Petitions & Testimony

February 27 2009

As part of our public affairs activities, the Weston A. Price Foundation submits testimony before various Congressional and Senate committees, and meetings of regulatory agencies on the Dietary Guidelines, Food Pyramid, Child Nutrition Act, Soy Infant Formula, and more. Documents linked below are PDFs of our official testimony on foundation letterhead or PowerPoint presentations.

Comments to FDA/FSIS on Salt

WAPF Comments on Salt to FDA 2012-Jan-23

On Preventative Controls for Registered Human Food and Animal Food/Feed Facilities

WAPF Comments on FDA HARCP (PDF)

On the Food Safety Modernization Act

2011-JUL-06: Submitted Comments on Inspection and Enforcement of the Food Safety Modernization Act (PDF), submitted to the Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

On the Child Nutrition Act

2003-DEC-15: Oral Testimony on the Child Nutrition Act (PDF) before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee and the House Education and Workforce Committee.

On the Food Pyramid

2004-AUG-19: Oral Testimony on the Food Pyramid and Food Guidance System (PDF) at the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Public Hearing.
2004-AUG-26: Submitted Comments on the Food Pyramid and Food Guidance System (PDF) submitted to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.

On the 2010 Dietary Guidelines

2010-JUL-8: Testimony on New Proposed USDA Dietary Guidelines (PDF) submitted to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) by Kathryne Pirtle
2010-JUL-8: More Testimony on USDA Dietary Guidelines (PDF) submitted to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) by Sally Fallon Morell.

On the 2005 Dietary Guidelines

2004-JAN-16: Submitted Comments to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (PDF) by Sally Fallon, Mary Enig, and Bill Sanda.
2004-SEP-21: Oral Testimony on the 2005 Dietary Guidelines (PDF) by Sally Fallon to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.
2004-SEP-27: Submitted Comments on the Report of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (PDF) to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services.

On Soy-Based Infant Formula

2003-DEC-11: Oral Testimony on Soy-Based Infant Formula: Concerns and Recommendations (PPT), before the US Food & Drug Administration's (FDA's) Dietary Supplements, Additives and Ingredients, Food Biotechnology, Contaminants and Natural Toxicants, and Infant Formula Subcommittees.