The Food Safety bill I wrote about yesterday passed the Senate Tuesday. This is a good step. Now it’s on to the House.
From NPR’s Health blog:
Senate Passes Sweeping Food Safety Bill, House Up Next
November 30, 2010
by APRIL FULTON
It sure took a while, but the Senate today passed the first major bill to strengthen food safety protections in 70 years. By current partisan standards, the 73-25 vote in favor of the bill was a landslide.
But before changes to the nation’s system for safeguarding food become law, the Senate bill still has to get through the House, which passed its own food safety bill nearly a year and half ago….