or not such a link existed. Two weeks later, the FDA determined that Tucker… more »
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Rawesome Raided Again! Farmers and private food club owner arrested for selling fresh milk
By Rady Ananda About 20 armed agents from various local, state and federal agencies, coordinated by the US Food and Drug Administration, staged another raid on fresh foods sold in California at a Ventura County farm and at Rawesome Foods, a private… more »
Massachusetts considers allowing unvaccinated kids in public school
By Rady Ananda In January, Representative John D. Keenan of Salem, Massachusetts introduced a bill to allow students not immunized to be admitted to schools upon the written request of a parent. After all, if vaccines are effective, then those who take… more »
Uncle Sam Food History Exhibit Promotes Food Control
By Rady Ananda Oh, gag me with a bowl of propaganda. The National Archives is hosting an historical exhibit on government say in what we eat and grow and how to cook it: “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam: The Government's Effect on the American Diet.” From the… more »
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Controversial ag spending bill defunds local food systems, promotes meat monopoly
By Rady Ananda Plutocrats aimed another weapon at the nation’s poor and at small and midsized farmers, this time thru the 2012 agriculture appropriations bill, H.R. 2112, which the House passed on June 16. The 82-page bill returns some federal spending… more »
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Codex Alimentarius : Rated Rx
By Chantal Boccaccio If this were a horror movie, it would be a Holiday Blockbuster. But it’s not a film, it’s your life. And if you want to see how it ends, it can be summed up in two words: Codex Alimentarius. If you’re reading this, you’re probably… more »
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FDA claims power to seize food without evidence of contamination
By Rady Ananda A few hours ago, the Food and Drug Administration declared it no longer needs credible evidence to seize food that may be contaminated. Ignoring the Fourth Amendment entirely, the FDA claims that based on mere suspicion that a food… more »
So how’s the Food Patriot Act working out so far?
By Rady Ananda Another armed food raid – this time on a company that provides nutritional supplements primarily for autism spectrum disorders and Alzheimer's disease – another day under the Food Safety Modernization Act. As predicted, the FSMA is… more »
Lawsuit seeks to invalidate Monsanto’s GMO patents
By Rady Ananda “A new invention to poison people ... is not a patentable invention.” Lowell v. Lewis, 1817 A landmark lawsuit filed on March 29 in US federal court seeks to invalidate Monsanto’s patents on genetically modified seeds and to prohibit the… more »
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