FDA exploits salmonella eggs recall to pursue food sterilization agenda

http://www.naturalnews.com ^ | Monday, August 23, 2010 | by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger

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(NaturalNews) It's always amusing to see how quickly consumers can be worked up into a false fear frenzy by health authorities. We saw it last year with the overhyped H1N1 swine flu scare which was fanned into a flaming fear fest by WHO advisors on the take from vaccine manufacturers. Now we're getting a new round of fear-mongering from many of the same sources who are warning us about salmonella contaminated eggs.

According to mainstream news sources, a massive 380-million-egg recall has been announced, and these eggs are all so incredibly dangerous that you have to immediately remove them from your refrigerator and take them back to the store where you bought them so that they can be properly destroyed. This is all backed up by phrases like, "It's not worth the risk," and claims that if people eat the eggs, they are taking "too much of a chance."

Pretty scary, huh?

What they're not telling you is that more than 80 percent of the chicken meat bought at grocery stores is consistently contaminated with the exact same salmonella (http://www.naturalnews.com/021258.html). A more recent study conducted by Consumers Union found that two-thirds of grocery store chickens are contaminated every day! (http://www.naturalnews.com/028661_c...)

But you don't hear warnings to "take your chicken back to the store!" or "it's unsafe to eat your chicken!" Ever wonder why?

Or to phrase the question another way, why is salmonella so dangerous on your eggs, but completely safe on your chicken?

The answer is it's not. It's the exact same risk in both cases: Cook either one and you destroy salmonella entirely. Infected eggs are no more dangerous than infected chicken, and infected chicken is apparently so safe that it's sold every single day at your neighborhood grocery store (without any warnings or alarms, I might add). Nobody at the FDA has even mentioned it is recent memory. Salmonella contaminated chicken is apparently a non-issue.

The real reason for the salmonella scare Now, here's the real reason why the issue of chicken contaminated with salmonella is almost never publicized: Because to expose the salmonella contamination of chicken would be to expose the sick, filthy and inhumane practices of the factory-farmed conventional chicken industry.

And the (non-organic) chicken industry doesn't want anyone to start looking into its practices because its practices are just too disgusting for most people to stomach. You might lose your (chicken McNugget) lunch, and then you'd probably stop buying chicken. They can't have that.

If you don't believe me about the disgusting practices of the chicken industry, watch this extremely disturbing (but factual) video on NaturalNews.TV about it (WARNING: Extremely graphic. Highly disturbing. Watch at your own risk.) (http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=FF65E...)

So chicken meat gets a free pass: It's okay with the FDA, the CDC and the USDA that Americans are buying salmonella contamination every single day as long as it's in the form of a piece of chicken flesh.

Why, then, are contaminated eggs being flagged as so dangerous? To answer that, you have to go back to a story I wrote in 2008 called, "FDA Unleashes Mass Irradiation of Spinach, Lettuce and Other Vegetables" (http://www.naturalnews.com/023945.html)

There, following the FDA's demands that spinach and lettuce be irradiated, I explained the FDA's real agenda: "Don't think the FDA will stop with spinach and lettuce, either. They're already talking about irradiating tomatoes, peppers and onions. Before long, radiation could become mandatory for ALL fresh produce..."

It's already happened with almonds, which must now be fumigated or pasteurized in the United States -- a punitive rule that has severely damaged the U.S. almond industry. That took place after an outbreak of contamination with almonds. Similarly, this recent egg contamination fiasco is giving the FDA precisely the excuse it needs to demand routine pasteurization or irradiation of all eggs. Meanwhile, salmonella-contaminated chicken will be utterly ignored by the FDA even as it calls for the mass-pasteurization of "dangerous" eggs.

The FDA, you see, will seize upon each contamination event as a leverage point from which to ratchet up its food sterilization agenda, and the agency won't stop until every scrap of fresh food sold at grocery stores is either pasteurized, fumigated or irradiated.

Only then will the FDA's true agenda of food control be fully realized. (Insert evil genius laughter here.) And this plan of course involves outlawing all raw milk, raw almonds, raw spinach, raw eggs and anything else that might be living. Hence the recent ramping up of criminal arrests and prosecutions against raw milk producers and living food coops.

The only safe food is dead food according to the FDA. And they're going to make sure your food is as dead as possible by exploiting these hyped-up food emergencies as leverage points from which to assert their "dead foods agenda."

The punch line to all this should be obvious by now: Dead foods lead to dead people. When a population is denied access to health-enhancing living foods (raw foods), its health begins to deteriorate. This of course create a financial windfall for the pharmaceutical industry that thrives on suffering and disease. (More vaccines, anyone?)

In other words, keeping the food sterilized means keeping the people diseased. And keeping the people diseased means keeping the sick-care industry rolling in easy cash. There's nothing like a little sickness to remind people to keep taking their pills, after all...

Don't think that this egg recall has anything to do with protecting the health of consumers. Cigarettes kill hundreds of thousands of people a year and they're perfectly legal to sell. Even toxic chemical food ingredients like MSG, aspartame and sodium nitrite remain perfectly legal, too. If the FDA cared about protecting people from dangerous foods, it would have banned disease-causing ingredients long ago. But instead, the agency going after your raw milk, raw eggs, raw spinach and raw almonds.

What does that tell you about the FDA's real intent?

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I loathe this government and every department/entity within (save the Military)

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House Vote on HR2749 (FDA food takeover)

2009	FDA/Food	.
Representative	HR2749	District
	Alabama
Bonner, Jo [R]	Nay	AL-1
Bright, Bobby [D]	Yea	AL-2
Rogers, Michael [R]	Nay	AL-3
Aderholt, Robert [R]	Nay	AL-4
Griffith, Parker [D]	Nay	AL-5
Bachus, Spencer [R]	Nay	AL-6
Davis, Artur [D]	Yea	AL-7
	Alaska
Young, Donald [R]	Nay	AK-0
	Arizona
Kirkpatrick, Ann [D]	Yea	AZ-1
Franks, Trent [R]	Nay	AZ-2
Shadegg, John [R]	Nay	AZ-3
Pastor, Edward [D]	Yea	AZ-4
Mitchell, Harry [D]	Yea	AZ-5
Flake, Jeff [R]	Nay	AZ-6
Grijalva, Raul [D]	Yea	AZ-7
Giffords, Gabrielle [D]	Yea	AZ-8
	Arkansas
Berry, Robert [D]	Yea	AR-1
Snyder, Victor [D]	Yea	AR-2
Boozman, John [R]	Nay	AR-3
Ross, Mike [D]	Yea	AR-4
	California
Thompson, C. [D]	Yea	CA-1
Herger, Walter [R]	Nay	CA-2
Lungren, Daniel [R]	Nay	CA-3
McClintock, Tom [R]	Nay	CA-4
Matsui, Doris [D]	Yea	CA-5
Woolsey, Lynn [D]	Nay	CA-6
Miller, George [D]	Yea	CA-7
Pelosi, Nancy [D]
Lee, Barbara [D]	Yea	CA-9
Tauscher, Ellen
McNerney, Jerry [D]	Yea	CA-11
Speier, Jackie [D]	Yea	CA-12
Stark, Fortney [D]	Yea	CA-13
Eshoo, Anna [D]	Yea	CA-14
Honda, Michael [D]	Yea	CA-15
Lofgren, Zoe [D]	Yea	CA-16
Farr, Sam [D]	Yea	CA-17
Cardoza, Dennis [D]	Yea	CA-18
Radanovich, George [R]	Nay	CA-19
Costa, Jim [D]	Yea	CA-20
Nunes, Devin [R]	Nay	CA-21
McCarthy, Kevin [R]	Nay	CA-22
Capps, Lois [D]	Yea	CA-23
Gallegly, Elton [R]	Nay	CA-24
McKeon, Howard [R]	Nay	CA-25
Dreier, David [R]	Nay	CA-26
Sherman, Brad [D]	Yea	CA-27
Berman, Howard [D]	Yea	CA-28
Schiff, Adam [D]	Yea	CA-29
Waxman, Henry [D]	Yea	CA-30
Becerra, Xavier [D]	Yea	CA-31
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA32]	Yea	CA-32
Watson, Diane [D]	Yea	CA-33
Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D]	Yea	CA-34
Waters, Maxine [D]	Yea	CA-35
Harman, Jane [D]	Yea	CA-36
Richardson, Laura [D]	Yea	CA-37
Napolitano, Grace [D]	Yea	CA-38
Sanchez, Linda [D]	Yea	CA-39
Royce, Edward [R]	Nay	CA-40
Lewis, Jerry [R]	Nay	CA-41
Miller, Gary [R]	Nay	CA-42
Baca, Joe [D]	Yea	CA-43
Calvert, Ken [R]	Nay	CA-44
Bono Mack, Mary [R]	Nay	CA-45
Rohrabacher, Dana [R]	Nay	CA-46
Sanchez, Loretta [D]	Yea	CA-47
Campbell, John [R]	Nay	CA-48
Issa, Darrell [R]	Nay	CA-49
Bilbray, Brian [R]	Nay	CA-50
Filner, Bob [D]	Yea	CA-51
Hunter, Duncan [R]	Nay	CA-52
Davis, Susan [D]	Yea	CA-53
	Colorado
DeGette, Diana [D]	Yea	CO-1
Polis, Jared [D]	Yea	CO-2
Salazar, John [D]	Nay	CO-3
Markey, Betsy [D]	Nay	CO-4
Lamborn, Doug [R]	Nay	CO-5
Coffman, Mike [R]	Nay	CO-6
Perlmutter, Ed [D]	Yea	CO-7
	Connecticut
Larson, John [D]	Yea	CT-1
Courtney, Joe [D]	Yea	CT-2
DeLauro, Rosa [D]	Yea	CT-3
Himes, James [D]	Yea	CT-4
Murphy, Christopher [D]	Yea	CT-5
	Delaware
Castle, Michael [R]	Yea	DE-0
	Florida
Miller, Jeff [R]	Nay	FL-1
Boyd, Allen [D]	Yea	FL-2
Brown, Corrine [D]	Yea	FL-3
Crenshaw, Ander [R]	Yea	FL-4
Brown-Waite, Virginia [R]	Nay	FL-5
Stearns, Clifford [R]	Nay	FL-6
Mica, John [R]	Nay	FL-7
Grayson, Alan [D]	Yea	FL-8
Bilirakis, Gus [R]	Yea	FL-9
Young, C. W. [R]	Nay	FL-10
Castor, Kathy [D]	Yea	FL-11
Putnam, Adam [R]	Yea	FL-12
Buchanan, Vern [R]	Yea	FL-13
Mack, Connie [R]	Nay	FL-14
Posey, Bill [R]	Nay	FL-15
Rooney, Thomas [R]	Nay	FL-16
Meek, Kendrick [D]	Yea	FL-17
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R]	Yea	FL-18
Wexler, Robert [D]	Yea	FL-19
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D]	Yea	FL-20
Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R]	Yea	FL-21
Klein, Ron [D]	Yea	FL-22
Hastings, Alcee [D]	Yea	FL-23
Kosmas, Suzanne [D]	Yea	FL-24
Diaz-Balart, Mario [R]	Yea	FL-25
	Georgia
Kingston, Jack [R]	Nay	GA-1
Bishop, Sanford [D]	Yea	GA-2
Westmoreland, Lynn [R]	Nay	GA-3
Johnson, Henry [D]	Yea	GA-4
Lewis, John [D]	Yea	GA-5
Price, Tom [R]	Nay	GA-6
Linder, John [R]	Nay	GA-7
Marshall, James [D]	Nay	GA-8
Deal, Nathan [R]	Yea	GA-9
Broun, Paul [R]	Nay	GA-10
Gingrey, John [R]	Yea	GA-11
Barrow, John [D]	Yea	GA-12
Scott, David [D]	Yea	GA-13
	Hawaii
Abercrombie, Neil [D]	Yea	HI-1
Hirono, Mazie [D]	Yea	HI-2
	Idaho
Minnick, Walter [D]	Nay	ID-1
Simpson, Michael [R]	Nay	ID-2
	Illinois
Rush, Bobby [D]	Yea	IL-1
Jackson, Jesse [D]	Yea	IL-2
Lipinski, Daniel [D]	Yea	IL-3
Gutierrez, Luis [D]	Yea	IL-4
Quigley, Mike [D]	Yea	IL-5
Roskam, Peter [R]	Yea	IL-6
Davis, Danny [D]	Yea	IL-7
Bean, Melissa [D]	Nay	IL-8
Schakowsky, Janice [D]	Yea	IL-9
Kirk, Mark [R]	Yea	IL-10
Halvorson, Deborah [D]	Yea	IL-11
Costello, Jerry [D]	Yea	IL-12
Biggert, Judy [R]	Yea	IL-13
Foster, Bill [D]	Yea	IL-14
Johnson, Timothy [R]	Nay	IL-15
Manzullo, Donald [R]	Nay	IL-16
Hare, Phil [D]	Yea	IL-17
Schock, Aaron [R]	Nay	IL-18
Shimkus, John [R]	Yea	IL-19
	Indiana
Visclosky, Peter [D]	Yea	IN-1
Donnelly, Joe [D]	Yea	IN-2
Souder, Mark [R]	Nay	IN-3
Buyer, Stephen [R]	Yea	IN-4
Burton, Dan [R]	Nay	IN-5
Pence, Mike [R]	Nay	IN-6
Carson, André [D]	Yea	IN-7
Ellsworth, Brad [D]	Yea	IN-8
Hill, Baron [D]	Yea	IN-9
	Iowa
Braley, Bruce [D]	Yea	IA-1
Loebsack, David [D]	Yea	IA-2
Boswell, Leonard [D]	Yea	IA-3
Latham, Thomas [R]	Nay	IA-4
King, Steve [R]	Nay	IA-5
	Kansas
Moran, Jerry [R]	Nay	KS-1
Jenkins, Lynn [R]	Nay	KS-2
Moore, Dennis [D]	Yea	KS-3
Tiahrt, Todd [R]	Nay	KS-4
	Kentucky
Whitfield, Edward [R]	Yea	KY-1
Guthrie, Brett [R]	Yea	KY-2
Yarmuth, John [D]	Yea	KY-3
Davis, Geoff [R]	Nay	KY-4
Rogers, Harold [R]	Yea	KY-5
Chandler, Ben [D]	Yea	KY-6
	Louisiana
Scalise, Steve [R]	Yea	LA-1
Cao, Anh [R]	Yea	LA-2
Melancon, Charles [D]	Yea	LA-3
Fleming, John [R]	Nay	LA-4
Alexander, Rodney [R]	Nay	LA-5
Cassidy, Bill [R]	Nay	LA-6
Boustany, Charles [R]	Nay	LA-7
	Maine
Pingree, Chellie [D]	Nay	ME-1
Michaud, Michael [D]	Yea	ME-2
	Maryland
Kratovil, Frank [D]	Nay	MD-1
Ruppersberger, C.A. [D]	Yea	MD-2
Sarbanes, John [D]	Yea	MD-3
Edwards, Donna [D]	Yea	MD-4
Hoyer, Steny [D]	Yea	MD-5
Bartlett, Roscoe [R]	Nay	MD-6
Cummings, Elijah [D]	Yea	MD-7
Van Hollen, Christopher [D]	Yea	MD-8
	Massachusetts
Olver, John [D]	Yea	MA-1
Neal, Richard [D]	Yea	MA-2
McGovern, James [D]	Yea	MA-3
Frank, Barney [D]	Yea	MA-4
Tsongas, Niki [D]	Yea	MA-5
Tierney, John [D]	Yea	MA-6
Markey, Edward [D]	Yea	MA-7
Capuano, Michael [D]	Yea	MA-8
Lynch, Stephen [D]	Yea	MA-9
Delahunt, William [D]	Yea	MA-10
	Michigan
Stupak, Bart [D]	Yea	MI-1
Hoekstra, Peter [R]	Nay	MI-2
Ehlers, Vernon [R]	Yea	MI-3
Camp, David [R]	Yea	MI-4
Kildee, Dale [D]	Yea	MI-5
Upton, Frederick [R]	Yea	MI-6
Schauer, Mark [D]	Yea	MI-7
Rogers, Michael [R]	Yea	MI-8
Peters, Gary [D]	Yea	MI-9
Miller, Candice [R]	Yea	MI-10
McCotter, Thaddeus [R]	Yea	MI-11
Levin, Sander [D]	Yea	MI-12
Kilpatrick, Carolyn [D]	Yea	MI-13
Conyers, John [D]	Yea	MI-14
Dingell, John [D]	Yea	MI-15
	Minnesota
Walz, Timothy [D]	Yea	MN-1
Kline, John [R]	Nay	MN-2
Paulsen, Erik [R]	Yea	MN-3
McCollum, Betty [D]	Yea	MN-4
Ellison, Keith [D]	Yea	MN-5
Bachmann, Michele [R]	Yea	MN-6
Peterson, Collin [D]	Yea	MN-7
Oberstar, James [D]	Yea	MN-8
	Mississippi
Childers, Travis [D]	Nay	MS-1
Thompson, Bennie [D]	Yea	MS-2
Harper, Gregg [R]	Nay	MS-3
Taylor, Gene [D]	Nay	MS-4
	Missouri
Clay, William [D]	Yea	MO-1
Akin, W. [R]	Nay	MO-2
Carnahan, Russ [D]	Yea	MO-3
Skelton, Ike [D]	Yea	MO-4
Cleaver, Emanuel [D]	Yea	MO-5
Graves, Samuel [R]	Nay	MO-6
Blunt, Roy [R]	Nay	MO-7
Emerson, Jo Ann [R]	Nay	MO-8
Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R]	Nay	MO-9
	Montana
Rehberg, Dennis [R]	Nay	MT-0
	Nebraska
Fortenberry, Jeffrey [R]	Yea	NE-1
Terry, Lee [R]	Yea	NE-2
Smith, Adrian [R]	Nay	NE-3
	Nevada
Berkley, Shelley [D]	Yea	NV-1
Heller, Dean [R]	Nay	NV-2
Titus, Dina [D]	Yea	NV-3
	New Hampshire
Shea-Porter, Carol [D]	Yea	NH-1
Hodes, Paul [D]	Yea	NH-2
	New Jersey
Andrews, Robert [D]	Yea	NJ-1
LoBiondo, Frank [R]	Yea	NJ-2
Adler, John [D]	Yea	NJ-3
Smith, Christopher [R]	Yea	NJ-4
Garrett, Scott [R]	Nay	NJ-5
Pallone, Frank [D]	Yea	NJ-6
Lance, Leonard [R]	Yea	NJ-7
Pascrell, William [D]	Yea	NJ-8
Rothman, Steven [D]	Yea	NJ-9
Payne, Donald [D]	Yea	NJ-10
Frelinghuysen, Rodney [R]	Yea	NJ-11
Holt, Rush [D]	Yea	NJ-12
Sires, Albio [D]	Yea	NJ-13
	New Mexico
Heinrich, Martin [D]	Nay	NM-1
Teague, Harry [D]	Nay	NM-2
Lujan, Ben [D]	Nay	NM-3
	New York
Bishop, Timothy [D]	Yea	NY-1
Israel, Steve [D]	Yea	NY-2
King, Peter [R]	Yea	NY-3
McCarthy, Carolyn [D]	Not Voting	NY-4
Ackerman, Gary [D]	Yea	NY-5
Meeks, Gregory [D]	Yea	NY-6
Crowley, Joseph [D]	Yea	NY-7
Nadler, Jerrold [D]	Yea	NY-8
Weiner, Anthony [D]	Yea	NY-9
Towns, Edolphus [D]	Yea	NY-10
Clarke, Yvette [D]	Yea	NY-11
Velazquez, Nydia [D]	Yea	NY-12
McMahon, Michael [D]	Yea	NY-13
Maloney, Carolyn [D]	Yea	NY-14
Rangel, Charles [D]	Yea	NY-15
Serrano, José [D]	Yea	NY-16
Engel, Eliot [D]	Yea	NY-17
Lowey, Nita [D]	Yea	NY-18
Hall, John [D]	Yea	NY-19
Murphy, Scott [D]	Yea	NY-20
Tonko, Paul [D]	Yea	NY-21
Hinchey, Maurice [D]	Nay	NY-22
McHugh, John [R]	Not Voting	NY-23
Arcuri, Michael [D]	Nay	NY-24
Maffei, Daniel [D]	Yea	NY-25
Lee, Christopher [R]	Yea	NY-26
Higgins, Brian [D]	Yea	NY-27
Slaughter, Louise [D]	Yea	NY-28
Massa, Eric [D]	Nay	NY-29
	North Carolina
Butterfield, George [D]	Yea	NC-1
Etheridge, Bob [D]	Yea	NC-2
Jones, Walter [R]	Nay	NC-3
Price, David [D]	Yea	NC-4
Foxx, Virginia [R]	Nay	NC-5
Coble, Howard [R]	Nay	NC-6
McIntyre, Mike [D]	Yea	NC-7
Kissell, Larry [D]	Yea	NC-8
Myrick, Sue [R]	Nay	NC-9
Mchenry, Patrick [R]	Nay	NC-10
Shuler, Heath [D]	Nay	NC-11
Watt, Melvin [D]	Yea	NC-12
Miller, R. [D]	Yea	NC-13
	North Dakota
Pomeroy, Earl [D]	Yea	ND-0
	Ohio
Driehaus, Steve [D]	Yea	OH-1
Schmidt, Jean [R]	Nay	OH-2
Turner, Michael [R]	Yea	OH-3
Jordan, Jim [R]	Nay	OH-4
Latta, Robert [R]	Nay	OH-5
Wilson, Charles [D]	Yea	OH-6
Austria, Steve [R]	Nay	OH-7
Boehner, John [R]	Nay	OH-8
Kaptur, Marcy [D]	Yea	OH-9
Kucinich, Dennis [D]	Yea	OH-10
Fudge, Marcia [D]	Yea	OH-11
Tiberi, Patrick [R]	Yea	OH-12
Sutton, Betty [D]	Yea	OH-13
LaTourette, Steven [R]	Yea	OH-14
Kilroy, Mary Jo [D]	Yea	OH-15
Boccieri, John [D]	Yea	OH-16
Ryan, Timothy [D]	Yea	OH-17
Space, Zachary [D]	Yea	OH-18
	Oklahoma
Sullivan, John [R]	Nay	OK-1
Boren, Dan [D]	Yea	OK-2
Lucas, Frank [R]	Nay	OK-3
Cole, Tom [R]	Nay	OK-4
Fallin, Mary [R]	Nay	OK-5
	Oregon
Wu, David [D]	Yea	OR-1
Walden, Greg [R]	Yea	OR-2
Blumenauer, Earl [D]	Nay	OR-3
DeFazio, Peter [D]	Yea	OR-4
Schrader, Kurt [D]	Yea	OR-5
	Pennsylvania
Brady, Robert [D]	Yea	PA-1
Fattah, Chaka [D]	Yea	PA-2
Dahlkemper, Kathleen [D]	Yea	PA-3
Altmire, Jason [D]	Yea	PA-4
Thompson, Glenn [R]	Nay	PA-5
Gerlach, Jim [R]	Yea	PA-6
Sestak, Joe [D]	Yea	PA-7
Murphy, Patrick [D]	Yea	PA-8
Shuster, William [R]	Nay	PA-9
Carney, Christopher [D]	Yea	PA-10
Kanjorski, Paul [D]	Yea	PA-11
Murtha, John [D]	Yea	PA-12
Schwartz, Allyson [D]	Yea	PA-13
Doyle, Michael [D]	Yea	PA-14
Dent, Charles [R]	Yea	PA-15
Pitts, Joseph [R]	Nay	PA-16
Holden, Tim [D]	Yea	PA-17
Murphy, Tim [R]	Yea	PA-18
Platts, Todd [R]	Yea	PA-19
	Rhode Island
Kennedy, Patrick [D]	Yea	RI-1
Langevin, James [D]	Yea	RI-2
	South Carolina
Brown, Henry [R]	Nay	SC-1
Wilson, Addison [R]	Nay	SC-2
Barrett, James [R]	Nay	SC-3
Inglis, Bob [R]	Nay	SC-4
Spratt, John [D]	Yea	SC-5
Clyburn, James [D]	Yea	SC-6
	South Dakota
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D]	Yea	SD-0
	Tennessee
Roe, Phil [R]	Nay	TN-1
Duncan, John [R]	Nay	TN-2
Wamp, Zach [R]	Nay	TN-3
Davis, Lincoln [D]	Not Voting	TN-4
Cooper, Jim [D]	Yea	TN-5
Gordon, Barton [D]	Yea	TN-6
Blackburn, Marsha [R]	Nay	TN-7
Tanner, John [D]	Yea	TN-8
Cohen, Steve [D]	Yea	TN-9
	Texas
Gohmert, Louis [R]	Nay	TX-1
Poe, Ted [R]	Nay	TX-2
Johnson, Samuel [R]	Nay	TX-3
Hall, Ralph [R]	Nay	TX-4
Hensarling, Jeb [R]	Nay	TX-5
Barton, Joe [R]	Yea	TX-6
Culberson, John [R]	Nay	TX-7
Brady, Kevin [R]	Nay	TX-8
Green, Al [D]	Yea	TX-9
McCaul, Michael [R]	Nay	TX-10
Conaway, K. [R]	Nay	TX-11
Granger, Kay [R]	Nay	TX-12
Thornberry, William [R]	Nay	TX-13
Paul, Ronald [R]	Nay	TX-14
Hinojosa, Rubén [D]	Yea	TX-15
Reyes, Silvestre [D]	Yea	TX-16
Edwards, Thomas [D]	Yea	TX-17
Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D]	Yea	TX-18
Neugebauer, Randy [R]	Nay	TX-19
Gonzalez, Charles [D]	Yea	TX-20
Smith, Lamar [R]	Nay	TX-21
Olson, Pete [R]	Nay	TX-22
Rodriguez, Ciro [D]	Yea	TX-23
Marchant, Kenny [R]	Yea	TX-24
Doggett, Lloyd [D]	Yea	TX-25
Burgess, Michael [R]	Yea	TX-26
Ortiz, Solomon [D]	Yea	TX-27
Cuellar, Henry [D]	Yea	TX-28
Green, Raymond [D]	Yea	TX-29
Johnson, Eddie [D]	Yea	TX-30
Carter, John [R]	Nay	TX-31
Sessions, Peter [R]	Nay	TX-32
	Utah
Bishop, Rob [R]	Nay	UT-1
Matheson, Jim [D]	Yea	UT-2
Chaffetz, Jason [R]	Nay	UT-3
	Vermont
Welch, Peter [D]	Nay	VT-0
	Virginia
Wittman, Rob [R]	Nay	VA-1
Nye, Glenn [D]	Yea	VA-2
Scott, Robert [D]	Yea	VA-3
Forbes, James [R]	Nay	VA-4
Perriello, Thomas [D]	Nay	VA-5
Goodlatte, Robert [R]	Nay	VA-6
Cantor, Eric [R]	Nay	VA-7
Moran, James [D]	Yea	VA-8
Boucher, Frederick [D]	Yea	VA-9
Wolf, Frank [R]	Yea	VA-10
Connolly, Gerald [D]	Yea	VA-11
	Washington
Inslee, Jay [D]	Yea	WA-1
Larsen, Rick [D]	Yea	WA-2
Baird, Brian [D]	Yea	WA-3
Hastings, Doc [R]	Nay	WA-4
McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R]	Nay	WA-5
Dicks, Norman [D]	Yea	WA-6
McDermott, James [D]	Yea	WA-7
Reichert, Dave [R]	Yea	WA-8
Smith, Adam [D]	Yea	WA-9
	West Virginia
Mollohan, Alan [D]	Yea	WV-1
Capito, Shelley [R]	Yea	WV-2
Rahall, Nick [D]	Yea	WV-3
	Wisconsin
Ryan, Paul [R]	Nay	WI-1
Baldwin, Tammy [D]	Yea	WI-2
Kind, Ronald [D]	Nay	WI-3
Moore, Gwen [D]	Yea	WI-4
Sensenbrenner, F. [R]	Nay	WI-5
Petri, Thomas [R]	Nay	WI-6
Obey, David [D]	Yea	WI-7
Kagen, Steve [D]	Nay	WI-8
	Wyoming
Lummis, Cynthia [R]	Nay	WY-0

[steveo]

The premise of this is ridiculous. People eat undercooked runny eggs. People eat raw eggs in homemade mayonnaise. Caesar salad contains raw egg.

People rarely eat raw or undercooked chicken.

[Pessimist]

Furthermore, irradiating food is an excellent means of assuring its safety.

[Texas Fossil]

2749: Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2749

Passed the House on Jul 30, 2009

Senate has yet to vote on it, but if you look at the complementary bill (S510) it looks like it has serious opposition in the Senate.

Reported version of S510 on Thomas:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:2:./temp/~c111QnCKSF::

Look at the number of “Stuck Out” entries.

NOW this bill is a serious threat to both food cost and freedom to produce food in the U.S. This is a stealth sleeper bill that if it passed the Senate would be in my opinion the ultimate weapon for Despots to control a population. It is also my opinion that is exactly what the House bill was designed to do.

These are Treasonous Acts

[JRandomFreeper]

Dead foods lead to dead people

I didn't see any reference to peer reviewed studies in the article to support his statement.

As a food service professional that is careful about what I eat, I have no problem with pasturized eggs. Especially now that I'm missing my spleen and have lost some immunity to diseases.

/johnny

[Keith in Iowa]

Iowa radio talker Jan Mickelson on 1040-WHO radio said this morning he’s getting emails suggesting there may be animal-right wack-o sabotage going on here...

[Mase]

Before long, radiation could become mandatory for ALL fresh produce..."

And his problem with this is.....?

Dead foods lead to dead people.

ROFL!

When a population is denied access to health-enhancing living foods (raw foods), its health begins to deteriorate

Irradiating food will deny him access to health-enhancing living foods? Dear Lord. Where do these people come from?

Don't think that this egg recall has anything to do with protecting the health of consumers......Even toxic chemical food ingredients like MSG, aspartame and sodium nitrite remain perfectly legal, too

It appears you don't need to know much about food, food safety, nutrition, or science in general, to write for Natural News and call yourself the Health Ranger. What a buffoon.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The FDA (or any other federal agency) is not required to do any cost-benefit analysis on their regulations.

That has to change.

[CharlesMartelsGhost]

[Texas Fossil]

Love the cartoon, it is spot on.

Remember, November is coming soon.

[Patriotic1]

I’m pro-irradiation personally. Makes eating oysters less nerve-wracking.

[FreeStateYank]

Help FReepers. Is the salmonella just on the shell or in the egg?

If it is only on the shell, what is the problem? Could be all kinds of crap on the ‘container’ of the egg.

And if it’s in the egg, how did it get in there? Something seems weird about this whole thing.

[P8riot]

Folks need to raise their own eggs (or at least buy from local producers). It’s not that hard, and better for you, and the chickens too. We’ve been doing it for almost ten years and would never go back to the mass produced chicken $#!t they sell in the stores.

[Southack]

Irradiation is a good, healthy way to insure food safety. There’s nothing wrong with irradiation.

[P8riot]

Inside. it comes from a crappy diet and the un-natural conditions and processes used to produce eggs for the mass market; all of which are not only sanctioned but mandated by the USDA and FDA.

[FreeStateYank]

Thanks, P8riot!

I’d read that the Fed was gunning for the company [ticker:CALM] based on price fixing. Seems there are more rotten areas in the egg business.

[Mase]

it comes from a crappy diet and the un-natural conditions and processes used to produce eggs for the mass market; all of which are not only sanctioned but mandated by the USDA and FDA.

This is nonsense. Salmonella can infect the ovaries of healthy looking hens whether they're considered mass marketed, Kosher, organic, free range or natural. You can't tell by looking at the bird, or where the bird comes from, if it's infected with salmonella. Even infected birds will produce lots of "normal" eggs before offering up a contaminated one. That's why raw eggs need to be cooked.

[P8riot]

This is nonsense. Salmonella can infect the ovaries of healthy looking hens whether they're considered mass marketed, Kosher, organic, free range or natural. You can't tell by looking at the bird, or where the bird comes from, if it's infected with salmonella. Even infected birds will produce lots of "normal" eggs before offering up a contaminated one. That's why raw eggs need to be cooked.

True, but the potential for infection in mass market birds is greater due to their living conditions and diet. It is impossible to ensure sanitary conditions for birds when they are concentrated in an area that gives each bird less than one square foot in which to live, eat, and defecate. I have a friend here in Virginia that keeps hundreds of free range birds, that produce eggs of a documented higher quality than anything you will buy in a store, even so certified "organic" eggs.

Free range birds eat their natural diet and are healthier than mass market birds who eat a diet that is formulated for egg production not necessarily the health of the bird; unhealthy birds are more likely to harbor the salmonella virus. Also, after the eggs are laid they mingle with the eggs of thousands of other birds and the potential for cross contamination increases. Moreover, the protective outer shell of the egg is removed during processing which leaves the porous shell even more susceptible to bacterial infestation.