re: #222 Obdicut

I’d agree, but the factory farms— Monsanto in particular— are habitual offenders of every form of common-sense food safety regulation. They get away with it because they have enormous political power.

If it’s true that they favor this bill, then this bill will not do a hell of a lot to improve actual food safety.

But the guy who wrote Fast Food Nation is in favor of it, and he’s pretty sharp. I dunno.

I just find it interesting that the far left and the far right are both going insane with rage about it.

I wouldn’t say it’s just the far left or the far that are or have been concerned with parts of this bill. This debate has been going on since at least last winter. The link you posted which lists some of the amendments to the bill has come about because of many groups concerns some of which are quite valid. (The wildlife, set back ones in particular) Part of the issue now and what you might be reading are people who either haven’t clued in that many of their concerns have been addressed or are being addressed or just don’t trust the amendments. The types that get on the “OMG” track and can’t get off of it even when the initial “OMG” actually leads to some of things being addressed. I’ve been on a bunch of other foodie type blogs where you have people still harping on stuff in the original form of the bill and being met with “It’s been changed. Pay attention! Some of the messages are actually getting through” type messages. :)

As for the far right peeps. I think that’s more about ANY type of regulation. Plus way back in the winter there was a stupid rumor that whipped through the rightie Tp sphere that the government was going ban backyard gardens and that something in this bill was going to allow them to do it. It went pretty much downhill from there.