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From Yahoo Today -- "a year and half after it was passed by the House of Representatives --the Senate passed the Food Safety and Modernization Act (SB 510) by a 73-25 margin. The bill still has to be brought into line with the House's version before President Obama can sign it into law, but its basic provisions have already won praise from safe-food advocates as "the most important food-safety legislation in a generation."
The bill would produce a major shift of regulatory power, granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sweeping new powers to oversee farming and track and recall food products -- while also giving the agency the authority to conduct more safety inspections on farms, slaughterhouses, processing plants, etc.
So what does the legislation mean to the average American consumer? Here's a rundown of the direct effects it may have on all of us:
Slightly higher food costs: Critics of the bill, both on the left and the right, have argued that food producers will pass on the higher costs of stricter regulation to consumers, and there's a chance that could happen. However, the bill does exempt farms making less than $500,000 per year -- and supporters of the bill contend that the FDA's enhanced oversight will likely save food makers the higher costs associated with removing contaminated food from the marketplace after the fact.
Selling and sharing from your small garden: Opponents have also suggested that the bill would basically outlaw the sale and distribution of fruits and vegetables grown in backyard gardens. This is not the case. As SB 510 is currently worded, small growers who sell their goods at food co-ops, farmer's markets, roadside stands, etc., wouldn't have to register with the FDA -- though they would still have to comply with whatever state and local food laws are in effect in their area.
Enhanced public health: According to Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who co-sponsored the bill, 76 million Americans are stricken with some sort of preventable food-borne illness each year, resulting in more than 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths. Advocates of the new bill say that eliminating these outbreaks would save lives -- as well as millions in health-care costs -- each year..."
NEVER expect much between Thanksgiving and January 3. Dead period historically. Although I DO excpect more news from MZEI during this period. Also, I hold that January will be life changing for the company. At this point, we're just like a baby in Teb's stomach...growing every day.
Sounds like the same machine we would use for food processing plants would be used without any if much modification in ANY clean room situation. if it's high priority on ANYones list, it's been kept very, very quiet.
Personally, not very high. Smaller is not always better....many times, it's just much more expensive. I agree our machine should be "reasonably sized and packaged," but it would seem to ME that the MOST small packages are better suited for hospitals with smaller rooms. When you're talking about fogging a 30,000 square foot mostly open area, who cares how big it is? I now think hospitals will be our last penetrable market - not because we CAN'T - but because they WON'T...at least not nearly as soon as they should - which IMO, is criminal. It just needs to be something that could easily be carried as equipment on a plane IMO. But I DO applaud MZEI for trying to present the BEST possible design that they think they POSSIBLY can...the FIRST time. Obvioulsy we ar not driven merely by profit - unlike many other companies.
IMO, governments will be first, closely followed by food processing plants, followed by sports facilities. These three are least affected by the price of the machines. All the while, I expecta few machines to be in certain hospitals, then when full reports are logged about the effectiveness of AsepticSure by those hospitals, the game is afoot.
Yep, lots to be thankful for. It's been a year or so since MZEI broke through with amazing promise, plans, and ideas/ideals. As far as I can wintess, we're 4 times better off than what we originally THOUGHT we could accomplish....4 TIMES. For one, I'm glad MZEI decided to take the CAREFUL approach and PROTECT everything first; explore and perfect several MORE initiatives than what was originally envisioned; been very open and yet very protective and proper about what it reports in the media. Too many companies these days throw PR's around like Black Friday sales events. Not the most proffesional way to attract/encorage serious investors OR clients. EM runs a CLEAN company and I know we'll ALL benefit greatly in the end. Thanks Ed and Jill and the rest of the MZEI folks. I'm glad my eggs are in THIS basket.
Happy Thanksgiving to All.
yeeeeeeeeep.
Seems pretty simple and straight foraward to me. This is as clean a deal as they get.
Judy, This is intentionally mentioned BECAUSE in a scenario where there will be NO humans within the environment for an extended period of time, there is no need to "destruct the ozone" and "reengergize with fresh O2. I recently had a meeting with a friend/client of mine who presented me with this scenario with his doctors' office suite which is closed from noon Saturday until 8 am Monday morning, and through EM, we were told this. this is a BIG deal for MY client, as it makes taping off rooms, HVAC systems, etc., etc., not required. and the fact is, that circulating our ozone mixture THROUGH HVAC systems has obvious health benefits. It makes the AsepticSure MUCH more user friendly in these situations.
For all you newbies out there, this is a buying opportunity that you'll be telling your grandchildren about. For all you sellers out there, you'll be kicking youself in the A__.
It's thought by mangt. that we'll actually need perhaps 2 million or LESS to finish everything, but it's nice to know the extra is there IF we decided to "go it alone" if we don't receive very favorable terms in a partner situation within the next couple of months.
good work Gelati.
Pumping is TEBoo here.
The Canadian government was obviously impressed enough to do a televised segment and photo op at our lab with our lead scientist just last month - which you can view if you do even minimal DD.
Lastly, I assure you that our scientists would completely refute what you say about ozone's negative effect on plastics, wiring, etc. This has been something we've been very careful of from the very onset of our initiative. Furthermore, I'd serioulsly doubt their are ANY other scientists/laboratories out there with more experience and/or more credentials especially when dealing with ozone than ours. Do the DD.
Too much chocolate cake will kill you too.
obviously, you didn't read my post very closely. I SAID that our system ALSO REMOVES the lingering ozone from the atmosphere AFTER the pathogens are killed. This process we ALSO have patent pending.
Quite true. It's painfully obvious that hospitals are NOT ever going to admit that they NEED AsepticSure in order to provide safe healthcare....as is evident from our first beta trial PR, where the official statement from the hospital was VERY guarded. It is clear to me NOW that deny, deny, deny is going to be their motto. They have ENOUGH law suits against them already to be potentially dealing with another plethera of lawsuits because they admit that all of these health risks and potentially deadly pathogens are plastered ALL OVER and in every corner of their hospitals. IMO, they'll never admit to this failure. I should have realized it from the beginning - because, if I were in their shoes, I'd do the same thing. We have sue-happy America to thank for this as much as anyone. Even though they've had no good alternative to this point, likely the first hospital to openly admit how contaminated their spaces are(were) prior to AsepticSure, admitting that could leave them vulnerable to ambulance chasers from all walks of life. Canada as a country is less "sue-happy" than the USA, but obviously Canadian health care as well is careful (hesitant) to shout AsepticSure from the mountain tops.
Hi Cee-it. I don't know which companies you were involved with, but there are others operating on that small of a scale who are still doing just fine. Realitive to your thoughts about the destructive elements of Ozone, I beleive all of your information is wrong. Perhaps your other companies were using some kind of corrossive agent in their mix, but MZEI has done hundreds of tests on everything from picture paintings, to computers, to electrical wiring, wallpaper, to sheetrock, to practically every surface in existence with ABSOLUTELY NO CORROSSIVE effects whatsoever. That's one of the main reasons our ozone treatment makes sense. Furthermore ozone is not deadly to humans - as is popularly thought. True, in strong quantities it can irriate your lungs, but that's about it. MZEI has come up with a de-ozone tenchnology that is used in the protocol with the ozone part of the AsepticSure that completely returns the room to 100% normal levels of O2 after all pathogens are eliminated - AND ALL of this is done in less than 90 minutes.
nice post.
Agreed.
I think very soon we will receive further details about the agreement. EM seems completely fine with the arrangement and I know for a fact he's turned down MANY other funding offers.
Good post, Spumoni. The market DOES suck yet we've remained fairly stable and nowadays especially, results are what drives investors. Anything going on behind the scenes with government stuff won't/can't be revealed until appropriate - if ever, which is OK by me, as long as we make money from their involvement. I think the next few months will be quite interesting.
I prefer being on water. I know that that with a twin engined boat, I can always get back to shore. In a twin engine plane, if you lose ONE engine, the REMAINING engine will only take you to the scene of the crash....probably a half hour before the ambulance arrives:-0.
You're the perfect lady: You LOVE dogs AND you have muuuucho MZEI shares .
It's refreshing to hear a WOMAN say: "it's good to have enough money." Never thought I'd hear a woman say that .
Wasn't it Teddy Roosevelt who said: "walk softly but carry a big stick?" Seem like a fitting anology, doesn't it?
Yep, yep. Things are at critical mass for MZEI...for all the right reasons. We just showed everyone our smart bomb.
IMO, potential partners just rolled the dice (as to when to show interest) and lost the farm.
NOW potential partners will COMPLETELY understand that "it's not what they can do for us" anymore than "it's what WE can do for THEM."
There's a LONG list of Mammoth "satified customers"...which was a main consideration in choosing them.
CORRECT.
Good find lady Gofor. I'm not privy to the actual contractual wording regarding MZEI/Mammoth, but I WILL tell everyone that this is NOT the first offer MZEI had received....maybe one of as many as three or four. What's MOST CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT for everyone TO know is that in ALL OTHER offers, Ed REFUSED them based on the ONE SIMPLE fact: HE felt like the shares COULD have been liquidated too quickly which would quickly have eroded share price. In fact, many months ago, Ed himself told me by phone that JUST before he could have "pulled the trigger" with one such firm, he discovered how one very small public company was almost wrecked from such a drop in share price, so MZEI decided to NOT pursue that kind of funding option....and that was when we had 1/6 of the money in the bank that we do now. THEREFORE it is MY assumption, which goes along with what lady Gofor has posted, that IN NO WAY is this funding offer toxic to the company, OR THE shareholders. Ed has proven time and time again that he is committed to retaining/increasing shareholder value - not risking it in ANY way...even out of need.
Teb's right on all counts. True (IMO) we don't need money at this point, but it's nice to know it's there IF we need it. AND it seems to be structured very favorably for us. An important note: MZEI wouldn't be BORROWING money, they'd be SELLING an item FOR an item. Therefore, it won't show up on our financials as a black hole. IMO we'll likely only need a few hundred grand of this (if any) to take us to the promised land. BUT, for ANY POTENTIAL BIG-WIG PARTNERS OUT THERE, their tally-waggers just got a WHOLE LOT shorter:-0.
Very, very interesting.
Keep yor powder dry doc.
I don't think I used the term: "small company," I said new, different, unique, etc. I absolutely don't view us as a small company, and niether will the world in the very near future.