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Safer Groceries Landmark Food Law Being Enforced


The Center for Food Safety (CFS) has reached a settlement agreement (Tinyurl.com/FoodSettle- mentAgreement) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that sets firm deadlines for the agency to fully enact the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act. A federal court will maintain supervision to ensure FDA compliance. CFS senior attorney George Kimbrell, who led the case, says, “The first major update to our


food safety laws since 1938 must now be implemented in a closed-ended, timely fashion. That means safer food for American families.” Congress passed the law to combat the epidemic of food-borne illnesses affecting one in six Americans annually. After repeated delays, the FDA must now comply with the following court-overseen schedule to implement the final rules: preventative controls for human and animal food (8/30/2015); imported food and foreign suppliers (10/31/2015); produce safety (10/31/2015); food transportation (3/31/2016); and intentional adulteration of food (5/31/2016).


Source: CenterForFoodSafety.org


Om-Based Care Holistic Healers Reach Out to the Underserved


An annual report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that up to 33 percent of unin- sured people are avoiding needed treat- ment for economic reasons. Lifestyle changes and natural remedies like yoga and massage therapy can be highly effective when treating conditions such as high blood pressure, depression or aching joints, and groups nationwide are making these modalities more affordable for everyone. At California’s Healing Clinic


Collective (HealingClinicCollective. Wordpress.com), in Oakland, women receive a day of free holistic health care—from acupuncture to massage therapy and nutritional counseling— and discounted rates for follow-up appointments. The Third Root Community


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Health Center (ThirdRoot.org), in Brooklyn, helps arrange for acupunc- turists, herbalists, Reiki practitioners and others to treat low-income people in New York City, especially community organizers and activists that are often overworked and lack the resources for these types of care. The Samarya Center (Samarya


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Center.org), in Seattle, Washington, uses revenue from its yoga studio to provide free yoga to critically ill pa- tients served by the city’s Bailey-Bou- shay House and the local VA hospital, and also to patients with chronic pain at the Pike Place Medical Clinic, which treats many homeless and low-income Seattle residents.


Source: YES! magazine


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