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Consumer Comments on Food Irradiation 18CLEAN UP THE WATER SUPPLY IN CA BEFORE IRRADIATING OUR FOOD SUPPLY
*** To Whom it May Concern,
Why not deal with the problem (a disease-ridden factory-farmed food system)?
If you do that, then the symptom (contamination of neighboring agricultural
producers) will largely, if not entirely, be resolved.Trust me, I will not be buying your irradiated products. Sincerely, Tara McDonald
*** Allowing yourselves to be financially compromised by corporate bribery, that allows them to further permissively compromise the all ready filthy Mass-Production habits of globalized-oriented mass-production farms, is a heracy to everything you previous FDA workers slaved away their entire lives to create. If you will not listen to an Electrical Engineer, and a productive U.S. citizen, as well as a Desert Storm Veteran tell you to stop capitulating to the scientifically unsound, and unsustainable practices, then it is time to dissolve the FDA and legally reform it with IRS monitoring, so that the bribery stops. The compromises you are perpetuating against the American People would land you with a Life Sentence in Levinworth, if you tried this as a military employee. Those of you who can should start targeting and identifying the sell-outs within your agency. Forward Their names to all of the Organic advocacy groups. They will finally then be eliminatable from the system. Courage is the key word here. It's going to take real Kahoona's to clean-out the BAD-APPLES. They will never change, you have to clean them out once and for all.
***I have found that I am healthier by ingesting products that are truly organic. I am absolutely opposed to lettuce, spinach or any other foods being irradiated. We can return to healthier farming methods and we do not need more ways that our food is messed with either by chemicals or by irradiation. It is difficult enough to eat sanely without having one more way that food is interfered with. Produce is meant to be grown with water, soil and sun and then ingested, not irradiated before ingestion.
America is the sickest nation in the world and uses the most medicines and coincidentally we have the most messed with food from GMO's, pesticides and agrifarming. Stop the insanity. Do not use irradiation.
And the FDA and USDA said partake of the irradiated foods and gain the knowledge of Evil, and the Garden of Eden was ruined forever.
***I am writing to strongly urge you to not allow irradiation of our produce, which will
harm our health more (in the long run). The most effective thing to do is to clean up the farmed food industry that is polluting the farmlands with waste.
Thank you, Lisa Abramovic
***Every day I am blown away more and more by the institutions of this government. Originally intended for the safety of food products for the American consumers, you, the FDA, have yet to get another stunt passed. I am a 34 year old mother of 2 children that has great concern for my families health and well being. We eat a variety of fruits and vegetables every day for the health benefits but now question the future safety of these products. RADIATION! How about making the
agricultural community responsible for supplying a SAFE product for consumers to purchase. I could continue on with the disappointment that I have for our government agencies and the lack of responsibility but I wouldn't want to be
accused of babbling on. Just let it be known that more and more consumers are becoming smart to what they're consuming and when you approach life and health in a preventative mode, your body takes care of itself. Please think of the health of the nation.
*** Please do not allow Irradiation of our produce! Your decisions are not saving us but killing us!
*** irradiation is not the best means of safeguarding our food - it does just the opposite
*** Do not allow the unhealthy process of irradiating spinach, lettuce and other foods instead of cleaning up the contaminated factory-farmed processes of growing and packing our food supply.
***The FDA needs to attack the problem of contaminted produce from where it stems-our factory farming and industrialized system for growing and creating the cheapest food. Rather than allow these industries to wreak havoc on the American people and the environment and thn treat the results (contaminated food), why not go to the SOURCE and try to get industry to produce healthy, fresh, and pathogen-free food?!
***Statement to the FDA, Apparently your research is either faulty, non-existant or you just don't care. To think that you would approve the irradiation of ANY food is unthinkable. If the al nutrients is not enough of a reason, then the production of carsinogenic chemicals or accelerating the growth of aspergillus mold, which produces the most potent natural carcinogens known to man, aflatoxins, should be! When did enforcing CLEAN feed lots & packaging plants become such a foreign concept?? Why would you want to be responsible for creating health problems
that would be far worse in the long run than what we have now?? Please reconsider and reverse your decision to allow irradiation of lettuce, spinach, meats and any other food immediately for the sake of every person in the United States. Thank you for your time. Barbara Bukovnik, NTP
***Hello, I am posting my comment in objection to the irradiation of produce.
I truly believe this will create more problems for the American people than it will solve. Please consider the following facts before you start to ruin our food supply:
Irradiating food makes food more dangerous, not safer. Some major concerns with food irradiation include:
-The formation of free radicals, which can set off chain reactions in the body that destroy antioxidants, tear apart cell membranes, and make the body more susceptible to cancer, diabetes, heart disease, liver damage, muscular breakdown and other serious problems.
-Serious health problems in laboratory testing, including, including premature death, fatal internal bleeding, cancer, stillbirths and other reproductive problems, mutations and other genetic damage, organ malfunctions, stunted growth and vitamin deficiencies.
-The creating mutant forms of dangerous bacteria, like E. coli and Salmonella -Nutrient loss in foods, including the destruction of vitamins and essential fatty acids.
-The formation of carcinogenic chemicals, like benzene and toluene.
-While irradiated lettuce and spinach must be labeled in supermarkets, there are currently no labeling requirements for restaurants serving irradiated produce or other items. Patrons and clients may consume irradiated lettuce and spinach in the future without their knowledge, nor consent.
-There are many alternatives to irradiation. Visit OCA's Irradiation Alternatives page for more information.
I urge you to find another way to make our food safe without making it worst in the process. Thank You, Scott W Strickland Proud Member of the OCA
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*** stop using chemicals and unnatural methods to keep food safe,police the agifarms,do your job protecting the American people naturally
***I don't want manure on my food. Rather than irradiating my food, why not insist
that the corporations that produce the food produce CLEAN and HEALTHY food? Stop defending corporate interests and start defending the people! br>*** Irradiating food is not the answer! It is more important, healthier and less costly to revise the current way that food is being handled in the factory-farmed food system. If proper precautions were taken care of to begin with and factory-farms had even higher standards than the current FDA standards then there would be no need to spend time and money on unsafe irradiating.
***General Comment Comment the industry has been pushing for irradiation for years. The consumers DO NOT want it. It is dangerous, creates free radicals, destroys nutrition , and is not necessary. dangers include:
-Serious health problems in laboratory testing, including, including premature
death, fatal internal bleeding, cancer, stillbirths and other reproductive problems, mutations and other genetic damage, organ malfunctions, stunted growthand vitamin deficiencies.
-The creating mutant forms of dangerous bacteria, like E. coli and Salmonella -Nutrient loss in foods, including the destruction of vitamins and essential fatty acids.
-The formation of carcinogenic chemicals, like benzene and toluene. there are many healthy alternatives to irradiation, including growing and processing food and in a healthy way. Consumers do not want this. The industry apparently has self serving reasons for wanting irradiation. We know that is is a part of Codex and is intended by multinationals for all countries. All the Codex regualtions are intended to downgrade the food supply and eliminate healthy food production and healthy suppliments. ITS A SCAM. Don't allow irradiation of our food. Not now, not ever.The food belongs to us, not to mega corporations.
***STOP THE IRRADIATION OF OUR FOOD. STOP SPRAYING PESTICIDES, CHEMICALS ETC....DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ALL US AMERICANS
***First almonds, now spinach and lettuce. Why degenerate the nutrition fresh foods with unnecessary irradiation. Why not approach the problem by correcting the source of food contamination, factory farms and their run-oof that carry pathogens?-
-Please put an end to this foolishness.--Pam Larsen
***I am opposed to Ionizing Radiation for the Control of Food-Borne Pathogens and Infectious Protozoa and Extension of Shelf-Life in a Variety of Human Foods!
The use of radiation on food has not been sufficiently researched to assure safety in the processes. I am in favor of good sanitation in the growing and handling of food. Please ensure safe growing and food handling practices, and no to irradiation.
***I find this ruling incredulous! How can you think that ignoring the problem of contamination (has been pretty recent years only) by justifying Ionizing Radiation for the Control of Food-Borne Pathogens and Infectious Protozoa, and Extension of Shelf-Life, in a Variety of Human Foods is an answer???? You are just opening the opportunity for increased resistance, the creation of toxic free radicals, vitamin and nutrient loss, and the formation of carcinogenic chemicals!!!! Consumers used to trust the FDA to protect us, those of us who walk the food isles shopping for our young children. How can we do that when we cannot be aware of the hidden crap you allow in our food? The choice to allow genetically engineered
crops with all the KNOWN problems is another example of your agencies failure to protect the people but line your pockets while befriending the industry that drives these 'science fiction come reality' decisions you have made!
I NO LONGER have ANY faith in you! Welcome back VICTORY GARDENS!!!! Hope you enjoy your walk down the food isles!
***Please do not allow irradiation of lettuce and spinach. This is like throwing out the baby with the bathwater. In other words, you are destroying the very thing that makes these foods desirable in your quest to find a cheap and easy way to
make them safe: their natural sources of nutrients. There are better ways to deal with contaminants.
*** I want to thank you for speeding up our trip on the way to a genetically mutated and environmentally toxic future. Keep up the good work.
***Food irradiation is a dangerous and cheap solution to actually dealing with the disease-ridden factory farmed food system. We need solutions, not cheap and superficial fixes.
***Irradiation is killing the symptom and leaving the problem to persist.
Instead of allowing our food to be irradiated change the practice of cramming too many animals into one tiny lot where their feces infect the water ways. Food borne illness comes from careless farming practices. Irradiation allows those practices to continue and then what will be the outcome of that?
*** I do not want our food to be irradiated, and if it is I want the labeling to be
everywhere, in restaurants, schools, hospitals, etc. I will avoid all irradiated food as much as possible.
***As a farmer I am concerned over this dangerous practice that you are proposing. Radiation causes some dangerous side effects on the food as well as potentially bad effects to the consumer. Being a small farmer we do not have any problems in protecting our vegetables and fruits. All the food related problems are coming from large operations. Your efforts to protect the food sources in this
country should be concentrated there to be more effective. Also, imported foods are not being checked properly. I. E. China produce. I urge you to reject this practice as it will cause not gain other than the makers of the equipment that will be used to damage our national food sources
***I strongly disagree with the irradiation of lettuce and spinach for nutritional reasons. I support the organic food growing industry and local farming with clean growing practices. I think it is important to clean up corporate agriculture growing practices.
***It is time to clean up our food supply and provide fresh, nutritious food, not increase the number of carcinogens in our food supply. To say that irradiating spinach creates carbohydrate radicals that are not
significant is to say that our health system can deal with the increase in diseases. This is not acceptable. We should work harder to provide good food, not make it easier to provide poorer quality food. The U.S. is noted in the 1st world as having decreasing life expectancy and more health problems than other similar nations. This is not the time to make this bad statistic worse. The health effects of free radicals is well documented.
It is time for the FDA to provide for the health of our citizens, to consider the TOTAL REAL COST of irradiating food, not just the money spent in supplying the food, but the cost in terms of health care as well.
***Please do NOT allow irradiation of food. This is an abomination, ruining the nutritive value of the food (in this case, lettuce and spinach) and creating powerful toxins in the process. Clean up the food produce lots instead!
***Please take caution when messing with our food supply. Take the high road and the tough, right route for the best results. Thank you, Kristina R.
*** irradiating food is bad, mkay... You should leave it the way nature made it, I sure as he'll won't be eating any of that.
***Please help stop the irradiation of our foods.
*** DO NOT allow foods to be irradiated without being labeled as such! Irradiation destroys nutrients in food vital for life! No country can survive it's food industry being ravaged like this!
***Why do we want to empower an industry that already creates known unhealthy side effects and has the potential to create super resistant bacteria? It would be much safer and basically more effective to create safe and sanitary conditions in which our food is produced and marketed.
***It is time the FDA started looking out for the people of this country instead of making excuses for the corporations. Instead of irradiation of our food sources, lets make it mandatory that all agri business grow, process and handle food in a safe way. Irradiation takes away from the food we eat, making it less nutritious and more harmful to the consumer. When will we ever learn. Organic is the way to go. Keeping our Organic standards at the highest level provides food for our nation, good food, healthy food, safe food. It is time to make the Agri business responsible in providing that good, healthy, safe food too.
*** Please do not allow the process of irradiation to be approved, radiation is not something we as humans need in our bodies. Remember this is harmful to us as all.
***We object to any irradiation of food products including spinach and lettuce. The FDA needs to clean up industrial feedlots vs irradiating our food!
*** I am tired of my government conceding to big business and selling out my children. We can not afford to eat only organic food but more and more I find that we can no longer afford not to. Very saddened to hear of one more disgusting government deed. There is currently no way to label irradiated spinach in a restaurant or at my children's school to know if it has known by-product carcinogens in it. Very very sad.
*** I cannot believe that you have voted for such a short sighted "fix". Irradiating spinach and lettuce is like putting a band-aid on an individual that is having a heart attack. This vote tells me that you are not really interested in public health (in the long run) and that some big business must be funding you. It does not take much awareness to realize that our food supply is in need of an overhaul but it seems that you have neither the desire nor the care to tackle the bigger issues.
I can rest assured that this behavior will force the individual citizens to take personal action such as growing more of their own foods and accessing local farmers. Maybe this decision is good in the long run of that becomes the case.
In short...I strongly disagree with your decision to irradiate spinach and lettuce. I truly am in disbelief at your shortsightedness. Beth Power
***Dear Sir/Madam, If it was true and you people were the guardians of our Nations health, why do you choose to become 'prostitutes' to our lands, oceans and air by allowing X-ray (ionizing radiation) in order to destroy disease causing pathogens. You already know that in this process of irradiation other hazards arise, like the creation of toxic free radicals, vitamin and nutrient loss, and the formation of carcinogenic chemicals. You have become the biggest known killer and parasite organization on this planet. Is anyone in your organization able to take ownership and responsibility to how our foods have been produced for millions of years? What's changed? Once you
denature a food you remove its life force, it's essential MICRONUTRIENTS (aka vitamins, mineral, bacteria, enzymes, etc). If according to a recent report broccoli comes out 4% alive after undergoing a one minute heating process in a
microwave, what do you think is going to happen to the foods (Lettuce and spinach) when you do the same?
Think about it people, wake up and start focusing on life and using the methods of farming we've been practicing for years. The FDA takes far more than it provides to the public, including lives. We all know this and I've said before you people just keep adding more nails in your coffin. You'll be removed from power and responsibility by 2010. That is an exciting time for all us American's and Canadian's.Trust me I know Sending you all love. M. A. L. Mulliner
*** Irradiating foods rather than fixing the problems with growing and production is a ridiculous waste of money and regulations. I'm sure the strong interest in irradiation has some roots in a government contractor that would really love to "do this" for the government.
*** To whom it may concern,
I believe that some of the people in your organization have good intentions, but there are others there who act without conscience. It is to those people I address my comments. I am really tired of your deceitful practices. You put profit above the safety of the consumer. Not only have you approved dangerous pharmaceutical drugs, for the financial benefit of the company to the detriment of the consumer, but now you promote the irradiating of "food" if one can even call it food, after the fact. This is an outrage. What kind of "science" have you been reading? You try to prevent the distribution of vitamins and nutrients, because they actually help cure people, while hurting the profits of "Big Pharmacy". Well, you can't fool all of the people all the time, and the people I know are waking up to your trickery. The question is, how many more people will suffer and die because you hide the truth for a profit? Once again, your giving us another reason to shop exclusively organic. Sincerely, Jennifer Hontucan
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