The Senate passed S510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, 73-25. The bill has a ways to go before it becomes law. The House and Senate still need to hash it out (while there’s plenty else going on) unless the House decides to simply vote on the Senate bill.

According to the NY Times,

The bill is intended to get the government to crack down on unsafe foods before they harm people rather than after outbreaks occur.

If only.  If only we all had the same ideas about what makes foods unsafe then a preemptive strike wouldn’t sound so ominous.

Michael Pollan is for it, believing a food safety overhaul is long overdue and that the bill won’t adversely affect small farms because of the Tester amendment. I hope his trust is not misplaced.