July 8, 2009
Barbara Peterson
National Animal Indentification System
agribusiness, agriculture, H.R. 814, HR 2749, hr 759, HR 875, legislation, livestock tracking, monopoly, NAIS, population control, Premises registration, ranchers, rural cleansing, tracing, war on farmers
By Pat Kopecki
Source: Wilson County News
July 7, 2009
Agriculture leaders, as well as farmers and ranchers, are watching the outcome of the many congressional bills that are being discussed on Capitol Hill. They question whether farmers and ranchers will survive if additional permits and taxation are implemented. Two of the issues currently being discussed are the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) that is included in House Resolution (HR) 875, the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, and the probable taxation of cattle by means of changes in the Clean Air Act. READ MORE…
July 6, 2009
Barbara Peterson
CORPORATIONS, Food Safety
corpusa, FDA, food safety, fraud, fsa, GMO, H.R. 814, HR 2749, hr 759, HR 875, legislation, letter of the law, livestock tracing, Monsanto, premises, scam, USDA
By Barbara H. Peterson
There is a big difference between the spirit and the letter of the law. The key to analyzing the effects of any type of legislation that ultimately results in setting rules and regulations in motion through a set of laws is in understanding the difference between the spirit and letter of the law, and how this concept is applied towards enforcement of any particular law. READ MORE…
April 8, 2009
Barbara Peterson
Food Safety, National Animal Indentification System
animal tracking, clones, food safety bills, GMO, H.R. 814, hr 759, HR 875, livestock registration, transgenic animals
By Barbara H. Peterson
As I think about the ”food safety” bills HR 875, HR 814, and HR 759, I take a stroll through the web to see what I can find. Lo and behold, I find some very interesting information.
I have been thinking about the connection between the genetic modification of animals and these bills. I wondered just how the agribusiness giants would keep track of their GM animals once they enter the mainstream food supply market. It’s one thing to go to a farmer’s canola field and take samples back to the lab for testing to see if they contain the patented GM gene, but a whole cow? Not likely. READ MORE…
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