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OT-irradiated foods

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:51 pm
by Shannon Nelson
Well, IMO more about "maintaining cause" than truly OT...
Today's AlterNet mailing includes this:

required the radura -- a symbol for irradiation that resembles a flower
in a broken circle -- on placards in front of produce displays or on
packaged food like ground beef, along with the statement: "treated with
radiation" or "treated by irradiation."
which had undergone irradiation, but not "material change," would no
longer have to bear the radura logo and companies could replace the
word "irradiation" with the more consumer-friendly "pasteurized" or
something else innocuous. Public comment on the current proposed change
closes in early July." (Full article at
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/55959/)

AlterNet doesn't include a link, and Googling has just given me lots of
dead ends. Does anyone here know how one goes about making that
"public comment"?
Thanks,
Shannon

Re: OT-irradiated foods

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:36 pm
by Tanya Marquette
shannon,
the fda does a good job of hiding. i had difficulty finding
the public comment section but it was there. natural solutions
foundation, which works on the codex issues, has reported thousands
of comments reported not received by them. i would send you the link
but my computor wont open the internet now.
keep the faith and keep searching.
tanya