Public Interest Coalition Rallying Against House Farm Bill Pro-Biotech Riders

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The chemical industry wants to hijack our food supply to prevent GE crops from scrutiny and governmental regulation.

The following article is posted with persmission from theCenter for Food Safety.

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) and a group of 40 food businesses and retailers, and farm, food safety, environmental and consumer advocacy groups today delivered a letter to leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture warning of the long-term, dangerous and potentially debilitating effects that chemical industry-promoting provisions in the House draft Farm Bill will have on farmers, the environment, public health and the U.S. economy. Far from modernizing the regulatory environment and advancing the health of U.S. agriculture, the buried suite of backdoor biotech riders is the latest attempt by the industry to write its own rules governing genetically engineered (GE) crops, strip the review powers of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and control the future health and safety of U.S. agriculture.

The House’s draft Farm Bill is scheduled for Committee mark-up on Wednesday, July 11 at 10am EDT.

“This is yet another chilling example of the chemical industry’s ongoing campaign to irreversibly alter and control our food supply while they pad their pockets,” said Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of Center for Food Safety. “Every member of the Agriculture Committee has something to lose here if they don’t cut through the deception and reject this direct assault on USDA’s authority and the long-term integrity of our food supply.” 

Noted impact areas of the proposed chemical industry-promoting Farm Bill provisions include:

  • Published on Jul 10, 2012
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