Urban Farming Agriculturalist

Food Chain Radio Host Michael Olson

#932 •  August 24, 2013  •  Sat 9AM Pacific

Guests:  Farmers Christian & Stephanie Alexadre

& Cornucopia Food Policy Analyst Mark Kastel               

Playing Chicken with Organic Eggs

For whom will government food safety rules make organic eggs safe?

This Poll is closed

For whom will government make eggs safe?

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

Organic Farmers

Consumers

For whom will government make eggs safe?

86%

4%

8%

The Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed by Congress in the waning moments of 2010, gave total control of the nation’s food to the Food and Drug Administration.

Today, the FDA and United States Department of Agriculture are proposing to make organic eggs safe by preventing chickens from ranging free outdoors.

FDA’s proposed new rules for safe organic eggs include minimizing, if not eliminating, contact between organic chickens and wild birds by using explosive noise cannons, and by confining the free-ranging organic chickens to covered porches.

To comply with FDA & USDA directives, organic egg producers will have to implement labor-intensive measures that will make their organic eggs cost much more.  This leads us to ask…

For whom will government make eggs safe?

(Food Chain Radio & Forums #932)