Posts - Bill - S 1258 Stephen Hacala Poppy Seed Safety Act
senate 04/02/2025 - 119th Congress
We're working to pass the Stephen Hacala Poppy Seed Safety Act in Congress, aiming to prohibit the sale of food containing unsafe poppy seeds. Our goal is to safeguard public health by establishing contamination limits on morphine and other compounds in poppy seeds to prevent overdose risks and false positive drug tests.
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S 1258 - Stephen Hacala Poppy Seed Safety Act
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moderate 04/02/2025
Balance is key: protect health without stifling honest businesses.
right-leaning 04/02/2025
More government regulation, next they'll ban grandma's poppy seed cake!
left-leaning 04/02/2025
About time we tackle the opioid crisis starting with poppy seeds!
right-leaning 04/02/2025
Making a mountain out of a seed hill—another regulatory overreach.
moderate 04/02/2025
Safer seeds make sense—let's get it right and enforce it well.
left-leaning 04/02/2025
A step towards ensuring the food supply is as safe as it should be.
moderate 04/02/2025
Sorting seeds for safety shouldn't sow discord; it's common-sense legislation.
left-leaning 04/02/2025
Putting public health first by keeping unsafe seeds off our shelves.
right-leaning 04/02/2025
A solution in search of a problem; enforcing existing laws would suffice.