The Meaty Truth by Barnard Neal Castle Shushana Goodman Amy-Lee

Author:Barnard, Neal, Castle, Shushana, Goodman, Amy-Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2014-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Just to refresh your memory, the FDA approved the use of Monsanto’s rBGH growth hormone in cows during the 1990s, despite reports of rBGH’s dangerous side effects in cows and potential human-health hazards. Ms. Miller and Mr. Taylor might just have had something to do with getting that FDA approval. They also might have been influential in staving off efforts to repeal rBGH even as mounting scientific evidence from a variety of sources urged the FDA to act.

We can’t judge people by their past employment necessarily, but the implemented policies that undermine the regulatory mission of the USDA and FDA in favor of maintaining high profits for corporations says otherwise. For example, the USDA continued to support the misguided EQIP programs that give conservation money to factory farms to aid in waste management. The USDA also denied and avoided testing of mad cow disease in 2003 instead of taking measures to assure the safety of America’s food supply to consumers. The USDA and FDA have also continuously turned a blind eye to scientific research that has recorded the harm of genetically engineered foods and continued to support and push them onto unknowing consumers without labels.

Although the Obama administration pledged to help end the revolving door, it continues to staff former industry employees in extremely prominent positions. For starters, the USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has ties to Monsanto and openly promotes genetically engineered crops. This could be one reason why, despite public support for labeling of genetically modified foods, the USDA has continuously failed to implement the provision. Staffing Michael Taylor, Monsanto’s former vice president for Public Policy as the Deputy Commissioner for Foods, most likely does not bode well for the American public. Unfortunately, this administration has failed to “close the revolving door that lets lobbyists come into government freely and lets them use their time in public service as a way to promote their own interests over the interests of the American people when they leave.”32

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