More Media Comment on Passage of H.R. 2112

A continuing stream of media reports and comments has been published based on yesterday's vote to approve the Agriculture Appropriations Bill in the House of Representatives:

• "House clears budget bill with cuts to food safety" is an article in by Helen Bottemiller in Food Safety News dated June 17.

• "House rejects farm subsidy cuts in spending bill" is a story by Mary Clare Jalonick in The Sacramento Bee, also dated June 17.

• "In the midst of European food scare, US House Republicans cut food safety funding" is an article by Steven Lesser, dated June 17, on the Political Theater blog site of the International Business Times.

• "House spares farm subsidies, cuts food aid" is a report by Phillip Brasher in the Des Moines Register dated June 17.

There has been extensive and specific coverage of the amendment banning the FDA from approving commercial availability of genetically modified salmon. The following are just three of many stories covering this aspect of the bill:

• "House moves to ban modified salmon" is a report by Paul Voosen of Greenwire dated June 16 that appeared in the New York Times.

• "Waltham firm’s genetically-altered salmon face another hurdle in upstream swim" is a local story by John Chesto on the Mass. Market web site and dated June 17.

• "Damn science and consumer interests. Congress moves to ban biotech salmon!" is an opinion piece by Ronald Bailey on the Reason.com blog site, dated June 16.