Month: September 2022

CLONING, GM, AND TRANSPARENCY. Once again, powerful food lobbies have bungled hot issues, and succeeded in getting food into the US and UK markets that lack labels, angering consumers who legitimately wish to decide for themselves. In this current debate, this deeply flawed strategy has confused consumers between clones and GM, and doubled the outrage. And it is less about safety than personal choices. View in LinkedIn

FDA ON GM ANIMALS VS CLONED ANIMALS. "So, while cloning is a method of reproduction, genetic engineering is a method by which the genetics of an animal can be altered." Important distinction. http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/GeneticEngineering/GeneticallyEngineeredAnimals/ucm113605.htm View in LinkedIn

FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY LOBBYIST SPENDING 2013. "The agribusiness sector is composed of a diverse group of interests -- crop producers, livestock and meat producers, poultry and egg companies, dairy farmers, timber producers, tobacco companies and food manufacturers and stores ... contributed $65 million (2008)." http://lnkd.in/deNRhH4http://lnkd.in/dDkUHFg View in LinkedIn

CONTROL OF THE FOOD CHAIN. "Public policy and economic forces have a tremendous impact on what kind of food is produced, how it’s produced, and who has access to it. From the farm bill to crop subsidies, the pages below explain how policy and economics shape our food system." http://lnkd.in/drSv4DN View in LinkedIn

REVOLVING DOORS BETWEEN POWER AND LOBBYING. Food lobbyists look set to join EFSA’s board. http://corporateeurope.org/power-lobbies/revolving-doors View in LinkedIn

US AGRICULTURAL LOBBY POWER. "The power of the industrial agriculture lobby had blunted nearly all attempts at change, "having more money than Big Tobacco did in efforts to regulate cigarettes and the personality of the National Rifle Association." http://lnkd.in/dfSw5Uh View in LinkedIn

FOOD REGULATION HAS BUMPY RECENT HISTORY, LOW CREDIBILITY. "Several recent food scares such as BSE, dioxins and foot and mouth disease have highlighted ... the practices it employs ... These scandals have shattered consumer trust in the safety of the food supply and intensified concerns over the industrialization of food production." http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/home/report/english/articles/vol65/ANU1E656.html View in LinkedIn

UK IS STILL RECOVERING FROM MAD COW FIASCO. "The disease is believed to have passed from cattle to humans through consumption of meat products contaminated with BSE in the late 1980s and early 1990s." http://lnkd.in/dRXVQFr View in LinkedIn

MAD COW CAUSED BY COWS BEING FED SLAUGHTERHOUSE WASTES: "being fed the remains of other cattle in the form of meat and bone meal (MBM), which caused the infectious agent to spread. The cause of BSE may be from the contamination of MBM from sheep with scrapie that were processed in the same slaughterhouse." http://lnkd.in/dYFs3u3 View in LinkedIn

COWS ARE HERBIVORES? Where have we come to when we are feeding cows locked up in pens without sunlight slaughterhouse leftovers from their and other species, and oil cake of seed oils extracted with toxic solvents? This madness has no good outcomes. View in LinkedIn