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By: Shopfloor » Blog Archive » When the FDA Gets Its Way

Shopfloor » Blog Archive » When the FDA Gets Its Way — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:26:32 +0000

[…] regulate salt content in food, including a knock on the FDA’s non-denial denial. From “Salt Reactions“: The report in the Washington Post that the Food and Drug Administration intends to work […]

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:47:08 +0000

I prefer the chicken sandwich off the dollar menu.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:10:51 +0000

And by the way, we still have to option to make our own food and eat right, if we choose to. I say that, of course, while I sit here eating a $1 McDonald's Hot n' Spicy chicken sandwich. :-P

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:08:47 +0000

I agree with Todd.

Crisis = an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty.

Politicians need to re-learn that definition.

Ridiculous amounts of salt have been in processed food for years, and it’s not exactly a secret. This is not an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; it’s not a public health crisis, it’s a public health concern.

Yes, it’s a problem that ought to be addressed, but we’re not all going to die in three days (or whatever), if something isn’t done about it right now.

And by the way, we still have to option to make our own food and eat right, if we choose to. You shouldn’t rely on government agencies to take care of your own diet… or finances…

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:03:57 +0000

DeLauro was the chief sponsor of the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 (small farmers and artisan foodmakers must register with the new Department of Food Safety), which thankfully didn’t get off the ground. Overlawyered covered it extensively here:

http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/hr-875-food-safety-modernization-act-of-2009/

It’s worth remembering that when DeLauro was stung by widespread web criticism of a bill which by its terms allowed federal regulation of roadside tomato stands, she blamed a (still unidentified) libertarian conspiracy, which was somewhere “out there.” No doubt this conspiracy is just waiting for cues from its masters at Big Salt to spring into action once more.

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:51:52 +0000

Whenever a politician uses the term, “crisis” you know there’s about to be some serious legislat’n coming down the pike. Hear “crisis,” lose choices.

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:00:51 +0000

Citing anonymous FDA sources, the paper says the agency is aiming to work with manufacturers on a step-down approach, in which salt would be subtracted in small increments over a decade. The hope is that the phase-out will be unnoticeable to consumers.

By this logic, if you put a frog in a pot of water and heat the water slowly it will be unnoticeable to the frog.