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26 Feb 2015, 10:03 pm by Lydia Zuraw
Sam Farr (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and David Valadao (R-CA) expressed concerns that small beef and chicken producers might not have access to inspected slaughterhouses. [read post]
24 Sep 2014, 10:03 pm by Lydia Zuraw
Chellie Pingree (D-ME), one member of Congress who went to bat for beer makers, said that FDA “definitely got the message on spent grains and backed away from rules that would have made it impossible for craft brewers and distillers here in Maine to give their byproducts to dairy farmers. [read post]
16 Apr 2014, 10:01 pm by Lydia Zuraw
Chellie Pingree (D-ME) are concerned that regulating spent grains in the same way as commercial animal feed – requiring a formal plan for identifying and preventing potential hazards and ways to correct problems – would be too costly for small breweries in particular to continue providing them to farmers. [read post]
1 Apr 2014, 10:03 pm by Lydia Zuraw
Chellie Pingree (D-ME) even brought up the issue at last week’s House appropriations hearing with FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg. [read post]
27 Mar 2014, 10:03 pm by Dan Flynn
Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jared Polis (D-CO), Tom McClintock (D-CA), Scott Rigell (R-VA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Paul Broun (R-GA), Steve Stockman (R-TX), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and Justin Amash (R-MI) are co-sponsors of the Milk Freedom Act. [read post]
24 Apr 2013, 10:25 pm by Helena Bottemiller
Don Young (R-AK), also a vocal supporter of labeling GE salmon; Chellie Pingree (D-ME); Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Jim McDermott (D-WA). [read post]
19 Feb 2013, 3:36 pm by Rodney Mesriani
Chellie Pingree, D-Maine was named after a Navy Veteran who was left homeless and depressed after she was repeatedly raped in 1987 by her supervisor. [read post]
24 Sep 2012, 5:49 pm by Maine Employee Rights Group
Chellie Pingree is a co-sponsor of the House version of PWFA but other members of Maine's congressional delegation have not yet co-sponsored it. [read post]
16 May 2012, 9:01 pm by Walter Olson
.), Chellie Pingree (Maine), Louise McIntosh Slaughter (N.Y.), Adam Smith (Wash.), John Tierney (Mass.), and Peter Welch (Vt.). [read post]
9 Apr 2012, 2:59 am
" The report also features Zirnstein and Custer interviewed on camera for the first time, and it is credited with bringing the story of LFTB to a much wider audience: The show averages just over 7.5 million viewers this week.March 8, 2012: ABC News confirms that Costco, Publix, HEB and Whole Foods do not sell LFTB products.March 9, 2012: BPI launches BeefIsBeef.com.March 14, 2012: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) writes a letter to U.S. [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 2:59 am
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and 10 co-sponsors introduced a bill that would require beef products that included LFTB to be labeled, and Reps. [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 2:59 am
"Introduced by Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree from Maine's 1st District, the "Requiring Easy and Accurate Labeling of Beef Act" (REAL Beef Act) was inspired by growing public demand for lean finely textured beef (LFTB) to both be labeled in supermarkets and removed from the school lunch program.Pingree, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, also previously wrote a letter to U.S. [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 2:59 am
Critics, including other scientists, say that there has not been enough testing or tracking to verify whether or not GE foods present a safe alternative.The complete list of congress members who signed the letter, provided by the Center for Food Safety's True Food Network, follows below:House Members: Peter DeFazio (OR-4), Richard Hanna (NY-24), Dennis Kucinich (OH-10), George Miller (CA-7), Louise Slaughter (NY-28), Keith Ellison (MN-5), Raul Grijalva (AZ-7), Peter Welch (VT-At Large), Hansen… [read post]
6 Mar 2012, 7:45 am by Rick Hasen
Chellie Pingree.” If King runs, there will be no runoff: it will be a three-person race with a plurality winner. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 8:49 am by Rick Hasen
 If Chellie Pingree or Mike Michaud (or both) decide to run for the Senate seat, that means that potential candidates to replace them in the House of Representatives would have to meet that requirement as well [read post]