While food and agriculture policy often take a back seat during presidential elections, the United Fresh Produce Association got both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on the record regarding some key food issues this week.
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Food Safety Excluded from 2012 Democratic Party Platform Too
Republicans kept their platform secret until it was adopted by the 2012 party convention in Tampa. It was not until after it was released that we learned it contained nothing about food safety. This week,…
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Publisher’s Platform: President Obama, Tell Your Kids Not To Eat Their Fruits and Veggies After August 1st!
Sign Change.org Petition to Save the Program. President Obama, you probably do not remember my three daughters: Morgan, Olivia and Sydney, hanging out with Sasha and Malia and Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers backstage…
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Letter From The Editor: The Bell
This past week, Republicans came to the realization that Mitt Romney could be elected President of the United States, and it dawned on Democrats that President Obama could lose. So reported Mark Evan Halperin, senior…
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Obama Touts Food, Water Protections in State of the Union
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Obama said that while he’s in favor of reforming outdated and unnecessary regulations, he won’t be backing down on food or water safety.
“I’m confident a…
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Congress to Kids: Drop Dead
Last month, when Congress declared pizza a vegetable, it was hard to believe things could get much worse. But never underestimate politicians’ ability to put corporate interests ahead of children’s health.
In the massive…
Letter From The Editor: 'Luck of the Irish'
Sometime around Election Day 2008, I heard the Corrigan Brothers singing “There is no one more Irish than Barack Obama.”
I remember thinking: “Oh, that explains it.”
For someone like myself, who looks at politics…
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Obama Blasts GOP for Food Safety Budget Cuts
President Obama chided House Republicans for seeking steep cuts to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s food safety budget during a news conference at the White House Wednesday.
Obama noted that tax increases must remain…
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Obama Describes FDA as Agency in Need of Overhaul
President Obama said his administration would focus on modernizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, an agency not prepared to handle emerging 21st century challenges in regulating food and drugs.
“I’ve gotten a lot of…
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Obama's Budget Plan Would Boost FDA, Cut FSIS
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food safety programs are not treated equally in the $3.7 trillion budget plan released by President Obama Monday.
The plan, which will set the…
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