hanson policy analyst for the center for food safety thanks so much for coming on t.v. . so i just learned that horsemeat actually does pass through u.s. port before arriving at destination in europe i mean how do we know that we're not even in this here if it's not spect it well. we don't for the most part. we do know that we ship a lot of horses to mexico a lot of horses to canada. we get me back from those countries presumably it's it's labeled correctly we're not testing for me right well let's talk about something a little bit more serious than the u.s. center for food protection and defense recently set up a database of food fraud cases dating i mean we're talking about back decades the worst offenders are fish and seafood and i just saw this article that said fifty nine percent of tuna that we eat is actually miss the label that isn't tuna at all i mean economically this idea that manufacturers are saving money by actually selling us goods that are not the goods that they're presenting it how are they getting away with this. well. people in the us are amazingly ign

hanson policy analyst for the center for food safety thanks so much for coming on t.v. . so i just learned that horsemeat actually does pass through u.s. port before arriving at destination in europe i mean how do we know that we're not even in this here if it's not spect it well. we don't for the most part. we do know that we shipped a lot of horses to mexico a lot of horses to canada. we get me back from those countries presumably it's it's labeled correctly but we're not testing for me right well let's talk about something a little bit more serious than the u.s. center for food protection and defense recently set up a database of food fraud cases dating i mean we're talking about back decades the worst offenders are fish and seafood and i just saw this article that said fifty nine percent of tuna that we eat is actually miss the label that isn't tuna at all i mean economically this idea that manufacturers are saving money by actually selling us goods that are not the goods that they're presenting it how are they getting away with this. well. people in the us are amazin

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to put that into context this copyright in the control of the food system a study by the center for food safety found that fifty three percent of the world's commercial seed market is controlled by just three firms months dupont and said gent right that's not competition anyone who argues on behalf of monsanto is arguing against free markets they're arguing against competition they're arguing against agriculture as something that is to some degree a human right that people have been cultivating crops for thousands of years and yet that that embedded knowledge now is being decimated by a predatory monopolist in the form of monsanto for predatory profits which they will use to influence peddling washington to extend their their monopoly in areas other than just agriculture because of course are in bed with that other than other sick wack-o. bill gates who is a huge investor in monsanto looking to do with the software industry and microsoft is destroyed it well microsoft is actually coming up in this next headline here because they're involved in this case they've issued their own statements regar

monsanto jumping for joy food democracy now an organization that campaigned against h r nine thirty three writes that since losing a court case in two thousand and ten to the center for food safety for the unlawful planting of g.m.o. sugar beets on santo and other. biotech companies have been desperate to find a way around court mandated environmental impact statements required as a result of a u.s. district court's ruling so now monsanto is free to develop plant and sell all sorts of genetically modified foods without fear of being sued or prosecutor if they fail to abide by the federal government's health safety and environmental standards but just how did this teeny tiny provision get inserted into this big appropriations bill in the first place that's where missouri republican representative or senator excuse me roy blunt comes in. according to the new york daily news blunt helps to carefully craft the provisions language with the direct help of monsanto why would he do that you might ask it could be because according the center for responsive politics senator blunt received nearly sixty five thousand dollars in campaign contributions monsanto between two thousand and eight

to put that into context this copyright in the control of the food system a study by the center for food safety found the fifty three percent of the world's commercial seed market is controlled by just three firms monsanto dupont and said gent but that's not competition anyone who argues on behalf of monsanto is arguing against free markets they're arguing against competition they're arguing against agriculture as something that is to some degree human right that people have been cultivating crops for thousands of years and yet that that embedded knowledge down is being decimated by a predatory monopolist in the form of monsanto for predatory profits which they will use to influence peddling washington to extend their their monopoly in areas other than just agriculture because of course are in bed with that other that other sick whacko bill gates who is a huge investor in monsanto look at he did with the software industry and microsoft is destroyed it well microsoft is actually coming up in this next headline here because they're involved in this case they've issued their own statements regard

how it affects us legally and environmentally well actually they continue to lose to the center for food safety because they turn they continue to introduce these products without proper environmental impact statements and so they recently asked a policy that allowed companies like monsanto to do their own environmental impact statement so now we have a situation where the foxes guarding the hen house and then also managing all the key positions but it could be that we'll have some very serious crops introduced during this six month window it's supposedly for the six month funding bill but they'd it's doubtful that they're actually going to get replace the bill in time in six months we may just extend the provisions of this bill which could make it last about a year as you mentioned so a lot of damage can be done during that time right now like dentist trying to get crops on the market that can withstand doses of two four d. herbicide which is a component of agent orange there's other things in the pipeline and any of these things could create major environmental catastrophes but once it's rele

are the center for biologics evaluation and research, the center for veterinary medicine, the center for devices and radiological health, the center for tobacco products, the center for food safety and applied nutrition, and the center for drug evaluation and research. dietary supplements primarily are regulated by the center for food safety and applied nutrition. however, in my line of work in the drug arena, at certain times, which we'll talk about in just a few moments here, those dietary supplements are under the purview of the center for drugs. the types of criminal investigations that i see involving dietary supplements are twofold. we have tainted dietary supplements and supplements associated with health, fraud scams. these particular investigations that we do in these areas can have potential hazards, both direct hazards meaning the product itself can cause serious injury or harm, including death. or there can be an indirect hazard where the product itself poses no health hazard but consuming it likely will delay treatment or cause a consumer to discontinue appropriate medical treatment. that being said, tainted supplements. unfortunately this is a growing area. and whe

for regulating particular commodities. they are the center fer biologic research. the center for biologic. the center for tobacco products. the center for food safety. and the center for drugs evaluation and research. >> dietary supplements are regulated by the food safety and applied nutrition. however in my line of work, in the drug arena, at certain times which we'll talk about in a few moments here, those dietary supplements are under the purview of the center for drugs. the types of criminal investigation that is i see involving dietary supplements are twofold. we have tainted dietary supplements and supplement that is are associated with health fraud scams. these particular investigations that we do in these areas can have potential hazards. both direct hazards meaning that the product itself can cause serious injury or harm including death or there can be an indirect health hazard where the product itself cause noss hazard but consuming it will delay treatment or the cause a consumer to discontinue appropriate medical treatment. unfortunately this is a growing area. when i checked earlier on the f.d.a.'s website they list every tainted supplem

are the center for biologics evaluation and research, the center for veterinary medicine, the center for devices and radiological health, the center for tobacco products, the center for food safetyand applied nutrition, and a center for drugs evaluation and research. dietary supplements primarily are regulated by the center for food safety and applied nutrition. however, in my line of work, in the drug arena, at certain times, those dietary supplements are under the purview of the center for drugs. the types of criminal investigations that i see involving a dietary supplements are twofold. we have tainted dietary supplements. these particular investigations that we do in these areas can have potential hazards both direct house aides, meaning the product itself can cause serious injury or harm, including death, or there can be an indirect help hazard, where the product itself poses no health hazard, but consuming a likely will delay treatment or cause a consumer to discontinue appropriate medical treatment. that being said, tainted supplements. this is a growing area and when i checked earlier in the week, fda lists every tinted supplement but it has identified, there were 332 di

at the center for biologics evaluation and research, the center for veterinary medicine, the center for devices and radiological health, the center for tobacco products, the center for food safety and applied nutrition, and the center for drugs, evaluation and research. dietary supplement primary are regulated by the food safety and applied nutrition. however, in my line of work, and the drug arena, at certain times we talk about in just a few moments here, those dietary supplements are under the purview of the center for drugs. the types of criminal investigations that i see involving dietary supplements are twofold. we have tainted dietary supplements and supplements that are associated with health fraud scams. these particular investigations that we do in these areas can have potential hazards. both direct hazards, meaning that the product itself can cause serious injury or harm, including death, or there can be an indirect health hazard whether product itself poses no health hazards but consuming it likely will delay treatment or cause a consumer to discontinue appropriate medical treatment. that being said, tainted supplements. unfortunately, this is a growing area come an

regulatory bodies that are supposed to be responsible for our food safety roger beachy director at the u.s.d.a. is a former director of the month santo danforth center michael taylor the act is food safety is our is the former vice president monsanto ramona romero a u.s.d.a. counsel was previously on du pont's corporate counsel and the secretary of agriculture tom vilsack was awarded governor of the year by the biotechnology industry organization whose members include monsanto and lastly islams the dickey the u.s. agriculture trade representative who pushes g.m. exports and other countries is a former months and lobbyist. now some of you might be thinking all just go to the healthier grocery store where i know all my food is one hundred percent organic well you might want to think again as alexis bade meyer explains even the most healthy sounding options like whole foods can still be pumped full of g.m. oats check it out. this is actually certified as aggression under the u.s.d.a. national program and they've got the big u.s.d.a. seal right when you walk in so i think that most consumers would assume that there isn't anything to medically modified i

child-care protection, increasing our medical research at n.i.h., protecting food safety and drug safety through the cente center for disease col and prevention, that has to be on an auto pilot from last year and the year before. so my amendment costs exactly what's in the underlying c.r. what's in this agreement -- what's in this agreement -- or what's in my amendment was agreed upon by the house democrats and house republicans, senate republicans, senate democrats in our negotiations last december. i mean the committee, the appropriations committee. there's a lot of talk about being bipartisan around here. well, mr. president, we engaged in bipartisan negotiations last fall, took us months, and we reefed an agreement in december. that's bipartisan work. and now my amendment mirrors exactly what that agreement was. you know, i'm told now that all the republicans are going to vote "no." why? why, i ask. individuals with disabilities education act, your honor the c.r. that's here, no increase. under my amendment, $125 million increase. title i for poor kids in school -- $107 million increase in my amendment, no incre