Please give @thefoodbabe a follow. This week she testified in the Senate about ingredients in U.S. foods that are considered to be toxic in Europe. When U.S. food manufacturers make the same foods for the European market, they omit those ingredients. 🤔

https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1839613093673943196?t=cIBDZQRmn3BtJa9rwa1v0Q&s=19

You’re on to something. Liability would fix this problem. As it is, the manufacturers can hide behind the FDA. If the FDA deems some food additives to be safe, the manufacturer can use that as a defense against lawsuits. That’s problematic since the FDA is influenced by business.

What I saw with GMOs is when individual states tried to add disclosure statements or warnings, Big-Food lobbyists showed up in DC, then Congress stepped in and banned the states from implementing their own labeling requirements. I was one of the few who voted for states rights.

https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1839615965119578408?t=Y_NVE5S2FmT1kvHKuANUgQ&s=19
I hate regulations too, but I feel strongly that consumers should be given access to information so they can make informed decisions. In that spirit, I support Country of Origin Labeling for food (at the federal level), and freedom for states to require disclosure labels on food.

If we are going to have federal institutions like FDA, USDA, CDC, EPA, then they should be working for Americans not corporations, the regulations should be written by elected officials not bureaucrats, and deference to states should be afforded.

https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1839645531284365719?t=qgiP3dK7hwPl6yrv4Sg35w&s=19

https://x.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1839676167458030059?t=oYVcCeoGB_5eWyv86Blk6A&s=19