The FDA and the USDA protect our food supply – or do they?
The DOE announced that vegetative Bacillus pumilus has achieved increased radiation resistance.
The EPA is asking for an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Bacillus pumilus strain QST 2808 in or on food commodities when applied/used in accordance with label directions.
Some Bacillus polysaccharides cross react with antisera from other genera of bacteria including human pathogens. For example, B. mycoides with Streptococcus pneumoniae type III; B. pumilus with Neisseria meningitidis group A; B.alveli with Haemophilus influenzae type B.
If your child has been treated for meningitis or septicaemia and then eat Bacillus pumilus contaminated food they might die.
The EPA is looking for an exemption only for Bacillus strain QST 2808, they will remain vigilant against 1033, 1043, 1060, 27, 354, 355, 361, 492, 766, 1794, 2893, 5549, 8786, 13835.
AgraQuest, Inc submitted the petition under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
AgraQuest makes the ‘organic’ fungicide ‘Biotune’ which contains Alkylbenzene sulfonate, alkyl sulfate and polyoxyethylene sorbitol ester.
Warnings for use it include washing hands before eating, drinking, chewing gum, using tobacco or using the toilet, not applying directly to water or to areas where surface water is present, or to intertidal areas below the mean high water mark, avoid contaminating water when disposing of equipment washwaters and not applying when weather conditions favor drift or runoff from treated areas.
Do you trust that company with monitoring contamination on your food?
I don’t and I don’t trust the EPA either.