House Passes Senate Food Safety Bill with Small Farm Protections
House Passes Senate Food Safety Bill with FY 11 Appropriations (NSAC) On Wednesday evening, December 8, the House passed a combined Continuing Resolution-Food Safety bill by [...]
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Conference Call Dec. 14: S510, What Just Happened
Farm Assist Productions is organizing a national conference call to answer questions concerning the Food Safety Bill and it’s amendments. As it is unclear at this point [...]
Not So Fast. House May Block Food Safety Bill (S.510) Over Senate Error
By John Stanton: Roll Call; Dec. 1, 2010 EXCERPT: After days of debate and negotiation with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who opposes the measure, Harkin was able to clear the [...]
Provisions Protecting Small Farmers in Food Safety Bill (S. 510)
This information is presented in response to an e-mail inquiry from a reader. It is not an endorsement of the legislation, though I do believe the legislation is better for [...]
S.510 (Food Safety Bill) Passes in Senate – Latest News, What They’re Saying
Updated 2:04 pm, Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 S.510 has PASSED the Senate on a vote of 73 to 25 with the Tester amendment to exempt small farmers, processors, and local food [...]
Michael Pollan Supports Food Safety Bill with Tester Amendment
Interview: Michael Pollan on the food safety bill (From Ezra Klein’s Blog) EXCERPT – Michael Pollan: It’s very interesting that the consumer groups and the [...]
Food Safety Bill Debate to Resume Today – Monday Nov. 29th
Article: Hagan Helps Keep Bill’s Onus Off Small Farms (NewsObserver) EXCERPT: The U.S. Senate returns to Washington on Monday preparing to pass a sweeping food safety [...]
Latest Update on Food Safety Legislation
Food Safety Update: Final Senate Action Set for Right After Thanksgiving From The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) Late Wednesday, November 17, a deal was [...]
Tester Amendment Now a Part of the Food Safety Bill
U.S. Senator Jon Tester https://www.tester.senate.gov/Newsroom/pr_111810_foodsafety.cfm (U.S. SENATE) – U.S. Senator Jon Tester has reached an agreement with consumer [...]
Action Alert: Food Safety Act (S.510) Moving to Senate Floor
From the National Coalition for Sustainable Agriculture (NSAC) Call Your Senators Today To Defend Family Farm Value Added – Processingand Local and Regional Food Systems [...]
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