Lawmakers attached a list of congressional directives to a massive spending bill that passed both the House and the Senate in recent days. One of those directives expresses concern that the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is showing an interest in incorporating agriculture production practices and environmental factors into their recommendations, and directs the Obama administration to ignore such factors in the next revision of the guidelines, which is due out next year. The directive is not legally binding, but ignoring it would provoke yet another political battle between the Obama administration and Congress.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 17:42:28 +0000
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