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The addition of nanomaterials in food, food packaging and other food contact surfaces, is moving so quickly that regulators and even businesses cannot keep up.

Whether we like it or not, our taxpayer dollars go to many of the big corporations that dominate U.S. food and farming through government contracts. These same corporations use their considerable financial resources to support political candidates in a variety of ways, often without full disclosure. Is this a system of covert corruption? We need to find out.

On February 25, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) held another hearing that attacked federal regulations and regulators as an unnecessary burden on corporations, employment creation and economic growth.

Nora McKeon is the author of "Food Security Governance: Empowering Communities, Regulating Corporations." Nora formerly worked for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization and continues to be very active around food systems, food governance, small-scale farmer movements, and UN-civil society relations.