S. 510

Food Bill S.510 Surprise

• December 14th, 2010 • Nonna's Nutrition News & Views

It’s Unconstitutional What’s that? A Senate snafu has killed the food control bill, known as The Food Safety Modernization Act. In the last days of a lame duck session with a whopping vote of 73 to 25, S.510 flew through the process on Nov. 30. Both Republicans and Democrats supported it. Of all the possible [...]



Food Safety or More Government Control

• November 23rd, 2010 • Nonna's Nutrition News & Views

What Do the Holidays Mean to Politicians? It’s time to push through legislation…when people are distracted. “If you eat, then you’ll want the Food Safety Act to pass” read a recent headline. The Senate has been debating the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. S. 510 and it’s scheduled to go to a vote after Thanksgiving. [...]