By Judith Redmond  of Full Belly Farm, courtesy of  Capay Valley Farm ShopWhen I first heard the term “food safety” I knew that even the term itself was a problem, representing an approach to …
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Obama Signs Food Safety Act into Law: Small Farms Are Exempted from Some Provisions
On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed into law the $1.4 billion Food Safety and Modernization Act, the most sweeping overhaul of the nation’s food industry in 70 years.The law will give the …
I’m Just a Bill
Have you heard about the food safety bill that the U.S. Senate passed in December of 2006? If made law, it will radically change the way U.S. food is grown and processed. The lead story in our online …
New Food Safety Bill Passes Senate: Amendments Support Smallest Farms
The U.S. Senate passed the Food Safety and Modernization Act (S. 510) on November 30th, 2010, the most sweeping overhaul of food safety regulations of the century, spurred by food-borne illness …