Guest guest Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 From Kim: *********** forwarded to my list for their consideration.Frank Melli wrote: Frank Melli PRESS RELEASE March 18, 2009 For Immediate Release Contact: The Gerson Institute H.R. 875 and S. 425 We wanted to inform you of two bills in the House of Representatives and the Senate, H.R. 875 and S. 425. Below is a brief description of each and a link to the full text of the bills. As a non-profit organization, we cannot lobby for or against legislation or candidates. However, we can provide information and education. Critics say that these bills could move quickly and be decided in just a few weeks, and they urge people to contact their representatives immediately. Because of this, we wanted to send out a special e-bulletin on the topic, so people can be aware of these bills, can contact their representatives or spread the word if they would like to. Critics also say that these acts could make it illegal to grow our own food-in our backyards, do organic farming and more. Representative Rosa DeLauro, who introduced H.R. 875, is married to Stanley Greenburg who works for Monsanto. H.R. 875 Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-875 Feb 4, 2009: Referred to House Agriculture To establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes. S. 425 Food Safety and Tracking Improvement Act http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-425 Feb 12, 2009: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the establishment of a traceability system for food, to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspections Act, the Egg Products Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for improved public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement, and for other purposes. Links for more information Below are also links to videos and articles of people opposed to these bills for a variety of reasons, and blogs where different viewpoints are expressed. http://capwiz.com/grassrootsnetroots/issues/alert/?alertid=12878056 http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=6726http://www.opednews.com/articles/Monsanto-s-dream-bill-HR-by-Linn-Cohen-Cole-090309-337.html http://www.opednews.com/articles/Goodbye-farmers-markets-C-by-Linn-Cohen-Cole-090303-287.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epXNJNjYBvwhttp://www.infowars.com/hr-875-and-the-criminalization-of-the-backyard-gardener/ If you would like to express your opinion on this bill, here is a link to find and contact your congressmen (senators and representatives) by entering your zip code on the top left hand side of the page.www.congress.org/congressorg/home/ The House Agricultural Committee has 45 members. If you would like to contact any or all of them to express your opinion on HR 875, go to this link.http://www.govtrack.us/congress/committee.xpd?id=HSAG If you are a Gerson patient, you can explain what the effect of this legislation would mean to you personally, how access to organic food is literally a life and death issue for Gerson patients, and what the therapy has done for you and others. # # # Add any trademarks here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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