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ORIGINAL: cuckoldmepls

Well all I know is that we are dependent on China now for food, since walmart actually imports much of their food from there, and the government won't require meat producers to tell us what meat is cloned and what isn't. So basically, the government really doesn't care if we end up starving to death if during a famine, the Chinese feed their people first or we get some genetic mutation 10 years later thanks to cloned meat.

Anyone who supports this government is insane.

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Well all I know is that we are dependent on China now for food

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/283/571/Senate_Bill_S_510_PASSED_74_to_25,_The_Government_now_makes_you_a_criminal_for_growing_your_own_GARDEN_R_U_HAPPY_YET.html


??   can anyone confirm this one??

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ORIGINAL: TreasureKY

PA, this bill is an amendment to the existing Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 

Glancing through the bill, I don't find where the scope of who is impacted will be broadened.  Several parts specify that only facilities required to register under 21 USC 350d will be affected.  From that regulation...

"The term `facility' includes any factory, warehouse, or establishment (including a factory, warehouse, or establishment of an importer) that manufactures, processes, packs, or holds food. Such term does not include farms; restaurants; other retail food establishments; nonprofit food establishments in which food is prepared for or served directly to the consumer; or fishing vessels (except such vessels engaged in processing as defined in section 123.3(k) of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations)."

Please note the portions I've highlighted above. 

I think most people who have a home garden would fall under the "nonprofit food establishments in which food is prepared for or served directly to the consumer".

You can find a copy of the bill here, and you can follow along with the proposed changes here.  I believe others on here have already given you a link to follow the status of the bill.

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ORIGINAL: Politesub53
Valley Meats...............Modesto..........China.

No wait, that dont sound right does it ? [8|]

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ORIGINAL: Elisabella

-FR-

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/opinion/29schlosser.html?src=un&feedurl=http://json8.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.jsonp

A better opinion piece than the guy ranting in the video.

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

PR.

Think of health care reform.  and now the big boys have waivers.  Same concept.

This law will apply to the little people- and the big boys with an army of lawyers will escape via "waivers".

Compliments of Monsanto!  of course.

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ORIGINAL: Moonhead

They have cloned meat now?
Why wasn't there an episode of "Big Bang Theory" about this?

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ORIGINAL: Moonhead

They have cloned meat now?
Why wasn't there an episode of "Big Bang Theory" about this?

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ORIGINAL: Elisabella

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

PR.

Think of health care reform.  and now the big boys have waivers.  Same concept.

This law will apply to the little people- and the big boys with an army of lawyers will escape via "waivers".

Compliments of Monsanto!  of course.

If anything the issue would be that the bigger companies are able to afford the new safety procedures better than the little guys, not that they're exempt.

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ORIGINAL: Moonhead

They have cloned meat now?
Why wasn't there an episode of "Big Bang Theory" about this?

They have genetically altered salmon too. They are called "frankenfish" lol

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If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon creation, I should have recommended something simpler.

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ORIGINAL: Moonhead

They have cloned meat now?
Why wasn't there an episode of "Big Bang Theory" about this?

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

Congress does not write them, or even READ THEM, and congress is EXEMPT from the laws they make.