Bush Orders New Measures to Protect Food

[Judi Lynn]

Bush Orders New Measures to Protect Food

Tuesday February 3, 2004 10:01 PM


by IRA DREYFUSS

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush is ordering three Cabinet departments and the Environmental Protection Agency to develop new measures to protect the nation's food supply from terrorist attack.

In an executive order released Tuesday by the White House, Bush told the departments of agriculture, health and human services, and homeland security as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, to develop new methods to respond to potentially calamitous agricultural terrorism.

The directive calls for creation of systems to contain any outbreaks of plant or animal disease that result from terror attack, and to prevent or cure the diseases themselves.

The president ordered the agencies to plan ways to stabilize the food supply and the economy and to help the nation recover after an attack. And he ordered the agencies to help agribusinesses develop plans to protect themselves.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3704669,00.html

[lastknowngood]

1. to hell with terrorist attacks I just want the FDA to protect

us from American business who want to feed us mad cow, feces laden meat and salmonella.

[aquart]

2. Terrorist attacks????

Protect me from the beef industry so I can have a hamburger again!

[Gin]

3. could this be a ploy to bail out the beef industry?

gin

[Taeger]

4. OH MY GOD !!!!!

If Bush's history of "protection" acts is any record we can look forward to a bill that:

1) Lowers overall food quality
2) Eliminates FDA inspectors COMPLETELY through EVEN MORE "voluntary compliance" programs
3) Makes statistics on "downer cows" trade secrets so the public can't tell what they're doing wrong.
4) Declares Oprah a terrorist for insinuating that "Cows shouldn't be eating other cows".
5) Subsidizes IBP and Perdue DIRECTLY. Probably by transporting more "guest workers" to packing plants in Iowa directly from Tiauna (on shitty Mexican trucks that don't meet US Standards).
6) Strips FDA officials of "government service" protection so that Bush can fire all the whistle blowers.


God help us. If Bush declared that he was going to protect me and my family personally, I'd run for the hills.

[BlueEyedSon]

5. Yeah. Deep fry it, smother in "special sauce" and stick it on a

sesame-seed bun.

[depakid]

6. We have met the enemy and he is US

Monsanto, the meat producing industry & pesticide manufacturers pose a FAR greater and more immediate threat to the food supply than any so called terrorists, though ironically, many of the stonewalled measures that would impose regulatory safeguards or force disclosures would also protect against the illusory threats that this throroughly corrupt administration conjures up.

[amber dog democrat]

7. I used to think this guy was kind of harmless

However this was before he became governor.
but now he is going after the nations food supply.
Guess I need to be more involved in my food coops. The main stream alternatives are going to be even less safe.

[hatrack]

8. Haven't you heard?

As of last Monday, it's now officially forbidden to feed chickenshit to cattle intended for human consumption!

There! Don't you feel safer now?

[Claire Beth]

9. all i can say is....

at the rate this administration is going, noone will be able to AFFORD to buy food anyway.

[bluedog]

10. LOL.....

thats all thats left to do....gawd.....1st people were told to sheet wrap their homes...and don;t forget to get duck tape....

amazing what this bunch comes up with to keep the people ina "fear" mode....don't they ever give up....piss asses!!!