Food and Cookbooks
I keep reading about genetically altered foods that keep making me want to rant. I promised that I will return to cookbook writing very soon. Maybe as soon as tomorrow. Right now I am more worried about the family and what it is eating than remembering a lost recipe.
The New York Times Editors wrote in the paper this weekend, "Coming to a Plate Near You." They highlighted how consumers are leery of "Frankenfoods." But in the last two paragraphs of the article they highlight my fear...is the FDA up to the task of really checking to see if these modified foods are really safe?
"Some critics worry thet the FDA won't be adept at assessing and mitigating the environmental riske of geneticlly engineered animals. Agency officials are confident they that have the requisite expertise, butteressed by the ability to consult experts at other agencies. Congress will need to make sure that the already overburdened agency-whose main focus has been drugs and medical devisies- has the budget and staffing to handle such a senstitive task. The crucial advance is that the government will require safety and environmental assessments before approving genetically engineered animal products.That is more rigorous than the agenciy's current oversight of genetically modified crops or cloned animals. The prosposal is now opne for comments that could help improve it futher."
I think a quick email to your congress person may be just the ticket. Remind them that problems are better sovled before they begin and not after the problem has become a catastrophy. Which I feel that this could become.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/opinion/04sat3.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
The New York Times Editors wrote in the paper this weekend, "Coming to a Plate Near You." They highlighted how consumers are leery of "Frankenfoods." But in the last two paragraphs of the article they highlight my fear...is the FDA up to the task of really checking to see if these modified foods are really safe?
"Some critics worry thet the FDA won't be adept at assessing and mitigating the environmental riske of geneticlly engineered animals. Agency officials are confident they that have the requisite expertise, butteressed by the ability to consult experts at other agencies. Congress will need to make sure that the already overburdened agency-whose main focus has been drugs and medical devisies- has the budget and staffing to handle such a senstitive task. The crucial advance is that the government will require safety and environmental assessments before approving genetically engineered animal products.That is more rigorous than the agenciy's current oversight of genetically modified crops or cloned animals. The prosposal is now opne for comments that could help improve it futher."
I think a quick email to your congress person may be just the ticket. Remind them that problems are better sovled before they begin and not after the problem has become a catastrophy. Which I feel that this could become.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/opinion/04sat3.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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