GREAT NEWS: Dr. Keri Marshall’s ENTIRE show, Staying Well, runs on Nov. 17th, Noon EST

ellenbriggs — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:03:13 +0000

Having to turn lemons in to lemonade… as you know, today’s radio show was interrupted. If there ever was a show that you did not want to miss a single word, it was this one: Build Your Immune System – Stay Well with Dr. Keri Marshall. So, we scheduled it to run again on Tuesday, Nov. 17th at Noon EST on www.BetterFoodChoicesRadio.com. Tune in and be ready to take notes!

… for the health of your family,

Staying Well

Now You Will Know Where Your Food Comes From – It’s the Law!

ellenbriggs — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:11:20 +0000

As of Sept. 30, of this year (2008), a federal law “require supermarkets and other big food retailers to label or otherwise display the country of origin for meat, produce and certain kinds of nuts. (uncooked beef, chicken lamb, pork and goat meat, raw peanuts, pecans, and macadamia nuts , fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, ginseng, fish and shellfish) A number of foods will be exempt, including processed foods like breaded chicken, roasted peanuts or packages of mixed vegetables.” … this applies to products sold in grocery stores and mass-merchandise outlets. It effectively exempts small food outlets and such places as butcher shops, restaurants and school cafeterias.” If these exempted purveyors of food are smart, they will also identify the places of origin.

There is a transition time, allowing those produce produced or packaged before Sept. 30th to be exempt. Food producers were given six months to comply. Then they will be fined. Organizing the labeling of all products takes time and a billions of dollars. This grace period is reasonable. The good news is that it won’t be long before you know where you food is coming from – a plus when you are trying to avoid unregulated growing procedures and want to save money with more locally produced and shipped foods.

Questions: There is a noticeable absence of some foods such as turkey and other nuts and seeds. We will have to investigate this. Secondly, will this cost be passed on to us, the consumer… probably.

Is this progress? In this global economy we say YES. You should have a choice of buying an onion grown in Georgia or Mexico. Do you agree?

Source: David Kesmodel, Julie Jargon, “Labels Will Say If Your Beef Was Born in the USA”, Wall Street Journal, 9/23/2008, pp. D1, D2.

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GREAT NEWS: Dr. Keri Marshall’s ENTIRE show, Staying Well, runs on Nov. 17th, Noon EST

Now You Will Know Where Your Food Comes From – It’s the Law!